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What is your biggest difference in 9 hole score during a 18 hole round? Tale of two nines


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Shot 54-40 today.

 

The weird thing is that I was striking the ball reasonably well on the front, but I just caught every bad break one could have, and hit a few terrible shots but oddly I wasn’t that mad because again I could feel that I was close.

 

Got to #10, caught my first break of the round and just missed a birdie. Something just clicked in my mind on that hole after the good break. After that, I basically didn’t miss a shot until a stupid decision on 18. And my only swing thought on the back was “don’t hit it hard”. And guess what? The ball was going forever. It was the most effortless power I’ve ever felt. I was reaching places on the course I’ve never reached. And that was all I thought about...just don’t hit it hard.

 

I hope I can bottle that feeling.

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Shot 45-36 back when I was about 18-19 years old on a par 72. Finished the back 9 with an eagle on 18 and that was the first time I ever shot even par for a 9.

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Im approx 18 handicap, yesterday i went out in 59 (par 35) and came back in 44 (par 37). Had a lesson last week where we changed my hands at adress and it just did not click on the front 9, culminating in a 10 on the 414yd par 4 9th. What makes it worse was that my driver was on fire. Missed 1 fairway front and and 1 back, both only marginally and not in trouble. Difference being a tonne of fat irons and chips front 9 while trying to get to grips with the changes. Fingers crossed that the back 9 is the form im going to carry through this season, and not the front 9.

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As a young lad in Scotland I was 6 over after 9 - out in 41. Came back in 30 - 4 under. Ridiculous, I holed out from everywhere.

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Shot a 48 on the front and 39 on the back just last week. Went straight from the car to the pro shop then the tee box....guess it took 9 holes to warm up.

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44-34 about 20 years ago. Something about getting some "muscle lube" at the turn and the "don't give a crud" attitude (I said something else that I can't type here). I often try this technique today but it doesn't work as good as it did back in the day when I had some game.

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Yesterday I shot a 51/40 (91). I got so mad I went out for a second round that day and shot a 42/39 (81).

That’s an 11 shot difference on front back as well as a 10 shot difference for both games. I wish this represented the trend of my game.

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  • 2 months later...

I'm sure it's not my worst difference, but I shot 46/38 yesterday. Couldn't do much of anything right for the first 5 holes (8 over), then played pretty well for the last 13 holes (4 over).

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32-44.

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36-44.

Shot 37-42 a couple weekends ago too. Although the differential isn't much, I was even through 13 holes.

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38 on the front, walked off the course in disgust on 14 after playing 10-13 as par-double-triple-double and my drive on 14 plugged in a fairway bunker. 4 strokes later, and still in the bunker, I decided it was time to go home.

 

I would not normally quit, but the fun was gone and at that point I was just being a jack***. Thankfully I was playing alone.

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Just something to throw out there...Have y'all that struggled with the second nine tried(I realize this would be hard to do on busy courses) the back first then finishing on the front to see if its the same results? My home course had the 9's switched many years ago, and some websites and GPS apps still show the old cards. The front is brutal compared to the back despite what the ratings say due to the elevation changes. The back nine has some teeth in on the par threes. Its rare that I dont make at least 2 birdies on the back, the front I am lucky to get 2 despite the length(or lack thereof).

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I was playing in a tournament out at Chimera in LV. Shotgun start on #18. I was 7 over through my first 9 holes and was beside myself. Said “screw strategy” and went pin hunting from there on out. Got it back to +1 going into my last hole (hole #17) which is a par 5. Had a 4 footer straight up the hill to shoot even and horse-shoed it unfortunately. But it was a crazy day. I experienced a lot of emotions in one round.

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