Your level of golf?

[rianb]

Probably been 100 of these in here, but I just started coming in here to get away from the strat forums, and what does 1 more hurt.

What level have you reached? Play HS golf, maybe college? ANyone here tried the mini-tour route, or even bigger tours?

What's the lowest anyone has taken it on a decent course, (ie non-9 hole goat track) tipped out?

I'll start it out, played HS golf, ju-co'd it freshman year, hated it, came home, walked on junior year at a pretty good D-1 school but haven't done [censored] since I've been here.= I'm a head case + a year off from competitive golf at a high level, hmmmmm....good combo or not??

One more year of eligibility but dunno if I'm gonna play, losing a passion for golf fairly rapidly, tryin to get competitive this summer, hasn't been very good so far. Tues. will be a big day, US am. qual...

[shemp]

I'm terrible. I don't presently have a number. I'm guessing 15 is reasonable. I was a mediocre Junior. I won a few events; big fish, small pond. I could have played HS, but played baseball. I also could have played D-1, but only because my school was freaking terrible-- I mean BRUTAL. 20+ years have passed and I've practically quit.

[duvvard]

Played 5 yrs of varsity golf in middle/HS. Got to play in the state tourney jr year (friend [censored] totaled his car that I was riding in the morning of sections SR yr. Concussion + left eye swollen shut + messed up shoulder = +6 after 2 holes, +2 last 16 after I could see straight to miss going by a few) We did not lose a conference match for 2-3 yrs so that was a ton of fun.

Played golf my freshman yr at a crappy college, was an absolute blast, got to play a ton of decent/nice courses. Team was so bad that I was the 1 man, so I got to play with all the rly rly good players from other school, little intimidating. We had 15 tourneys in 5 weeks and my grades were terrible so my parents were done paying for school if I was on the golf team. Have not played any competitive golf aside from the club championship since then (in which i managed to piss away a 4 shot lead going into final day).

[Spy Dog]

Junior Career: Made low 32 match play in 2 US Juniors, made match play in 3 Western Juniors. Also qualified for Western Amateur at 16 and 18 (and twice more in college).

College Career: D1 golf at good mid-major school. Hated college golf.

After College: Qualified for 2 US Publinx. Made match play once and lost 1st round, missed match play by 2 shots the other time. Represented Arizona in USGA State Team championships. Represented Arizona in international play in Peru.

Most birdies in round: 10
Best stretch of holes: 6 under in 5 holes
Lowest 9: 30 (4 or 5 times)
Lowest non-competitve round: 63
Lowest competitive round: 65
Holes in one: 0
Played with: David Duval, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard, Adam Scott, and a bunch of other lesser known PGA and Nationwide guys.

[ghostface]

Junior Career: HS Golf team for 3 years. 1 man my last 2 years.

College Career: NC State doesnt allow walk-ons.

Most birdies in round: 8
Best stretch of holes: 5 under in 5 holes
Lowest 9: 30
Lowest non-competitve round: 66
Lowest competitive round: 72
Holes in one: 0

Play to a 4 now, greeeat.

[Shoot59]

Got through stage 1 of PGA Tour Q-school 2 years ago....
Played terribly at stage 2

[rianb]

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Junior Career: Made low 32 match play in 2 US Juniors, made match play in 3 Western Juniors. Also qualified for Western Amateur at 16 and 18 (and twice more in college).

College Career: D1 golf at good mid-major school. Hated college golf.

After College: Qualified for 2 US Publinx. Made match play once and lost 1st round, missed match play by 2 shots the other time. Represented Arizona in USGA State Team championships. Represented Arizona in international play in Peru.

Most birdies in round: 10
Best stretch of holes: 6 under in 5 holes
Lowest 9: 30 (4 or 5 times)
Lowest non-competitve round: 63
Lowest competitive round: 65
Holes in one: 0
Played with: David Duval, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard, Adam Scott, and a bunch of other lesser known PGA and Nationwide guys.

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damn, impressive junior resume. publinx is also nice! caddied for a teammate this summer that shot 68-70 here in Houston and didn't even sniff it.

what didn't you like about college golf? i've felt that way a couple of times, but when i look back on the friends i've made and the places i've traveled, it's been a pretty cool experience. i guess i enjoyed everything but the golf [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Spy Dog]

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what didn't you like about college golf?

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We had a pretty competitive program in the Midwest. Our top 3 guys were set in stone. And then there were 6 guys always battling for the last 2 spots. So, it was constant qualifying. If you weren't traveling to a tournament then you were in a qualifier to get into a qualifier. So, while our team might be playing Thu-Sat, 4 guys would be playing in a prequalifier for 2 spots over the weekend. If you qualified then you would get to play in a 2 round qualifier on Tues-Weds with 1 or 2 guys who played bad in the previous tournament. If you happened to play well in that qualifier you were off to the next tournament. Playing in tournaments was great, but it meant missing 1 or 2 days of classes which meant scrambling to make up for tests and such.

So, it was literally like 5-6 competitive rounds per week (a lot of college tournaments were 54 holes in 2 days) in springtime Midwestern weather (windy, cold, and rainy).

The time commitment was huge. I probably spent 45+ hours per week either practicing, playing, or driving to/from the golf course (one of which was 1 hour away). Not to mention that I had to schedule my classes to end by noon. That meant an 8:00am class every friggin day.

Typical schedule looked like this:

7:00am-8:00am Shower. Maybe eat breakfast.
8:00am-12:30PM CLASS
12:30pm-1:15pm Scramble to the dining hall to grab lunch.
1:15pm-1:45pm Drive to golf course
1:45pm-6:45pm Play another 5 hour round of golf
6:45pm-7:15pm Drive back to campus
7:15pm-8:00pm Get dinner at dining hall or grab pizza if dining hall closed.
8:00pm-9:00pm In food coma because I pigged out after walking 18 holes of golf.
9:00pm-11:00pm Too exhausted to study. Maybe I'll go out for a few beers.
11:00pm Bedtime.

Balancing that with an active social life and trying to maintain a 3.0+ GPA in a tough accounting program was not fun.

I hated college golf but it helped pay for my school.

[Hey_Porter]

Pretty normal. Played high school golf, hovering between a 7 and a 9 handicap for most of it (lack of practice outside of playing probably held me back), playing a steady 4th man on varsity. Didn't play, as in literally did not pick up a club, for five years through college for various reasons. Decided I wanted to play again, but I also got fat, so basically had to start over from scratch in terms of swing. My putting, which used to be my savior, is now my downfall, and my irons, which used to be an issue, tend to give me a really high GIR %. I'm happy with my improvement this year; down to about a 12 handicap from about an 18.

[offTopic]

Purely recreational (kind of like poker, actually) never played any level of organized golf, and never hit a ball on a golf course until after high school (probably 20 years ago).

I'd play a few times per year, generally less than once a month until I met my now-wife who is more avid than I am. We play most weekends...I'm a 16 (up from 14.5 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] ) and she'll probably be around an 18 on Aug 1.

Best round relative to par was 78 at Poplar Creek in San Mateo, but I don't consider myself to have broken 80 because that course is sooo short.

Besides that, +11, +12 seems to be the number I'm stuck on when playing really well.