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I honestly might set the record for all time, long way to go but hear me out

by the way, i dont really care if i do set the record, i just love the game

 

Im currently 35 years old, and for past 3 years ive averaged 300+ rounds per year, and I can keep that up for the rest of my life barring any major injury. I wont ever have kids, so I don’t need to worry about that

Heres my exactly round total since 2006. I used to have the data before that but the hard drive crashed so I would have to estimate. In college, I also averaged 300+ rounds per year

 

2006

155

2007

180

2008

153

2009

188

2010

157

2011

211

2012

178

2013

197

2014

212

2015

237

2016

311

2017

304

2018

332

2019

31

 

 

So this total is 2846

 

I didn’t play golf at all before the age of 16 (1999), so my best guess to fill in the data would be

2000: 40

2001: 40

2002: 150 (started college)

2003: 250

2004: 300

2005: 300

What happened in 2006 was that I graduated and had to work a regular job. That sucked

Now I work for myself(started that in 2016) and can do what I want again

So grand total (estimated): 2846 + 1080 = 3926

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I don't know what you do for work but are your hiring?

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OP, what's your handicap & scoring average? Do you continue to improve playing so frequently?

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OP, what's your handicap & scoring average? Do you continue to improve playing so frequently?

 

current index 2.5

 

and actually no, it has gone up and down over time. when i don't get instruction, my swing starts to "decay" into old bad habits. from 2014 to 2018 i didnt take any lessons and as a result did play great. In fact, 2018 was the 3rd worse year in the last 12. i started up lessons again last year and started moving in the right direction

 

here is a table with the year, scoring average, HD (handicap differential) average and some other data

I used HD average as my indication of annual performance. This accounts for all rounds. Basically, take the handicap of each round for entire year and average it. this normalizes the data so it doesn't matter what course i play. Scoring average wouldn't account for course difficulty

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i could probably get my average down by not teeing it up on days when the weather is lousy. 2 days ago in charlotte it was supposed to get to 70 degrees and not rain till 3. I wasnt even going to play because originally the forecast was so bad but they changed the forecast that morning. Well it never got above 45 and it rained the entire time. Shot 86! terrible for me, worst round this year. still had fun though, made the only birdie between us

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Sure, mathematically you could probably get pretty close to the max number of rounds a person could reasonably expect to play during a lifetime, but the number of variables you aren’t considering is astronomical.

 

 

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BTW...Barry Gibbons. He plays around 850 a year.

 

Yes, that guy is a machine. I looked him up in GHIN. He recorded 17 rounds from February 1 to 15. And he walks every time. And that doesn't include solo rounds. He may have slowed down from his record setting pace but averaging more than a round a day is still impressive.

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So here's my suggestion to you.

 

Skip 9 holes 1 day and learn how to format posts.

 

BTW...300 a year is Cheese Whiz compared to Barry Gibbons. He plays around 850 a year.

 

Here's proof...https://www.golfdige...d-has-ever-seen

Impressive but I find the below absolutely absurd.

Geno Bonnalie, Joel Dahmen's caddie, played over 100 rounds in a week.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVo_oQlEvk/?utm_source=ig_embed

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So here's my suggestion to you.

 

Skip 9 holes 1 day and learn how to format posts.

 

BTW...300 a year is Cheese Whiz compared to Barry Gibbons. He plays around 850 a year.

 

Here's proof...https://www.golfdige...d-has-ever-seen

Impressive but I find the below absolutely absurd.

Geno Bonnalie, Joel Dahmen's caddie, played over 100 rounds in a week.

https://www.instagra...source=ig_embed

 

I don't even understand how that's possible. That's 257ish holes a day, if you're figuring one round is 18 holes.

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From 1969 thru 2003 I played a total of 7326 rounds of golf. It helped that I've worked in golf for 50+ years, 36 years as a PGA member. 3 wrist surgeries, rotator cuff surgery from beating balls were tough to deal with but both elbows also needed surgery so I just quit playing golf and now go to the rifle range instead.

 

 

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So here's my suggestion to you.

 

Skip 9 holes 1 day and learn how to format posts.

 

BTW...300 a year is Cheese Whiz compared to Barry Gibbons. He plays around 850 a year.

 

Here's proof...https://www.golfdige...d-has-ever-seen

yeah but does he do this every year? he did that in 2016

 

From 1969 thru 2003 I played a total of 7326 rounds of golf. It helped that I've worked in golf for 50+ years, 36 years as a PGA member. 3 wrist surgeries, rotator cuff surgery from beating balls were tough to deal with but both elbows also needed surgery so I just quit playing golf and now go to the rifle range instead.

 

 

Greg

 

you're my new hero

as far as i know, you hold the world record

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I might make it to 150 this year, which would be my lifetime high. If you're playing 300+ rounds, are most or many of them as a single joining up with random people? I like the social interaction of golf, but I enjoy it a lot more when I'm playing with friends. And playing solo is a little too lonely for me to do very often.

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I do 100-120 a year... for the last 12 years

 

Fwiw, have played right around 500 different courses ... 200+ in my home province

 

At 51 three hundred a year is at a zero interest level.

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I might make it to 150 this year, which would be my lifetime high. If you're playing 300+ rounds, are most or many of them as a single joining up with random people? I like the social interaction of golf, but I enjoy it a lot more when I'm playing with friends. And playing solo is a little too lonely for me to do very often.

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I'm not certain, but I think Dana Quigley is the guy you are chasing. He played everyday for decades.

how do you know that?

 

He stated it on a regular basis, that he played everyday for decades as a club pro. I wasn’t aware of the guy mentioned later in the thread, that’s impressive. That seems to be the guy you are chasing - have fun!

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From 1969 thru 2003 I played a total of 7326 rounds of golf. It helped that I've worked in golf for 50+ years, 36 years as a PGA member. 3 wrist surgeries, rotator cuff surgery from beating balls were tough to deal with but both elbows also needed surgery so I just quit playing golf and now go to the rifle range instead.

 

 

Greg

 

Very sorry to hear about the golf, but x1000 on the shooting range! Just picked up a new range partner last week. ;-)

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So here's my suggestion to you.

 

Skip 9 holes 1 day and learn how to format posts.

 

BTW...300 a year is Cheese Whiz compared to Barry Gibbons. He plays around 850 a year.

 

Here's proof...https://www.golfdige...d-has-ever-seen

 

 

 

Yeah, or Benton "Benny" Raycroft @ 600 per year since 2003.

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