What'd You Shoot Today? (Golf BBV Thread)

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bonds,

This isn't dissing your round at all (and I'm not sure why I keep trying to post in this thread full of parallel conversations but whatever), but don't you agree that there's a huge mental difference between 39 and 40? Or 79 and 80? Or I suppose for the higher handicapped folks 99 and 100? Just the number it starts with is huge, like a 79 shares a "7" with 70 so it's like they're closer together than the 79 is to the 80.

I know growing up I always felt pretty decent about a 39 during golf matches, but a 40 made me sad.

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Tuk:

In a lot of cases, yes, but not so much in this case:

1. Tuesday night golf league. 2 hour and 45 minute round. I hate slow play enough that I generally don't care too much.
1a. Started with the usual no warmup double bogey.
2. This nine is a par 35.
3. Had a 10' birdie putt on #9 stop one revolution short.
4. There was a cold beer with my name on it waiting inside.
5. I've played like [censored] for about a month now. Anything close to my handicap feels like victory.
6. Won the match 2 up & by 4 shots.

So it was a good day.

I think the 40 barrier is more relevant when you're playing 18 holes. Maybe it's different when you're a good player.