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**pBiRXp8u** · 10-12-2009, 08:05 PM

We all have different goals in golf. We also have different standards that we find acceptable in our own game. Some people here are thrilled if they break 90 while others are upset if they shoot a 76. My friends and I will compliment each other on a putt that ends up inches from the hole, but won't say anything to a single digit handicapper who does the same because we know that person is berating himself/herself for missing the putt. So when someone here posts a score that I'd be in heaven to have made, but I know he's kicking himself over, I refrain from saying anything. Are your goals set only for yourself or in terms of others?

I don't think that I really set goals on golf any more. Not in the sense of I wasn't to be here at such and such time of the season. I just try to play the best I can on any given day, and have fun in any event. I still probably have higher expectations than a 20 handicapper, but I try not to pressure myself into a goal that detracts from the fun aspect of the game. All I want to say at the end of the day is that I made some good swings, planned the round well and didn't do anything stupid.

It's pretty much a given that I'll measure any current performance against what I've done historically, but don't plan for or expect any significant overall improvement. My game has fluctuated at about the same level for 20 years. It would be unrealistic to think that it's going to get better as I approach my mid 60's.

10-12-2009, 08:05 PM	#15
pBiRXp8u Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	We all have different goals in golf. We also have different standards that we find acceptable in our own game. Some people here are thrilled if they break 90 while others are upset if they shoot a 76. My friends and I will compliment each other on a putt that ends up inches from the hole, but won't say anything to a single digit handicapper who does the same because we know that person is berating himself/herself for missing the putt. So when someone here posts a score that I'd be in heaven to have made, but I know he's kicking himself over, I refrain from saying anything. Are your goals set only for yourself or in terms of others? I don't think that I really set goals on golf any more. Not in the sense of I wasn't to be here at such and such time of the season. I just try to play the best I can on any given day, and have fun in any event. I still probably have higher expectations than a 20 handicapper, but I try not to pressure myself into a goal that detracts from the fun aspect of the game. All I want to say at the end of the day is that I made some good swings, planned the round well and didn't do anything stupid. It's pretty much a given that I'll measure any current performance against what I've done historically, but don't plan for or expect any significant overall improvement. My game has fluctuated at about the same level for 20 years. It would be unrealistic to think that it's going to get better as I approach my mid 60's.
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