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Bored and buzzed.  Hopefully this makes sense in the morning.

Rate your expected/desired improvement (or unprovement? I guess) of your 2008 golf game in terms of percentage.  Take your pick as to the standard you use.  Handicap, personal best, fairways hit, putts made, whatever.  I'm going with index as it's as good a quantifiable gauge as anything. 

I'm shooting for a 25% improvement minimum.  Takes my ~16 index and drops it to a 12.  I think 40% borders on over the top optimistic (down to roughly a 10) but why not aim for lofty goals.  I'd be monumentally delighted if I can pull it off.

Torp, mark your calendar.  I want to see this thread again in November.   

Penalty strokes.  Looking for about a 61% decrease.

Disallowable.  No kids, the dog's potty trained, the wife works nurse's hours, DINKy sized wallet, so forth.  No excuses.

Excuses are like opinions: everyone's an *bunghole*.

Or something like that.

I think it's time to spring for better gin.

I really don't have an expectation for improvement. I finished last year with an index of 6.7. A couple of factors leading to a belief my index will rise 1-2 strokes:

1. Job situation. No job = much less golf. New job = much less PTO (vacation).

2. Working on another goal this year.   


Also factor in ~50 rounds (plus practice) a year the past three years in MN to reach my goal of single digits and I have a bit of a "what now?" question in the back of my mind.

 

I ended last year with a 9.3 index.  I think I can knock it down by 30% this year.  And I'd like to beat my 73 and shoot in the 60's for a full 18 or at least under par. 

From my range sessions pre-injury to my back the Stack & Tilt had drastically improved my ballstriking especially with irons and wedges.  If I can figure out the driver swing with it and make some putts I will be much better this year.  The S&T also surprisingly helps my pitching and chipping.  So I want to be much more consistent and score in the 70's a lot more often.