I got to thinking after seeing Fatshot’s spectacular round where he shot under his age. How many of youse have shot your age or bettered your age for 18 holes. Regulation course.
Shooting Your Age
I’ll start… many times. In fact I think I was 58 when it shot 57 on a par 70 course.
Closest I’ve come is 9 over.
I think I'll start considering "best ever score" to be the best net score to age. So right now, 12 over age is my best score ever.
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Closest I came was shooting 71 when I was 69. I've got an 85 year old buddy who plays 3 times a week and has shot his age over 135 times. I was on 70 strokes last Friday after 17 holes...... should have stopped.
It's pretty unusual. My father has done it hundreds of times. He is 90 now and probably first shot his are in his mid-70s.
He never plays more than nine holes at a time anymore, but he usually shoots between 38 and maybe, at worst, about 42.
I am now old enough where I can shoot under my age for 9 holes on a regular basis. If I shoot a 47 for 18 holes, look out PGA Tour!
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The first time I shot my age was 5 years ago, when I was 73 years old. I've done it several times a year since,
and IMO the reason is b/c I've worked a LOT on my short game. The other day, I didn't hit the ball any better
than I usually do (8 GIR....about average), but I had the best chipping and putting day of my life! On a normal day I would have been several shots higher.
The closest for me was this year when I shot 7 over my age of 71.
Depends on what number you put on "decrepit" as my age.
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Close, by 1, many times the past 3 seasons. Never had much of a chance this year, but did shoot 72/73 a couple of the few rounds.
Next year may be easier(Jan. b/day)!!
I'll be 61 in a month and have never shot closer than 20 strokes over that. So I'll say now that I'll probably never shoot my age unless I'm still scooting it around in my mid to late eighties.
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johnnydoom One of the golf magazines came up with a mathematical formula for whether you would be able to do it... I don't remember all the specifics, but I can tell you that unless something drastically changes, your chances approximate zero.
The reason it is so hard to do is that, in general, golfing scores worsen with age. Sure, you can occasionally shoot 81 now, but when you are 81, even if you are still out there playing, it will have become a lot more difficult to shoot 81.
I can't remember the percentage of players who are able or will potentially become able to shoot their age, but it was very, very small.
I needed a birdie on #18 today to shoot my age for the 1st time. I had a 12' putt, hit it right on line and left it short. 72. Personal best on this course. I'm close......
Got to get much older for that to happen. Lowest score I’ve ever shot was 79, now 13 over my age.