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**pBiRXp8u** · 11-13-2009, 07:29 AM

It has always been part of the game. If I go out and start bogey-double-bogey-bogey, I am 5 over thru 4 and ain't much goin' right. The key then is to latch onto a par somehow, and then another - once I get back under 'bogey' I can refocus on new goals. While par is the object, it seems that 76 is the number that always felt like the high end of respectability, even today as my handicap has slid from scratch to 4.

Never say die is the key. One round in 2008 I started bogey - par - quad (2 tee shots lost in the native rough, finally lying 5 in the fairway

). That snowman made me 5 over through 3 and things were looking grim. After that I was just 3 over for the next 15 holes to finish with an 8 over par 80. Did I regret the opportunity missed for a round in the 70's... sure. But at the same time I was thrilled with being able to pull it back together after the disastrous start to shoot a round that was still 3 below my course handicap.

Golf is a funny game.... good things can always happen as long as you just don't give up on yourself.

11-13-2009, 07:29 AM	#28
pBiRXp8u Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	It has always been part of the game. If I go out and start bogey-double-bogey-bogey, I am 5 over thru 4 and ain't much goin' right. The key then is to latch onto a par somehow, and then another - once I get back under 'bogey' I can refocus on new goals. While par is the object, it seems that 76 is the number that always felt like the high end of respectability, even today as my handicap has slid from scratch to 4. Never say die is the key. One round in 2008 I started bogey - par - quad (2 tee shots lost in the native rough, finally lying 5 in the fairway ). That snowman made me 5 over through 3 and things were looking grim. After that I was just 3 over for the next 15 holes to finish with an 8 over par 80. Did I regret the opportunity missed for a round in the 70's... sure. But at the same time I was thrilled with being able to pull it back together after the disastrous start to shoot a round that was still 3 below my course handicap. Golf is a funny game.... good things can always happen as long as you just don't give up on yourself.
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