What's a "good" score on the Executive courses?
 

Have been playing down here for a couple of years but I still can't really gauge how a score on the Executives would equate vs "Breaking 100" or "Breaking 90" does anyone have any insight? For example, if I score a 38 on one with 2 par 4's it seems like I did "ok" but I can't really tell what that's equivalent to.

Par is a great score; bogey golf (9 over par) is a good score. If you shoot 38 on a course that is par 29, you are playing well.

Championship courses are usually par 72 so breaking 90 is playing one under bogey golf. Executive courses are 9 holes and mostly par 3 holes so breaking 100 or breaking 90 isn’t comparable.

Most golfers don’t break 90 on a regulation course. It might be a little easier to break 36 on an executive course because the holes are shorter and you don’t have to drive the ball 200-250 yards. But you still have to putt!!

How Many Golfers Break 90? | Golf Monthly

I think that loosing less than 3 balls is a good score.

Good score is hitting every green in regulation and putting maybe 15 times (1 putting on 3 holes)

If all par 3s (par 27) a 24
Throw in 1 par 4 - then a 25

Shooting 2 or 3 under par is not a good score. It is a great score. I would bet that 75% of the golfers in the Villages do not break par.

I have been here about 3 years and I golf regularly. I frequently get paired up with random golfers. A few of them have been decent and I don’t think any of them have broken par.

Agree. We've been here for four years, playing regularly, and I've broken par only once; a 26 on Chula Vista. I think I still have the scorecard someplace.

Usually...low to mid-30's. higher on the level 3s and 4s. And I do win the ice cream hole about 60% of the time (my wife and I: one hole per round is chosen at random, and whoever gets closest to the hole on their tee shot wins ice cream a Kilwin's).

Your example of scoring 38 on an executive with two par 4's equates to playing bogey golf. On a Championship course, bogey golf is generally shooting 90, so "breaking 90", means you are 1 shot better than playing bogey golf. All you need to do is take the par score of any executive, add 8 and you get your breaking 90 score. If you played an executive with all par 3's, you would need to shoot a 35 (9 holes *3 par +8) to be "breaking 90".

Being able to play is my priority.

Next is being out with friends.

It gets even better if I shoot under 40 !!!

If I could only putt, chip and drive the ball....

That is why a foot wedge is an essential part of the game. People takes golf scores much too seriously.

You keep score???

A good score for me is a score better than my last one. I golf to enjoy myself and I only measure myself against myself.

I think taking less than 10 mulligans good score. :pepper2:

I don’t see the point either:oops:

Is that after two mulligans? :a040:

A good score is one that makes you happy and feeling good about yourself after the round.

I have always said that if you can play “bogey golf” you can play with anyone. OP that is my answer to your question.

That is in part 2 of the rule book we play with. Can take multiple mulligans irregardless of your score as long as you are not holding up the group behind you.

I agree that would be good, but if you play at that level you will not be happy playing most of us mid thirty score players.

Which tees do you play from? Do you use a tee from the exec tees? Unless you're playing from the blacks without a tee, it's nearly impossible to equate exec course play to championship courses. Make sense?

NO! That is a great score!

Hard to say,… I consider when I break 30 a good round but breaking 80 for me is really good as I guess there are more places to get into trouble over 18 holes and 6000 yards. On an executive, you can hit a lousy tee shot and still make par, much harder to do that on a championship course.

If you keep score and belong to an organization that you would report your score for handicap purposes . You would report the course you played number of holes played and the course rating . The handicap service uses the best 10 of 20 of your scores . You add a score and the oldest one falls off. You report 2 scores and 2 of the oldest fall off . I’m very surprised golfers in TV are not educating you to the handicap system and how your scoring works .

I’m good and until I’m in the trap and then bye bye good score!😵*💫

If you hit a lousy tee shot on an executive, you only have two more shots to make par. You have to hit a great chip or a great putt.

On a championship par 4 you have three chances to make a good shot- the approach or the chip or the putt. And on a par 5, you have four chances to make a good shot.

If you have one good shot on a hole, you can make par. And it helps to have that shot be a chip or a putt.

I heard that the Executive Courses will be rated by USGA certified course raters (I do this in the Midwest in the summer). If so, you will be able to establish a handicap that will be a measure of your proficiency.

:bowdown: :bowdown:

They are already rated

A good score is one that you feel good about and feel you didn't miss many shots/putts....based upon your own evaluation of your ability.

As for the statistics.....from Golf Monthly,.....
55% of golfers break 100 regularly (shooting bogies 65% & shooting double bogies 35%)
26% of golfers break 90 regularly (shooting 100% bogies)
5% of golfers break 80 regularly (shooting at least 55% pars or 45% bogies).

For executive courses, the measurement is the same % of Birdies, Pars, Bogies, & Dbl Bogies

A good score in my book is dinner, a few drinks and all participants happy and healthy. And if one of my friends picks up the tab, I definitely keep score! Just saying. It's the executive course. Have fun.!!!😉😉😉

Your question as to what is a good score can really only be answered he individual golfer. First, you are encouraged to tee off from a tee box that is compatible with your ability. Second, you are playing with course rules that are very liberal but designed to keep the game moving. Ball drops that are conveniently placed close to the greens, not in accordance with normal golf rules. Limits to the amount of shots allowed per hole. And then there are your own rules, do overs, give-me putts, penalties for out of bounds, etc. Whatever rules you pick and stay with can establish your norm. If you have a round that is better than your norm, great. Over time you may decide to move to a closer Tee box. New norm.

The golf course giveth and the golf course taketh. An average player can hope to leave with the same, or more, golf balls than he started with.

Scoring
 

Been back at golf about a year now and seem to be settling back into about the same level of play that I had a few decades ago prior to having the short game yips take over and run me out of the game.

I'm about to conclude that I tend to average about the same number of strokes over par (rarely at or even under) for nine holes on an executive course as I did when playing on "championship" courses with a similarly wide range between the "good" days and the "bad" days. I would *not* be making those same scores now from the same tees that I played back in the olden days. Time wounds all heels.

Good score is subjective. A really good golfer can shoot 1-3 over par and that might be a good score for that person. To an average golfer 1 over par for each hole might be good, Set your own goals and try to play to that level or better.

I feel like with the Executives in TV it's starting to look like breaking 40 is sort of like breaking 100 and breaking 35 is like breaking 90. (roughly)

Disgust levels
 

That 35 and 90 sounds like the right ballpark to me, too, thinking of it in terms of my level of disgust for the failure of either occurrence. :-)

A good score is better than your average, a great score is your new all time low.

This has already occurred. For the life of me, I wonder how this will work.