What is your handicap

[Swingtheclub]

I have three questions if your over 50

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Three questions and please do not answer if your not over 50

!. What is your current index

2 What is the lowest it has ever been


3. What is your goal what would you like it to be.

[Swingtheclub]

Current handicap 3 age 58


Lowest it has been .9 index Then again I never had a handicap untill I was 46 I am sure that on several occassions I would have been a plus handicap. One year I posted 17 of 22 eighteen hole rounds at one course under 70

Note not part of the question but my handicap has been as high as six last winter Just was playing horrible for several years there


My Goal No real goal if my schedule changed and I could practice I would love to be a 0 again before I die but I am afraid at this age its going the other direction for me.

[Sean2]

52; 8.9; 8.9.

My goal is to be able to play in the Massachusetts Senior Open (55 or older), and I must have an HI of 5.5 or lower.

[wkuo3]

I haven't been keeping a GHIN for years now, and most golf I played were for business and social function. If I must take a guess, my current GHIN should be close to a 15, I shot in the 80's most of the time from the tip, the lowest it had been before I have my family was a 7.2
I would like it to be around 10 for the efforts I could put into this game, but I enjoy playing golf at any level.
I'm no longer getting angry at myself for not able to make the shot which I know I could.
Eagles are getting sparse, birdies are great but I won't jump up and down for joy, pars are nice, the often occurred bogey and doubles don't bother me as much like before.
Funny, I seemed to have more fun playing golf, not grinding at it. I could smell the flowers so to speak.
Don't get me wrong, my heart still want to jump out of my mouth when I have a low round going, but I won't ignore my playing partners and kept to myself throughout the round anymore.

[hifish]

Hi I am 60 and my current handicap is 5.4. In the early 1980's I played to +2 but that was two major operations ago. I aspire to playing to a 3 handicap again but since having a new hip I think that might just be a dream and as another year goes by will not become reality.

[azgolfer2]

[quote name='wkuo3' post='871952' date='Jan 19 2008, 01:17 PM']I would like it to be around 10 for the efforts I could put into this game, but I enjoy playing golf at any level.
I'm no longer getting angry at myself for not able to make the shot which I know I could.
Eagles are getting sparse, birdies are great but I won't jump up and down for joy, pars are nice, the often occurred bogey and doubles don't bother me as much like before.
Funny, I seemed to have more fun playing golf, not grinding at it. I could smell the flowers so to speak.
Don't get me wrong, my heart still want to jump out of my mouth when I have a low round going, but I won't ignore my playing partners and kept to myself throughout the round anymore.[/quote]

this is proof that with age comes wisdom. Enjoy the game first and rejoice when you score well but keep your nose in the flowers.

[rony]

12


6


9

[sabram]

55

14.5

13.2

12

[bassman1308]

I'm 63. Hc of 7. I've been able to play more often since Jan 07 so HC is going down. We don't enter any scores after league ends in oct. Never keep HC till 2006 but I imagine it's as low as it's ever been. I Like to set goals high so being able to play PAR golf every day I feel like bearing down is my goal. If I can't, it won't ruin the enjoyment of playing but that will help me practice the things I need to do to reach that goal.( short game from 40 yds in.)

[AltusBeliever]

I am 51 yrs old. My current handicap is 6 or 7, haven't looked at the computer in a while due to not playing since Nov. I have been scratch many times in my forties, but usually 1 or 2. My goal is to get back to a true 3 or 4. Even when I was a 1 or 2 I was a "weak" 1 or 2. I would shoot 68, 69, 73, 81, 79, 90, 70. My good rounds were good, and my bad ones could be horrific. The low handicap was very misleading, IMO. Of course, now I chop all the time! Isn't old age great?

[Coach Doyle]

65 in a few weeks: 5 hdcp from the seniors, 9 from the blues........don't play the way backs much anymore........as for goals.....stay healthy and play as much as possible!! I've been through the medical wringer, so just happy to be upright and playing!! There was a day that if I shot 72, I was PO'd and probably lost money!! Coach

[MrParr1Noid]

I'm 65, have been to a 6 handicap 30 plus years ago, gave up the game for 10 years. When I came back to the game my handicap was 17ish, I've worked it to a 12 13, and would like to get down to the 6 or 7 where I used to be.

I can shoot high 90's or mid 70's but mostly in the mid 80's. Last summer I was -2 going into #9 and I managed to double that one. I'm not sure if it's my mental approach to golf or if it's my mental approach.

I do have this muscle thing going on where my swing is sweet and smooth, and then it goes spastic on me, same thing with chipping and putting.

[Golfdog]

I'm 53. Current index is 1.0. It has been as low 0.3 two years ago, before I got hurt. My goal is to get to +3 or better.

[golf9596]

I'm 50 and finished the year a 9. I have been down to scratch a couple of times before childern. I would like to play at a true 3. I need to get the short game in order to get back down to where I want it.

[Ridgecrest18]

I'm 54 and play to +3.2. Don't really have any specific hdcp. goals, I'd just like to finally qualify into the US Senior Open this year and make it into the weekend field (a tall order) at The Broadmoor. Came close a couple of times in the past, but no banana......... "yet."

[sandwedge59]

Hello ..

I will be 51 soon , i play to a 4.6 index now which is the lowest handicap i ever carried , i would like to get to to a 2 or lower but to be honest i am quite happy where i am at now as the only expectation i have now is enjoying this great game

[oldpalchamp]

I'm 56 and currently a 2.2. The lowest I've been is 1.8. My goal is to get to scratch (or better) and qualify for the U.S. Sr. Am.

[JoeF]

I'm 57 and am a 14.3 lowest was a 9 hope some of my shoulder issues will let me get lower again

[againstthegrain]

Age 50, lowest HI 12, current 15.5, high single digits are possible for me. Been playing seriously for 4 years and have had a lot of physical restrictions to overcome.

[awd]

53 yrs old

5.9 index

Has not been much lower than what it is now.

To play five times a week to see how low I could get my index.

Short game better than ever.

[Rockfish]

[quote name='Coach Doyle' post='873588' date='Jan 20 2008, 02:30 PM']65 in a few weeks: 5 hdcp from the seniors, 9 from the blues........don't play the way backs much anymore........as for goals.....stay healthy and play as much as possible!! I've been through the medical wringer, so just happy to be upright and playing!! There was a day that if I shot 72, I was PO'd and probably lost money!! Coach[/quote]

Ummmmmm, Coach. You only HAVE 1 handicap index.

[Swingtheclub]

my club shows and index then indivitual handicaps from different tees

I was 2 from the whites and a 3 from the blues

I hardly every get to play the whites.

I am sure that is what he is referring too

[Coach Doyle]

I guess you didn't know that I'm "amphibious".......!! Actually have an out of date 9 index and the senior group plays points and it averages out to a 5 hdcp.........At some point I'll have to settle in to one course and one set of tees but now I play in three different regular groups and index is pretty much of a crap shoot......as we pick up after were in a "no points" situation........ Coach

[Funkey]

I'm 60 with an index of 9.4. I quite for 15 years been back playing for two years. I would like to get to a 3. This is my goal. Make it or not I still love to play. What a great game.

[leekgolf]

[quote name='kenk7us2002' post='871918' date='Jan 19 2008, 12:58 PM'].
Three questions and please do not answer if your not over 50

!. What is your current index

2 What is the lowest it has ever been


3. What is your goal what would you like it to be.[/quote]

Age 53

Current index 4.9

Lowest was before indices but I guess it would have been 2-3, as my course handicap was 4 on a slope of 132.

Goal? As good as I can get! I want to cut it in half this year. I'm doing clubhead speed work, putting work and plan to spend practice time in these increments:

Putting 50%
pitching and chipping 30%
irons 15%
driver 5%

[MoGolf]

Age: 61
Current index: 12
Lowest index: 4
Aspire to: 9 or better
Was playing a lot when it was a 4, then dropped golf for other activities and only played occasionally for 10 years. Retired this past year, and now playing 3-5 times per week this winter in Texas. Game is coming back, and HOPEFULLY back in single digits soon. Short game work will help a lot.
Update: Down to 10 as of 3/6/08. And shot a nice little 76 this morning.

[Rockfish]

[quote name='kenk7us2002' post='877263' date='Jan 22 2008, 06:20 PM']my club shows and index then indivitual handicaps from different tees

I was 2 from the whites and a 3 from the blues

I hardly every get to play the whites.

I am sure that is what he is referring too[/quote]

You're probably right.

There's only ONE handicap index, e.g. 4.8 which may translate to a [u]course handicap[/u] of say, 3 shots from the gold, 4 shots from the whites and 5 shots from the blues, etc...

[8thehardway]

I'm 61 and carry a 5.8 which is the lowest it's ever been thanks to intensive work on my short game.

This year my goals are to add 10 yards to my very short drives and hit pretty shots from the fairway.

[notbright]

Age: 53.

Haven't kept an index for years but would be somehwere between 6 and 8. Got down to 1.7 back in the '90's and then lost my mind and interest in the game trying to get lower. Sunsequently quit the game, bought another dirt bike, broke my left leg in half and then decided to start playing again as a cripple. :-) (Nerve damage and left leg is now at least one inch shorter than the right leg).

Son started playing travel baseball a year or so after starting my "comeback" so golf took a backseat and has more or less stayed there. Used to play every weekend but down to less than twenty rounds per year now. Don't want to practice as much and when I do get the change to get out, prefer to play.

NO expectations about my game other than to actually enjoy myself when I do get out (and that has not always been the case for me).

[Russ Arnold]

Age: The"new 40"

Index: 13.5

Goal: 10, to take advantage of the club where I play.

Russ