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re: Do you have a time in your life when you played your best golf?
Posted on 7/26/26 at 8:53 pm to W2NOMO
Posted on 7/26/26 at 8:53 pm to W2NOMO
LIVED IN ft. Myers Fl
Lived in. Golf Course Community
Played 3 times a week
Chipped and putted twice a week for an hour
5 Handicap
Every Golfer should live in S.W. Florida
Over a 100 Courses within 50 miles of me
Our Club had 60 reciprocals in the Summer
Lived in. Golf Course Community
Played 3 times a week
Chipped and putted twice a week for an hour
5 Handicap
Every Golfer should live in S.W. Florida
Over a 100 Courses within 50 miles of me
Our Club had 60 reciprocals in the Summer
Posted on 7/27/26 at 8:35 am to W2NOMO
Early 30s. I was stronger than in my 20s but still flexible and quick. I’ve lost a lot of speed since then but still enjoy the game as much as ever.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 2:34 pm to SmoothBox
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was a my best. Plus 3.5. Was a plus for almost 15 years.
Everybody should try to play with a plus handicap golfer every chance you get.
It can be a real educational process that could help your game.
I use to play weekly with a guy that was a plus 2.5 at Riverbend GC in Sugarland.
The way he would try to play to a specific yardage off the tee on par 4's and his course management was very beneficial.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 2:43 pm to W2NOMO
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Do you have a time in your life when you played your best golf?
Was it a particular summer or year. Age, courses, weather, timing, anything that you just recall, “that was the best?”
Summer before I started grad school. Lived at my parents' house, still was young enough to play on their CC membership, had nothing to do, played golf 5x a week. Got my handicap down to between a 3 and 4. Still was pretty good while in grad school. I lived 10 minutes from a cheap muni course I could walk for like $20 a round, and they also had a cheap driving range. But once real life started, age, a wife, and 2 kids later, I'm nowhere near what i was then and very likely will never come close again.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 3:32 pm to W2NOMO
Tomorrow
Posted on 7/27/26 at 7:45 pm to W2NOMO
47 right now
Took short game lesson and join sim
Shot my personal best 92 on course - not great but good for me
Then did 78 in sim
Took short game lesson and join sim
Shot my personal best 92 on course - not great but good for me
Then did 78 in sim
Posted on 7/27/26 at 10:00 pm to Tedorgeron
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It’s definitely not at the current moment. Normally around a 8-10 but last two rounds have been a joke. Took a two week break. Gonna go to the range this morning and see if the stink wore off
I’m kind of in the same boat…
My short game and off the tee is the best it’s ever been right now but my irons are pure garbage.
Overnight all my irons now go about 100-110 yards no matter what club it is… it’s so infuriating. Need to get with my local instructor for a lesson.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:50 am to W2NOMO
Yep from 2000 to 2010 hung around a +2 hit balls everyday after work, 2016 shot my age 3 times at 64 not playing so much anymore, i keep saying I'm gonna get back and im 76 now
Posted on 8/11/26 at 11:35 am to ole man
Mid 20's. around 1999-2003. I was young and single. Right out of college and literally a year after my college career was over, it clicked and I hit about a 3 year stretch where the game was just easy. bad rounds were around 8-79 and good rounds were even par, sometimes better.
In college I was just a guy that filled out the roster and never was very good. Picked the game up late and was just starting to put it all together when i ran out of eligibility. Those next 3 years were fun.... then life started to get busy.
I can still post an occasional round in the 70's but it's MUCH less common than it used to be.
Fun and frustrating game!!!
In college I was just a guy that filled out the roster and never was very good. Picked the game up late and was just starting to put it all together when i ran out of eligibility. Those next 3 years were fun.... then life started to get busy.
I can still post an occasional round in the 70's but it's MUCH less common than it used to be.
Fun and frustrating game!!!
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:52 am to W2NOMO
In my early 30s I played 3 times a week for a couple of years on bent grass. Got to a 1.8 but could never improve on it. It’s been a steady slide since.
I wasted my golf years on chicks.
I wasted my golf years on chicks.
Posted on 8/12/26 at 4:58 pm to W2NOMO
When my kids were young before travel sports and the rest of the kids lives. I started playing and went all in because my friends were really good. Went from never touching a club to shooting a 76 from the tips at the links at Pelican. I just had the time and money to invest then to be good. 15 years have gone by and I’m back in that mode. Kids have moved away to college. I never stopped playing but didn’t put in the “work” to be a good golfer. Started playing again heavily this spring. Getting back in golf shape stretching, working out and walking. Have to get my swing back dialed and get new shafts. I know what I’m hitting now was fitted for 15 year ago me. My driver shaft is x flex with zero torque and kick and it just feels as if I’m swinging a 2x4. Iron shafts are very heavy and I think longer then I want now. So yeah body first then equipment then swing. I want to be back in the 70’s by next summer.
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 8/12/26 at 5:21 pm to FireawayLSU
Good luck brother, I hope that you get there.
Get fitted for some new clubs. The advancement in materials the past few years is wonderful.
Get fitted for some new clubs. The advancement in materials the past few years is wonderful.
Posted on 8/13/26 at 8:54 am to W2NOMO
Late 20s when golf was my #1 hobby. I actually thought I would never shoot over 80 again. Had a kid, dropped membership then fishing bit me again. Now, I will never shoot under 80 again.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 12:18 pm to Cleathecat
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Crazy old man loved me enough.
I met your dad back in the day, He was a cool guy.
Back in the old KRBE days.
This post was edited on 8/16/26 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 8/16/26 at 1:29 pm to W2NOMO
There was one summer I played my arse off. Had several rounds in the 70’s with a low of 74. Went from a 9 to 6 hdcp.
Back to a 9, but playing fairly consistent golf these days. Love this game.
Back to a 9, but playing fairly consistent golf these days. Love this game.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 4:16 pm to W2NOMO
1977-1981 and then again 1998-2002
Posted on 8/19/26 at 6:06 pm to bopper50
Bopper never knew you met him! Imagine Wild Turkey was involved
Posted on 8/23/26 at 1:29 pm to Cleathecat
I shot the best round of my life on my 59th birthday last year. I shot my second best round of my life almost thirty years earlier so I have no real pattern. I will say I hit every club in my bag the same distance from the time I was 18 to the time I was 48. Once I started losing distance though there is no pattern to when and how much distance I lose. Making a club selection now is pretty much a blind guess.
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