64 years ago on a really easy, crappy course. 68 once in competition. 70 from the tips at the Duke Univ. course in The Durham Am when it used to be played there back in the 80's - probably most proud of that one...
If a local public course had an "intermediate league" on weekdays, what would you expect the level of competition to be?
I joined one because the club only had a beginner and intermediate league, and I just wanted to play some weekday golf. I'll post my experience thus far after getting some feedback from you guys.
I'd probably expect a couple scratch types, a good amount of upper 70s-low 80s, and then several people who belong in the beginner league. Perhaps people who wear slacks and have tour bags but struggle to break 90. How'd I do?
Public course intermediate league? I'd be shocked if anyone shoots par or better. I'd guess the best players would be singled digit caps that tend to shoot 80+ counting every stroke in a tournament setting.
Assuming the course isn't a cupcake and you play from actual men's tees, I bet 78 is top 3 every time out.
64 years ago on a really easy, crappy course. 68 once in competition. 70 from the tips at the Duke Univ. course in The Durham Am when it used to be played there back in the 80's - probably most proud of that one...
Well, I think my expectations were more similar to DCDeac's. However, I apparently was quite mistaken.
We only play their 9 hole course which is a par 33 (no par 5's and 3 par 3's). First day I go out, I was placed with three women. One of them was decent, probably shoots around 100. The other two were quite bad. One averaged 4 putts per hole, and the other would probably swing and miss the ball once a hole. I played with predominantly male groups the other two times, and I think their scores all ranged from 42-50. I've shot 39, 39, and 37, and I consider myself a low 80s golfer when playing well. Since turning those scores in, I've had the guy who runs it suggest that I probably shouldn't be in this league as it's not fair to the others, as I'll probably win the league.
I just wasn't sure if people have a very difficult time of properly assessing their own abilities, or if I just clearly lacked an accurate understanding of the term intermediate.
I shot an 84 at the Kiawah Ocean Course from the Dye set of tees (134 course rating, 72.0) which plays around 6500 and was very pleased. The wind was probably blowing about 25 or 30 for the first 10 holes before a storm came in and then the last 8 holes were played in relatively calm conditions. We got to 17 and the caddy told us to all go to the tips and throw a ball down to look at how tough a shot it is when into the wind (a slight wind at this point) and to have a forced carry of around 215 or 220 to the green. I couldn't imagine having a one shot lead in August coming to 17 and hitting that shot if the wind is up.
I'm really excited to see this year's PGA just because I've played the course.
I just came up with my guess based on the assumption that it was the best men's league available at a particular public course. There are a ton of good players around the Charlotte public courses. The guy playing behind us yesterday was striping drives 330+ down the middle.
This is up in DC.Where is this at nonny? It sounds like the league I should be in.
This is up in DC.
I would imagine if you do some searching you'll find some summer leagues coming up in NC.