what's your worst round?

[Obee]

[quote name='Hattori Hanzo' timestamp='1355272885' post='6053581']
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I don't have a number to attach to my worst round because it was a team match play tournament. I am not sure of the name of the format, but everyone hit a drive, then you and your partner would pick the best one and play alternate shot the rest of the way in. Now, what really made it so bad was that I was in the middle of a ridiculously hot streak. I'm talking not shooting over 75 in 4 weeks hot. Every putt it looked at just dropped.

So anyways, my partner and I breeze through the first round, and in the second, everything is going great, until I shove a little 3 footer on the 2nd hole. "Not a big deal," I tell myself, "it happens." And then I missed another. And another. And another. On the day, I think I missed 6 putts inside of 3 feet. It was like a spontaneous case of the yips. The worst was on the par 5 13th, when we were amazingly only down 2. My partner knocked a wedge stiff, leaving me about a 2 foot birdie putt, which I proceeded to knock about 7 feet by the cup, and he missed the come backer. So instead of tapping in the birdie to get the match within 1, we were now down 3 with 5 to play.

I guess part of the reason I consider it my worst round is that I wasn't just disappointing myself; I was letting down my partner. We were routinely putting ourselves in position A with our ball-striking, and I would blow it by putting like a Parkinson's patient on cocaine.
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You win! (or lose?)

Nothing worse than letting a partner down -- especially in alternate shot, the toughest format in golf.

[Hattori Hanzo]

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[quote name='Hattori Hanzo' timestamp='1355272885' post='6053581']
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I don't have a number to attach to my worst round because it was a team match play tournament. I am not sure of the name of the format, but everyone hit a drive, then you and your partner would pick the best one and play alternate shot the rest of the way in. Now, what really made it so bad was that I was in the middle of a ridiculously hot streak. I'm talking not shooting over 75 in 4 weeks hot. Every putt it looked at just dropped.

So anyways, my partner and I breeze through the first round, and in the second, everything is going great, until I shove a little 3 footer on the 2nd hole. "Not a big deal," I tell myself, "it happens." And then I missed another. And another. And another. On the day, I think I missed 6 putts inside of 3 feet. It was like a spontaneous case of the yips. The worst was on the par 5 13th, when we were amazingly only down 2. My partner knocked a wedge stiff, leaving me about a 2 foot birdie putt, which I proceeded to knock about 7 feet by the cup, and he missed the come backer. So instead of tapping in the birdie to get the match within 1, we were now down 3 with 5 to play.

I guess part of the reason I consider it my worst round is that I wasn't just disappointing myself; I was letting down my partner. We were routinely putting ourselves in position A with our ball-striking, and I would blow it by putting like a Parkinson's patient on cocaine.
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You win! (or lose?)

Nothing worse than letting a partner down -- especially in alternate shot, the toughest format in golf.
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Unfortunately we couldn't pull that one out.

I'm still trying to make heads and tails of what could have possibly happened. From putting lights out one day, to looking like I had never touched a putter in my life the next, to going right back to putting lights out the day after that...

[Diablo913D]

First round of tournament play on the varsity golf team as no.1 seed I shot a 102 I believe it was. I was so nervous!

[stinger12345]

With 35% of fairways and 11% of greens hit, it's no wonder I shot a 102 yesterday. Needless to say, I was all over the place

[Kirasdad]

My wife is a Pennsylvanian and a few years ago went went back to Pittsburgh to visit her folks. They know someone at Latrobe CC so the next thing I know I'm teeing it up at Arnie's course with three members, all really nice guys. I'm a decent player 5-8 hndcap range over the years so I can handle myself on a golf course. So it's the Summer, and AP is in residence and all the guys in my group know him, and they say that you never know when he's going to show up and watch a few groups play. I was forty-nine that summer and to guys my age Arnie is like a god so I'm watching for him literally after every shot. Pretty soon I couldn't get it off the ground. I broke 100 but not by much, I think I smoothed a 98 and Arnie (of course) NEVER SHOWED UP.

I did meet him in the grill after the round, a real gentleman, but thank god he didn't see me flail around the course like I didn't know which end of the club to hold.

[GolfinGal87]

My boyfriend has taught me how to play golf and is extremely good for how long he has been playing and a great teacher and has helped me so I do not put myself into the funny basket when out there playing. First time maybe a 102 I think!

[NHauss]

Not my worst round by any means but my most dissappointing was at High school Provincial Qualifying. I was playing to a 2 handicap and came in with 85 on a par 70. My score counted as number 4 and we missed qualifying by 2 shots as a team.

[CG69's]

I shot 77 to remove myself from contention a couple years ago. The following day I drank a beer a hole and carded a smooth 100. Pretty solid for a scratch player. I've luckily grown up a lot since then.

[Graymulligan]

I played myself into decent contention in my Saturday league last year, I play to around an 8 or 9,and shoot within a couple on either side of 80 most rounds. Playing a course I don't love, paired with a couple of guys I don't care for, I had a double on number 1,an easy par 4.

Usually I'm solid mentally in the course. Not that day. I never threw a club, and stayed personable throughout every stroke. I holed a 4 foot slider for birdie on 18 to shoot a really spectacular 100 even, my first triple digit score in along time. Whoops.

(shot a career best 1 over par 73 the next week... Go figure)

[LaBraeGolfer]

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Ignoring everything before I became somewhat decent player, the worst I have shot is 199 (101+98) at a 36 hole junior open whilst playing off 12.
[/quote] I was a 10 handicap Senior with the possiblity of playing college golf locally 90's makes the team and shot a 122 and a 137 in Junior tournaments on courses I usually shoot under my handicap, I then preceded to go away to college where no one knows my game and I deleted my profile on that site that posted the scores

[edub72]

Tournament round, 2003, had just come off of missing the match play of a pretty big amateur tournament by 2 shots and played in a 1 day handicap tour event as a plus 2. I was 1 under thru 7 and shot 86 for a net 88. Can I get a win?

[SilverBullets]

I'm a 5 index and dropped a 97 in a tournament which I thought I had a good chance at winning. The tourny was at a private course, which happened to be my home course and the course I grew up playing. I went out and fired a 77 the day before. It was a awful, awful day. I started out double, double, double, triple, 3 putt bogey from inside 10 feet. +10 on the first 5.

The rest of the day wasn't much better but I shot a 76 the next day haha.

I also fired a 108 in a tourney in high school. I don't consider it my worst round considering I was extremely ill and should not have played. My mom drove me from signing m scorecard to the ER where I spent 2 weeks in the hospital.

[Tarkata]

There is no specific round that would qualify as worst ever. Really, it comes down to the occasions when I have lost my composure, whether visible to partners or not. They rest largely in the past but last year, I kind of lost my composure when on a silly par 4 which starts off with a 7 iron that you want to draw around the corner to a flat lie, where then you hit from a flat lie into an elevated green about 205 yards out, all carry. I have played this hole many times. If you fail to execute the draw you end up with the ball well below your feet, hitting into the green with disaster on the right. I took a ten, perhaps my worst single score on any hole. I had 4 penalty strokes, also a record. It was the second hole. It was a long day. I couldn't get my head around a ten, and I didn't really hit a decent shot for most of the day. I shot a 76 the round before at a more difficult course, or so I thought. Probably my worst round in 5 years. I kept trying to just let it go, but that sweet shot that rectifies all the bad never came to me, though I did hit some solid shots on the back nine. I think I fell into the expectations game. I expected to tear that course apart, and in the end, only tore into myself. Live and try to learn...

[Sean2]

[quote name='Diablo913D' timestamp='1355520565' post='6069693']
First round of tournament play on the varsity golf team as no.1 seed I shot a 102 I believe it was. I was so nervous!
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Me too. A 102 in my first tournament. I was a bit nervous too. haha

[Prog8r]

101 the day after a 79 on the same course with the only difference was a 1/2 bottle of Patron and lack of sleep.

[jebb]

I think I can contribute here!

Played a two round Gold Medal Final for winners of monthly medals at my old club. Got absolutely soaked and played like a drain on my way to a 98 off UK 8 handicap. And that was the high point...

Turned up the next day for a Round 2 that I really didn't feel like playing only to be told I was DQed as I'd forgotten to sign my card the day before. Hallelujah I thought as it was raining hard again.

Then the Pro came out of the shop and said, "It's ok though you can play round today -but your score wont count." He said this as I was faking disappointment and shaking the hands of my erstwhile playing partners.

At that point a wave of "doing the right thing/golfer's solidarity" broke over me and I went out and played another round tinged in equal measure by futility and disaster. Another 98 and dead last.

I wished for a hole in the ground to swallow me up but I couldn't even find one of those...

[One Gray GLI]

88 in my first college tournament..wind was blowing.. But didnt explain my blowup.

Shot 4over on the front 9, played decent, was putting okay, giving myself decent looks.. Bogey'd 10 and 11, then a par on the par 5 12th.. Then..

Quad, par, quad, double. 10 over in 4 holes. I don't even remember the shots it was just a blur.. Managed to compose myself to par the last two holes coming in though.

My redemption was going out and shooting 77 the second day with 4 birdies. Night and day. Haha

[esketores]

Don't remember.
I truly have memory of convience.

[sgniwder99]

I had more than I could count the one year I played varsity golf way back in the day. Started the year shooting anything from 40-45 in our team's 9-hole practice rounds. Then every tournament for about the first month and a half of the season, I shot over 100. I hated golf by the end of the year. Except that our sectional and regional tournaments were two of my best tournament rounds of the year.

More recently, it was a series of rounds while on vacation in Florida in March of this year. A freakish winter in WNY had me playing semi-regularly here (like 3-4x a month), and I was playing well (shooting anywhere from +1 to +4 for 9 holes most times out, in pretty rotten conditions). I was so excited to go down and play for 4 days in warm weather, on courses that weren't soggy mudpits. I think the best 18 hole score I had was an 84 (actually played pretty well that day, minus a few blow-up holes). The worst was something in the 90s, and felt much worse. Those rounds weren't absolutely awful now that I look back at them, but they sure felt awful. SOOO frustrating when I was really excited about playing. Which, in retrospect, was probably half the problem.

[scotty4815]

i shot 52 on the first day of college tryouts. that felt good, and needless to say I was done with tryouts after that. Worst 9 holes of the year by 6 shots...

[PooN]

I shot a 79, then 2 days later I shot a 97.

[nitram]

At the end of 2011, I was playing pretty solid at +3.4. I shot a 63 in late September on a tough little track outside Athens, GA. Two weeks later a friend who'd been with me for the 63 got us into a tournament at Karsten Creek and I backed that baby up with a smokin' 93.

[Thouse34]

[quote name='nitram' timestamp='1358487286' post='6250755']
At the end of 2011, I was playing pretty solid at +3.4. I shot a 63 in late September on a tough little track outside Athens, GA. Two weeks later a friend who'd been with me for the 63 got us into a tournament at Karsten Creek and I backed that baby up with a smokin' 93.
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Hey man, I know this has been inactive for a while, but I made an account just for this, what was the name of that course? I work at one right near Athens

[robbie91]

I shot a 92 in a U.S. Open Qualifier coming off a year when I only missed the cut in the local by 2 strokes. I hit it out of bounds ALOT and couldn't make a putt.. plus it was pouring rain and brutally cold. By far, the worst round I have ever played ball striking wise and very embarrassing. The other guy in my group shot over 50 on the front 9 and withdrew so I stuck around to play with the other guy who actually qualified.

[nitram]

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[quote name='nitram' timestamp='1358487286' post='6250755']
At the end of 2011, I was playing pretty solid at +3.4. I shot a 63 in late September on a tough little track outside Athens, GA. Two weeks later a friend who'd been with me for the 63 got us into a tournament at Karsten Creek and I backed that baby up with a smokin' 93.
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Hey man, I know this has been inactive for a while, but I made an account just for this, what was the name of that course? I work at one right near Athens
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Lane Creek

[mke1078]

Last year, first GAP match of the season. I have never played a true competitive match before in my life. From my younger days playing sports such as hockey or baseball my adrenaline starts flowing. I had a 2 ft putt on the first hole to save par and halve the hole and my hands are shaking. Well I miss the putt for sure, am 4 ,down in the first four holes. Don't remember what I lost by, but I couldn't wait to leave the club after the beating I took.

[Thouse34]

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[quote name='Thouse34' timestamp='1360203821' post='6377387']
[quote name='nitram' timestamp='1358487286' post='6250755']
At the end of 2011, I was playing pretty solid at +3.4. I shot a 63 in late September on a tough little track outside Athens, GA. Two weeks later a friend who'd been with me for the 63 got us into a tournament at Karsten Creek and I backed that baby up with a smokin' 93.
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Hey man, I know this has been inactive for a while, but I made an account just for this, what was the name of that course? I work at one right near Athens
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Lane Creek
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Holy crap I work on the maintenance crew there. It is a tough little course. Fast greens. Did you play any of the others in the area?

[Eddie]

My worst round was at... of all places, Pebble Beach.

Played lights out the first 8 holes, lipped out eagle putts on 2 and 6, was 1 over going into the back 9.

Second shot on 10, hosel rocket.

Ok one bad swing, shake it off.

For the next 6 holes, heel jammed every swing. My caddy was just in total shock the whole time, and my family who I was playing with could not bear to watch.

Of course by 17, hit a great shot and birdie, and par 18.

I stopped keeping score so I don't even know what I shot, but I have never ever felt so crest fallen because of golf in my life.

So anytime Pebble comes up, I cringe. I'm determined to go back and make good on that round.

[DBruce11]

Leading after round 1 in my club championships with a 69, which was then followed up with an 85 in round 2...

[xerpro]

Not me....But a funny story
Had a collegue tell me he was going to try and qualify for the open....I talked to him a lot about the mindset and how you need to be able to go deep....
He said he played the course the week before and shot a 70 with some silly missed putts. We thought he needed 68 to get to the next round of qualifying....
Called him that night, no answer....He literally disappeared for a few days....
108 in the open qualifier....Hello Black List