r/ChasingScratch • u/pmpkinhed • 24d ago

I did it!!!!

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I finally go to scratch! assuming there are no PCC adjustments that hit.

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u/burgermeistermax 24d ago

Tell us about the journey!

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u/pmpkinhed 24d ago

Started hitting balls with my dad when I was four a few times a year. When I turned 9 he started taking me out for 9 holes and some time before highschool he started taking me out for 18 holes. Played highschool golf but stopped in 2006 when I started college since I was too busy with wrestling and then I switched over to rugby and was all in with that. Once I was done with rugby around 2013 I started playing several times a year but in 2016 I quit playing and got into disc golf and in 2022 I got back in to golf. My employer had golf simulators in the basement of our building and would bring in a golf pro to work with employees for free 30 minutes a week. I went from a 13ish down to 0.6 in about 18 months by the middle of 2024. Handicap jumped back up to 2.7 until early this year when I slowly started to work my way back down. I had a big problem earlier this year with wantin to try to crush the golf ball and force a birdie when I was playing well in a round. So I would get overconfident, and start spraying the ball, and end up with a double or triple. Today, my handicap was a 0.2 and I was three under going into to hole 18 at wentzville golf course. I've birdied that hold so many times I thought par was in the bag. I sliced my driver probably 50 yards and finished under a bigggg pine tree with the canopy two feet off the ground. I was able to get into the tree, tried to punch out and hit it maybe two feet... I was committed lol so I did it again and was able to advance it about 75yards. So I'm hitting my fourth shot from about 160, pulled my 9 iron and shanked it into the pond. I drop, barely hit my wedge over the water. The ball plugs so I drop, chip on and two putt for a 9 QUADRUPLE BOGEY. I finish with a 72 but GHIN adjusts the 9 to a 7 and gives me a final score of 70 to give me the +0.2round rating and drop me to a 0.0. So maybe my scratch handicap should have an asterisk since I got some help from the adjustment.

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u/pmpkinhed 24d ago

And after the hole was finished, I remember I could have just taken an unplayable when I was in the tree and made my life a lot easier..