Golfing goals for 2021

Started off the year 21.1 and finished 14.6. Huge improvements everywhere given I only started in June 2020.

• Did this. Longer yardages than expected. I blame normalisation.
• Got at least 5 possibly 1 more before year end.
• Comfy with them all now but rarely hit 5i on home course, generally my approaches are shorter and 2nd shots longer.
• Yes, 9/10 times.
• Smashed this with 84. A number of sub 90 rounds since.
• Just about. Had 2 birdies a couple of weeks ago.
• Won a Sunday comp with the 84 and another small one last week.
• Actually won all 3 of the work soc events I entered.
• Nope. Only got back into it this late in the year. Huge difference since then.
• Nope. Managed 5 new courses.
• Nope.
• 11/10 here considering restrictions. Really enjoyed myself.

Will be interesting to see how I progress next year. I'll have a much smaller work soc hc and also find it harder to shoot good nett scores as my index drops. Will throw up the new goals in 2022 thread when it appears.

1: Success - currently sitting at 8.2.

2: Failure - only played in 2 medals all year. Finished 3rd in one of them which is a good result.

3: Success - played in two interclub teams. Pierce Purcell which was a disaster personally, bad blend with my playing partner. First time playing foursome in interclub, makes me want to play more of it though. Second interclub was the Uden cup, good run to the semi finals, won each of my matches easily enough, played well in each outing.

Looking forward to setting some more aggressive goals for next year. Birdie every hole in a counting round over the year, breaking 70 in a round... HC to 5 would be the big one, it would make me the best golfer historically in my family, need those boasting rights :)

Noticed I never posted in this earlier in the year. Probably as it was started at a time I was suffering from a strong bout of Covid apathy and couldn't see beyond that (alongside an overall poor 2020 season)

Turned out to be a fairly decent year. Started the year with an index of 9.0. Peaked at a high of 9.7, but finished the year (thanks to a run of very good late qualifying rounds, including Seapoint and the K Club) at 8.1, which is the lowest I've been since the system officially kicked in.

Managed to break 80 (on par 72s) twice, and put in some good rounds at away courses.

Didn't win any events with the society this year, but managed top 5 comfortably in GOTY and despite overall Team losing, played a strong winning match with El Capitane @Break80

Ticked off a few quality courses I'd never played before and had some good times with some close friends made on boards, either on the course, or, talking golf on Zoom!

Invested in new clubs, as a treat for turning 40 in 2020. Great fitting session out in Foregolf and some major changes in the bag, that were definitely needed and easily part of the reason for my bad 2020 season.

2022 will have some special goals in there, which I can't wait to tick off

I guess WHS has made it easier to get to the promised land of single figures? Will be interesting to see in a year or so after the famous bedding in period what distribution across handicaps has been

I didn't post at the start of the thread but I had a few goals coming into the year

1. Reach Single Figures
2. Play Pierce Purcell
3. Play at least 1 course that I never played before.

The last time I had a single figure handicap was 2010 so it has been an annual goal for the past few years. The 4 month break at the start of the year definitely helped here as it made me more eager to get extra rounds in over the summer. The extra golf improved the consistency of my long game and I finished the year with a handicap of 8.3 with a low index of 7.9. I think I would have still gotten there under the old system but it would have been a full shot higher.

I started the year with a new WHS handicap of 10.5 which was right on the cutline for the Pierce Purcell. I accomplished my goal of making the team but unfortunately we were beaten in the first round. The fact that I met my playing partner for the first time approximately 15 minutes before our teetime probably didn't help.

The 3rd goal is another one that I aim to do every year. It should have been the easiest to achieve but it ended up being the last to knock off the list. At this stage I have played almost every course within a 90 minute drive so it is taking more effort to get to new courses. Luckily I was out West in August and stopped off in Ballinrobe for a game. I found it a really good test and it was in fantastic condition on the day that I was there.

1. Yup
2. Nope
3. Nope , went other way
4. Nope, low 90s was a struggle
5. Nope
6. Yes 😄
7. Nope. About 50 which is still good enough
8. Yup by 2 points. Highlight of year.
9. Yup (and caught covid)
10. Nope. Got to none of them.

overall going by this wasn’t a good year but you know what didn’t feel like that. Got out a lot, good craic and enjoyed myself so heah.

I hadn’t taken golf seriously in a few years and I took some time off in 2020 and hadn’t swung a club in 9 months until the first night the clubs opened back up in April of this year. I had zero expectations so put no pressure on myself. Of course I had some goals but after a long time away I didn’t expect to hit them.

Lose 3 shots - I lost 6

Win a club competition - I won 1 and finished second 4 times

Break 90 - Did it in my first qualifying round

Break 80 - Wasn’t expecting to that until next year but got it done in August

Break 70 - A late addition but shot 74 and feel I’d have given it a good go but ran out of time and the winter rules came in

For 2022, I’m vowing to practice at least 3 hours every week in addition to playing at least 36 holes every week.

I want to lose another 4 shots and get down to a particular handicap.

Win the scratch cup in the club. This is the biggest one for me. Scratch cups are great and for me it’s the real proper test of golf. For some reason the weather is always bad for our one which makes it tougher again.

Joined my local club in June after not playing for over 10 years. A guy at work asked was I a member and went from there.

Still struggling to keep scratches off my card. Got handicap of 17 and up to 23 now unfortunately. Looking forward to next year and hopefully take a few lessons.

Well ill be glad to see the back of 21 in golfing terms,I never broke SS (in old money) seen my h/c go from 6.5 to 10 hc flat so my aim for next season is to get back to 6/7 hc and win something of significance

Ended up the year at 17.0 after starting at 18.9 but only tells half the story as I couldnt hit a ball out of my way till August I had managed to get up to 21.7 (low index was 16.8) but managed turn it around

Some equipment updates required in 2022 so its gonna be an expensive year

No they dont. They would let a pairing of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddaffi out as long as they paid the green fee

And the would put Pope John Paul II and Martin Luther King with them too

With Pope John Paul as referee for the fourball