Did your game improve at all this summer?

[quinner]

Just curious who's index dropped the most this summer. I was fortunate enough to drop my index around 6 points. Went from a 13.7 to 7.4. Have to thank Greg Foley and the short game practice I did this winter.

It's amazing how confident you can be when your short game improves dramatically.

[atomic]

Dropped the index 2.5 points...but had the index up 5 last year due to some "swing issues". Learning to relax and swing easier again. Amazing, less effort, better results...

[spackler]

Mine is like superman.....up up and away!!!

[jvincent]

Started the year at 7.1 (or there abouts) went all the way up to 9.something and fought it back down to 6.3.

[mpare]

Early in the year mine climbed to nearly 8 for a while and has now settled back to 3.7. Thank goodness.

[quinner]

I guess I should have put in a poll response surrounding one's index going up...I guess the cup is half full with this guy.

[jeffc]

pretty much the same as i finished, which is the same as its been for about 5 years since i started tracking it....

[Gropper]

Mine went down 6.2 started at 18.6 finished at 12.4. Drove the ball better then ever this year and found my putter stroke for once!

[larry]

I retired and played more golf than I have since my teens. And my handicap went up. Maybe I should go back to work.

[Foddz]

Started the season a 36, ended a 28, mostly done in the last 2 months of play Us mega-cappers have a lot more room to move and generally only one way to go

[BC MIST]

UP from 0.9 to 1.2 However, have started working on a couple of swing changes for '09 and already see improvement in the consistency of my driving and the irons. With a winter of practice, perhaps the trend can be reversed. I just need 50 more yards off the tee to be only 25 yards behind Thunder.

[Marcos]

Pretty much the same as last two years 13,but i find the course were we are this year tougher to score.Smaller greens and lots of undulations in fairways make it harder for me to score so maybe i did improve just a bit,but watch out next year,LOL.

[Skiddlydidly]

Started the season a 36, ended a 28, mostly done in the last 2 months of play Us mega-cappers have a lot more room to move and generally only one way to go

lol! 'mega-cappers'. I like that.

I feel I've improved, but my 'cap hasn't had a chance to show it yet. Still 36, but I expect it to drop alot in the spring.

[buykrux]

i dropped from a 14 to a 7
funny thing is i couldnt hit a ball off the tee if my life depended on it from june until now
short game and putting was wicked tho
now if only i could drive like last year and hit wedges like this year

[Domo]

25.2 to 9.8

[justsomeguy]

My handicap went up a little, while my average score went down a little. However, I'm going to Vancouver next week and bringing my clubs - so that could still change.

I've found more distance off the tee this year, but I'm still "directionally challenged" and my chipping still sucks.

[leftylucas]

Well I am almost exactly where I started the year so no real change. No consistency at all. Some great games and then really bad ones. Games where I was striking the ball well but could not score well. I was down to 11 a few years ago but gradually moved up the scale.I guess its back to winter lessons again.

[Kiwi]

Good poll, but my reply needs some explanation. Started at/near 19+, dropped to 15.2 then ended at 18.4, typical for me. I keep (too many) stats but played only 50 rounds (avg last 2 years 65). Improved in putting, chip-ins, -1, +2 and GIR, but only marginally. Lost ground in score avg., 1 putt, par, +1 and +3's. Frustrating to repeat the annual pattern of peaking in Jul/Aug then falling back to almost where I started at the beginning of the year.

That happen to anyone else???

[jeffc]

25.2 to 9.8

really? that is outstanding. 15 strokes in one year.

[leftylucas]

Yes, thats quite a jump, see DOMO on the PGA tour in the next couple of years

[Domo]

Yes, thats quite a jump, see DOMO on the PGA tour in the next couple of years

Errr, nope. Playing on (what seems to be) a slightly over-rated set of courses (Greyhawk) seems to help. Driving the ball well and longer than some makes it easier to score there. I am quite capable of launching my game into mid to high-90s too, especially on target-style golf courses.

[John]

Opposite for me started the year at 3.8 and am now an 8.8!

[rezadue]

This was a disappointing year for me. I started having back trouble near the end of the first round of the year and it got progressively worse. To the point that my usual 230-240 yards drives down the middle, with a little draw turned into total spraying of the ball around 200 yards.

The last month or so, I have only been playing for the love of the game and the fact that winter was coming.

Handicap stayed the same....

[big mac]

Good poll, but my reply needs some explanation. Started at/near 19+, dropped to 15.2 then ended at 18.4, typical for me. I keep (too many) stats but played only 50 rounds (avg last 2 years 65). Improved in putting, chip-ins, -1, +2 and GIR, but only marginally. Lost ground in score avg., 1 putt, par, +1 and +3's. Frustrating to repeat the annual pattern of peaking in Jul/Aug then falling back to almost where I started at the beginning of the year.

That happen to anyone else???

OH YES---makes me wonder why I play.........OH YES I'm retired Seriously--my game has improved---ball is usually on the fairway after my drive---50% of my second shots are on the green or very close to it---putting is OK---but it's those shots around the green that screw up my game. I think the short game is probably the hardest to master-----too too too many variables. I did shoot a low of 83 and my last putt took me 10 minutes---but I made it I'll be back next year

[GarthM]

Can't complain I suppose. HDCP down to 3.1 at end of year (lowest was 2.7 I think), so down about 1.4 from last year despite a mid-season injury and ballooning to 6.0 at one point.

Kept hole-by-hole stats this year for the first time on RCGANetwork, so nothing to really compare against. GIR only 50%, FW 59%, 10% birdies and 50% pars, 28% bogies and 12% double+. Scoring average 78.0 and 1.74 PPH (not per GIR -- I asked the RCGA to consider that as another stat for next year).

Lowest round - even par 70 at Hautes Plaines in the first round of the CC. ESC -1 (3 birds and a triple)

[Wilster]

I didn't move up or down , which is amazing considering i finished the season in poor form ... roll on next year

[kerisb]

Up and down for me, scored better at the first of the year, but felt like I played better by the end of the year.....go figure!!!! Was an awesome year though broke 100 at 3 different courses. And feel like my knowledge and hitting has become alot better.

If I wasn't hooked for sure on golf last year, I definitely got hooked this year.......to the point of where I think nothing of going out by myself and shooting a game or two.

[Big Johnny69]

Started the year at 2.7 and the index went up to just below 5 at one point (I don't think it went over 5.....) but it's now back down to 3.2. Playing less and less each year over the last 3 seasons, so trying to keep an index at that level will be tough.

Had a decent year though, a few rounds under par. But if the short game hadn't left me for a few months, I would probably have a much lower index. Still had fun this year though. Next year will probably be my last full year of golf, that is if little ones are on the horizon. I'm hoping for two more years.

[little brit]

This is the first year I have recorded my handicap. I have gone down an little, not sure what I started at, but finished at 20.7 index. I am happy with that. My goal was to break 90 and I went down to as low as 84. and broke 90 four times. I will see a big difference in my score if I practice short game a lot more. Putting and chipping are my weak areas by far.

[Golfbum]

Mine went up a few points. However I did not play as much golf this year as I have in the past. Plus I went from playing a 6100 yard course that was wide open and had easy greens. Now I play a 6400 yard course that is tree lined, many uneven lies in the fairways, with greens that will drive you nuts!
There is the reason my index went up a little bit. So I am not unhappy about this fact.