Your 2009 Goals

[LobWedge]

Okay, I guess now's as good a time as any. What do you want to accomplish in the 2009 golf season?

I'm taking a different tack this year. No "hard" targets. My plan is take the game as it comes, enjoy every swing, and not be too hard on myself over a less-than-perfect result. Too much stress in the rest of life. No room left for it on the golf course.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[jeffc]

Okay, I guess now's as good a time as any. What do you want to accomplish in the 2009 golf season?

I'm taking a different tack this year. No "hard" targets. My plan is take the game as it comes, enjoy every swing, and not be too hard on myself over a less-than-perfect result. Too much stress in the rest of life. No room left for it on the golf course.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

You took the words out of my mouth Rich. I enjoy every time I tee it up, god knows it ain't enough but with everything else going on, I am happy to play everytime i can and live the result without beating myself up about it.

[Foddz]

My goals, in order of difficulty:

1. Golf 80+ rounds
2. Enjoy the game as much or more than I did last year
3. Start regularly breaking 100
4. Get to or below 18 HCP (that's 10.5 strokes from my current HCP )

I'm nothing if not ambitious!

[Marcos]

Same here.Its getting harder to perform as you get a bit older(on the golf course) but,i dont set too many goals,just try and play my best and enjoy our time together.I would like to lower my hdcp. to 10 or so if i work hard at it but i am not willing to put in the time and energy.So 2009 will be a great year whatever happens.

[jvincent]

I am going to keep it simple this year.

1. Get my first ace.
2. Make the 36 hole cut in the Citizen.

[Kilroy]

Mine would be...

• Handicap factor back where it belongs at 12.5 That would be -2 from from my current 14.4
• Team Green to retain the NCGT Ryder Cup - It looks great on my shelf BTW.
• Beat NoBack straight up when he's not having a horrid round. This one has been on my list for years. I can beat him when he colapses and stops caring, but I want to beat him when he's on his game.
• Have fun with my friends. Life is too short to worry TOO much about your golf game. A healthy desire to improve and root buddies along is the best approach. IMHO
• 100 rounds - no problem unless I have an injury so we'll call this "good health"

[BC MIST]

Okay, I guess now's as good a time as any. What do you want to accomplish in the 2009 golf season?

1. Shoot my age.

2. As achieving the above, winning tournaments or lowering the factor are obviously incidental to how I play, I continue to work on improving each of the skill areas. At my age, however, if I just stayed the same, it would almost be like a gain.

3. Continue expanding my knowledge of The Rules of Golf and to be a better, on course, rules official.

4.Continue my current routine of walking, running, skating, snowshoeing, biking, working out, every day.

[mpare]

My golf objectives this year are, in no particular order:

1. play a round of golf at least once a week with my wife;
2. continue to have fun each and every time I play;
3. lower my handicap index to 2.5;
4. play in the Ottawa Golf match against the boys from Toronto;
5. attempt to hit every shot with a clear idea of what I want to accomplish.

[jsttaylor]

-Play double what I did last year. So about 70 rounds.
-Get to a 10 or less handicap from 14. Same goal as last year.
-Practise at least once per week, especially 9-LW.
-Win at least one of the NCGT low gross rounds.

[bobjones59]

Only one goal: To finish the season with the exact same 14 clubs that will be in my bag at the beginning of the season!

[Chambokl]

1 – Try to lower HDCP in the single digit
2 – Shoot in the 70's more often
3 – Continue enjoy the game with my friends
4 – Play 100+ round again next year

Can't wait for spring...

[Big Johnny69]

Only one goal: To finish the season with the exact same 14 clubs that will be in my bag at the beginning of the season!

Good luck with that one you putter ho!!!! And before you say "Look who's talking..." I'll have you notice I haven't made unreasonable and outrageous claims like you have.

[davevandyk]

most important goal of my year will be to be a big part of bringing back the OG/TGN Ryder Cup trophy back to Ottawa. Was a part of the inaugural team that won it and wasn't on the team last year. With all respect to the Toronto boys, that trophy belongs in O-town.

After that, would love to become a 'consistent' 2 or lower cap and start shooting par or better on a semi-regular basis. For this to happen I need to continue my improvement of irons/wedges and putter but really I have to figure the driver out, 250-260 is not going to cut it for me this year. As well as my irons are going, I can't consistently play well hitting 5irons into the greens.

[Colby]

First and foremost I want to get out and play more this year. Last year play was restricted due to time away because of work. Along with that is a bit more practice time and taking my first set of lessons in 5 years...

[ironmaster15213]

My goals are 1) Take care of the knee issues. 2) leave only 1 in 10 fifteen foot and in putts short of the hole. 3) strive to play 6 rounds of golf during the year under the course ratings. 4) Try to increase my fairways hit to around 60 %, even if it means using the 3 wood more from off the tee.

[rezadue]

Only one goal this year. To beat Gropper at least 51% of the times I play with him.

Oh and to have a relatively back pain free season, drop the index by 5 points, make it past the second round of the forum ladder match, play more, drive the ball longer.

[Gropper]

HHmmm 51%.... do i hear a season long challenge? You up for it Rocco???

[Sakuraba]

2009 is going to be my year.
Get the index into the single digits & keep it there.
Beat Hoolio straight up, & outdrive him when he's hit a decent one.
Play well in the qualifiers in the spring & make the teams I can at my home course.
Get some of the OG-ers up to Renfrew to play.
Play more, & continue to enjoy playing.
Get on the OG/TGN Ryder Cup & win.

[Leftygolfer3]

most important goal of my year will be to be a big part of bringing back the OG/TGN Ryder Cup trophy back to Ottawa. Was a part of the inaugural team that won it and wasn't on the team last year. With all respect to the Toronto boys, that trophy belongs in O-town.

After that, would love to become a 'consistent' 2 or lower cap and start shooting par or better on a semi-regular basis. For this to happen I need to continue my improvement of irons/wedges and putter but really I have to figure the driver out, 250-260 is not going to cut it for me this year. As well as my irons are going, I can't consistently play well hitting 5irons into the greens.

Dave, why do you insist on setting yourself up for failure while there's still so much snow on the ground?

The Cup is staying in TO baby!

[hoolio]

Beat Hoolio straight up, & outdrive him when he's hit a decent one.

I didn't have any personal goals, but I guess I can put down "Keep crushing Andrews dreams" as a place-holder until something that would pose an actual challenge pops into my head.

[Nat Williams]

2 goals

#1 - Get into the double digits on rounds played :|
#2 - Play all the NCGT events

same goals as last year ... when I played ~6-8 rounds, and 4 NCGT events (incl. the ryder)

Hopefully it goes better this time around!

[NoBack]

#2 - Play all the NCGT events

!

Hope you have better alarm clock

[LobWedge]

What's the matter Steve, no goals this year? How about "finally out drive little brit and/or Iron Maiden"? No? Nothing?

[Hacker]

3 Goals:

1. Play 40+ rounds
2. Drop the index by 5 or more strokes
3. Beat Indio in a handicapped match

[NoBack]

What's the matter Steve, no goals this year? How about "finally out drive little brit and/or Iron Maiden"? No? Nothing?

Already done that Rich

already play over 100 rounds a year
already won my first NCGT event
already won the NCGT Ryder Cup
already won the Battle at Belleville
already won the Stuggy
already made an intersectional team
already been on a winning intersectional team
already picked up a 6 pointer in intersectionals
PLUS already took mpare's money

Not much left for this old guy, except having fun on the course.

But if you insist on something, holding my cap under 10 for more than a month this year. It was under 10 for a month last year but then it came back up.

[NoBack]

[*]Team Green to retain the NCGT Ryder Cup - It looks great on my shelf BTW. [/LIST]

Maybe it's time the rest of the Green team sees it too?

[LobWedge]

Maybe it's time the rest of the Green team sees it too?

Yeah, really. Share the love Dan. It'll most likely be the last time they see it for a while.

[Kilroy]

No problem.

It still needs a 2008 shield.

[Indio]

It'll most likely be the last time they see it for a while.

We on Team Green voted that Dan could keep it for the entire year since we will own it for the next 20 or so years anyway, all of us would get it for an entire year as well.

[rezadue]

I don't know who Rocco is, but Adam is ready for your puny challenge.

HHmmm 51%.... do i hear a season long challenge? You up for it Rocco???