What were you using when you shot your lowest round(s)?

[toekneepark]

Lowest round of my life was a 83 and gamble sands. It was awesome. 

[medic170979]

71 at Twin Lakes Country Club in Allentown, PA.  Somewhere in the 2008-09 timeframe.

 

KZG Gemini

Sonartec GS Tour

Callaway X20 Tours

Scratch wedges 

Scotty Studio Design #5

[BIGDUB512]

Can’t remember what driver/woods I was using but my best golf was played with a set of Taylormade TP MB Smoke. Several low 60’s rounds…man I regret selling those things 😞

[st1800e]

Oh so long ago….

 

Playing a club Ryder Cup match…

 

IIRC Ping SI3 driver,

Cleveland Launcher FW’s, 3+, 3HL, 7. Ping G2 Irons, a couple Golfsmith hybrids. 

And this takes the cake, a Scotty Newport, which I’d won in a tourney a year earlier, tried it a few times, didn’t work. Putted so poorly the day before with my gamer, a Rossie, desperate, I resurrected the Scotty from the stash, the grip was misaligned by about 45°… from the factory.  

 

Hit 17 greens, I made everything, from anywhere.  

 

Had to give my opponent one shot, he was one over after 14, and I’d closed him out. 
 

I was a five, despite the match being over I was grinding till the end.  
 

Lipped out on 18, shot 66.  
 

[pdaero]

15 hours ago, schaperb90 said:

This reminds me, and this is totally off topic, but there is a 290ish yard par 4 at a course we used to play regularly. I hit driver and it ended up like 4 or 5 feet above the hole with a slider putt. He RIPPED a driver and was like 8 feet below the hole. I still regret putting the pressure on him, but I said to him walking up to the green how awesome would it be if we both eagled this together. He asked me to putt first and I made it. I then commented, "do not leave this short", and he left it 2 inches short in the heart. Still bugs me to this day, but almost makes a better story. Almost. 

I'm much the same - of course I've celebrated when I hit great shots, but when my dad hits great shots - that's another world of special. I still remember when he birdied TWO of the hard par 3s at Torrey Pines South, and when he made his first eagle - took a picture and that's still one of my favorite moments I've EVER had in golf.

[Yuck]

65 in a Tournament, eight birds and a bogie.  1984 or 1985.  

 

OG Wilson Staff FG17 tour grind, 2-PW.  Magregor Eye-o-Magic  Driver, 3 wood.  Bullseye 35,Standard Putter.   I had all of those clubs for quite a while, since I don’t think “Hoeing” was invented until the late 1980’’s.  I don’t remember the SW.  Probably a Hogan.  

 

Still have the Driver.  My brother still played those irons well into this century.

 

 

Edited March 9, 2024 by Yuck

[Tumadre1337]

I was fueled by 2 glizzys at the turn instead of 1. 

[schaperb90]

On 3/6/2024 at 7:11 PM, mogc60 said:

A lot of very good players commenting in the thread it’s fun to read. To me the true beauty of golf is everyone who plays no matter what level has rounds that are “outside” their normal and change in your mind what you believe is possible. It becomes our chasing the dragon in this game. I would imagine the emotions for each player are very similar too. Whether your best is 65 or 79 or 89 I would believe they feel very similar to each player and to me that is so cool. 

 

I dk how others feel, but while I was nervous shooting my current PB, I was WAY more nervous when I broke 80 for the first time. I was so much more inconsistent at that time, so the score never felt safe until I made the putt on the 18th. Shot 78 and that might be the most hyped I've ever been on a golf course. Still have the scorecard. 

[mrfitz]

76 in the early 2000's. 4 over after 2, birdied both par 5's on the front to get it back to 2 over at the turn. Back nine I was hanging on for dear life. Ended up 2 over on the back. At the time I had only broken 80 twice.

 

The 17th hole the tee was off to the right and the fairway was angled left to right. I blew my drive 40 yards through the fairway on the side of a hill in the uncut native grass. I managed to find my ball right away. I yell down to my cousin in the fairway "What's that yardage there?" he's standing 3 feet away from a sprinkler head.

He yells back "125!" I grab my 9 iron, thinking a little 3/4 with the funky stance should be just about right.

I'm addressing my ball and he yells, "Sorry, it's 150!" I go back to my bag and grab the 7 iron. Thinking 3/4 off the funky lie. As I start my downswing he yells, "Nope, it's 125!"

Balls in the air, I'm thinking it's going to be 15 yards over the green. Ball lands about 20 feet past the hole, 2 putt par. I walk down to the fairway and the sprinkler head says 153. He never looked at it, he just guessed the yardage (poorly.)

 

Cleveland Launcher 9.5

Callaway Steelhead 3 and 5

Mizuno MP-32 3-9

Cleveland 588 47/51/56/60

Ping B60 

[Obscuri4l]

On 3/7/2024 at 10:36 PM, NRJyzr said:

 

Misery loves company...

 

In my +2 round of 73 mentioned earlier, I hit 14 greens in regulation.  I had one birdie for sure, #18, don't remember if I had others.  One missed GIR was my rinsing my 2nd on the par 5 15th, where I got up and down for par.

 

I remember missing at least six putts of six feet or less. 

 

Just brutal.  🤢

 

 

Man, that's tough!!! Those are good GIR/FIR stats though. Usually, for me one/two things are off on the day and I'm battling to score par on each hole rather than challenge for birdie. 

[Roejye]

Best score was a one over 35 on my par 34 home course. I played pretty well, and had some luck too.

 

The bag consisted of

D taylormade r1s 

3w Cleveland Hibore

17° Adam's idea xtd ti super hybrid 

4-5hy Adam's speedline 

6-AW Cleveland 588 mts

56° Cleveland 588 rtx cb 2.0

60° Warrior 

P- Knight ezroll zr5 

 

I had a chance to shoot even par with a putt on 9, but I decided to lag it close instead of risking blowing it way past. Sometimes I think about it and give myself a little mental kick as it would have taken a meltdown that even Van de Velde would feel sorry for me. Oddly enough I don't remember having many nerves about it. I think it's because I was just enjoying the good play, I was so far ahead of my previous best that I didn't even pay attention to the total until the last hole. 

[fred faldo]

shot 68 at Stalion Mountain in Vegas with Big Bertha driver and 4 wood, Top Flite Tour Irons Odyssey 660 putter, Adams Faldo 60 degree and the Tour Edition golf ball in 1998. At the time there were three courses I believe there is only one now but I am pretty sure it's the layout I shot my lifetime low 

[IcemanYVR]

Best I ever shot was 67, did it a few times, 20+ years ago. Can't even get close anymore

 

Driver Titleist 975J, Titleist PT15, Mizuno T-Zoid Pro II, Cleveland 588 Wedges, and a BeCu Ping Anser 2 which I still have.

 

And to be clear, I would use those same clubs again in a heartbeat if I could shoot those scores again. 

[Avidswampthing66]

66 last year at OakWing GC (home track)

 

PTD

Sim Ti 5wood

Ping G425 7wood

Srixon ZX7

Jaws Raw

Callaway 2-Ball 10

[iNeedMoreGolf]

.78.

Callaway standard mavrik driver 9 degree.

Steelhead xr 3wood & mavrik 3 hybrid

Callaway rogue st pro irons.

Callaway jaws 52 and pm 2.0 56 degree. 

2021 Bettinardi queen bee 6

Not sure on ball most likely a 25 dollar ball from one of the top brands.

On 17th hole sitting on 80 and the 18th is a par 5 i can usually reach in two for eagle half the time i play it so i feel if i can par the 17th maybe i can eagle to have my best round ever or at least birdie to tie my best round at that moment which was 79. I hit a 4 iron instead of laying up to a downhill 190 yrd par 3 that i alway seem to push a shot right on. Well the ball went pushed right lol and in the heavy rough it was not findable for about no joke 5 6 mins. Finally found it by luck and chiped 15 yards to maybe 4 feet. Made the putt so that was one issue down. Now the par 5 18th... hit a good drive for myself about 260. Had to hit a 3 wood 230 off the deck but the problem was i topped my 3 wood 2 other times ealier. Got over it and absolutely clobbered the 3wood pin high couldnt belive it when we pulled up. Now the finale. 15 feet right of the pin a flat put that slightly breaks left at the end. I told my dad what the putt ment.. my lowest score ever and it was to sink a eagle lol got over it lined up just thought give it the right pace.. putt.. roll..clank clank eagle! Unforgettable moment for me in golf with my dad who started me playing when i was 5.

[CozBMB]

Summer of 2018 i had a brand new set of Titleist 716 CB's delivered to my office on a day where we had men's league that afternoon.  I was so excited to use them i only took the irons 3-PW and my SW and Putter.  Shot 68 that day.  Something to be said for hitting fairways over bombing driver i guess. 

[ChaosTheory]

First 72: 2009

Component Snake Eyes irons from Golfsmith 

wedges unknown, probably Golfsmith 

KZG hybrids 

KZG fairways

Nike Dymo SQ driver

TM Rossa Daytona putter

PINNACLE GOLD ball!

 

Second 72, 2020:

Current M4 driver

Same Snake Eyes irons as above but different shafts

Adams hybrids 

Wilson 5W

maybe MD2 wedges

probably Mini Jailbird putter

ball unknown 

3 putted the 18th so didn’t break par.  Grrrr.

 

 

[NRJyzr]

18 minutes ago, ChaosTheory said:

3 putted the 18th so didn’t break par.  Grrrr.

 

😢

[adamwittman]

Best score on a dye design called big fish in Hayward wi, played it in October on a beautiful fall day. Leaves were changing so had all the vibrant autumn colors. Was a cold 38 degree day with just me on the course. Therapeutic. 
 

had a 3 wood a 7 wood 5-p lob and putter was glorious. 

[chadwzimm]

My lowest rounds were back-to-back 67s (-3) when I was 18, the summer after I graduated high school.  Happened to be playing with the same co-worker both times.  My set up at the time was as follows:

 

TaylorMade r7 Quad driver

TaylorMade Firesole 3 wood

Nike Pro Combo irons (3-PW)

TaylorMade RAC Black 52° wedge

Cobra Phil Rodgers raw 60° wedge

Odyssey White Hot 2-ball putter

 

I remember both of those rounds vividly.  The course record at the time was 66 (-4) (yes, not that low, I lived in a small town area in NH), and at one point in both rounds I was -4, but made a stupid bogey and ended up at -3.

[HoosierHacker89]

2018-Royal Hylands Knightstown, Indiana. 73

 

Cobra F7+

Cobra F6 Baffler 17.5

Tour Edge C9 20*

Ping i10 4-U

Cleveland RTX 3 56/60

Odyssey 2 ball

[charliebrown]

Not ashamed to admit I have never broken 80. Never practiced/put in the work enough. Closest I cam was 15 years ago at Ancil Hoffman GC Sacramento. Shot 45 on the front. 38 on the back. Had a chance to shoot a better score at end of season tournament had it not been for the 3 tee shots I hit OB on the 4th hole. Yes. 3 tee shots OB. One after the other yanked left. Living nightmare. 

Driver: Orlimar HipTi 315cc. Fuju reg. shaft.

3 wood: Orlimar Tri-Metal Maraging Steel 15 degree. Stock Fuji reg. shaft.

1 iron: Ping ISI BeCu ZZ65 shaft, stiff.

Irons: 3-PW Ping Eye2 + No+. Orange Dot. Refurbished & reshafted by Ping ZZ Lite shafts and Ping Wrap grips.

Cleveland 588 56 degree

Cleveland 588 53 degree Diadic 

Ping Anser 4 putter. 

Nike Tour Accuracy or ProV1 ball. Had a stash of both. Still have 2 sleeves of the NIke balls. 

[m d g]

Ping ISI with steel shafts.

 

I was about a 12 handicap at the time and carded a 73 on a pretty tough course (my old CC).

 

Followed it up the next week with a 74.

 

It was impossible to keep that up and I soon woke up from my beautiful golf dream.

 

My index plummeted and I was a human ATM for the rest of the year : )

[nosedive32]

Lowest differential?

2021

Terrapin Hills Country Club

Fort Payne, AL

White Tees 6009 Yard Par 71

69.3 Rating 124 Slope

Shot 70 after lipping out a 4 footer for birdie on 18.

 

TaylorMade Sim 2 Max 10.5 @ 8.5 with a Kuro Kage Silver 5th Gen 60 Stiff

Titleist TSR2 15 degree with a Tensei AV Raw Blue 65S @ A1

Srixon ZX Hybrids 19 & 22 with PX Even Flow 80 6.0 shafts

Srixon ZX4 5-PW with Nippon 950 GH Neo Stiff

Cleveland RTX Full Face Wedges @ 48 53 and 58 with the stock DG TI Spinner wedge shafts

Scotty Cameron Special Select Del Mar 2020 34 inches with a Superstroke Pistol Tour grip and 20 gram weights

Q Star Tour Divide. I got a dozen free after winning a member test opportunity here and they ended up being a part of my best round ever. A full breakdown of the round was in the member review thread of the balls.

 

Lowest score?

2023

Lil Mole Run

Mentone, AL

"From the Tips"

5,219 Yard "Par 71"

64.8 CR 103 Slope

It was actually rated as a Par 69 and they changed the scorecard back later. Really it should be a par 68.

I shot 67 with an an eagle, 8 birdies, 2 bogeys, and 2 doubles.

I started Birdie-Double then made 5 birdies in a row before missing a 5 footer for birdie on the par 5 8th.

Driver Ping G430 LST 9 degree Weight Heel - Black Tie 50M4 R

BRNR Mini Driver 11.5 heavy weight forward MiDr Proto 65R

Apex UW 17 Smoke black RDX 70 5.5

TSR2 21 & 24 Hybrids Tensei AV Blue 75R

T350 6-48 AMT Red R300

RTX Full Face Black 54 & 60 Hi Rev 115

Cobra King Sport 60 34 Inch

Don't remember what ball it was probably a Q Star Tour Divide 

Basically my current bag on most days except the putter has changed 

 

Honorable mention 

Meadow Lakes

Cedartown, GA

2018

White Tees

6020 Yard Par 72

69.8 123

Shot 73 with 1 birdie and 2 bogeys

This course has plenty of water and has eaten my lunch every other time I played there. This was my best round I'd ever played by score and differential at the time.

2017 M2 10.5 @ 8.5 with a Tour AD DI 6S

2017 M1 Tour Issue 13.5 degree 3 wood with a Kuro Kage 70S

M3 Rescue 17 at Lower Tensei Blue 80S

P790 OGs 3-AW DG 105R with some really weird custom bent lofts to get gapping right.

OG TaylorMade Hi Toe 58 KBS Hi Rev

Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport Pro Platinum Mid Slant 34 inch with a Tiger Special Old school ping grip with 5 wraps of tape and a crap ton of lead tape (I have owned at least three of these putters. If anyone has one in good shape I would be more than interested to bring it back for another go)

 

Final honorable mention 

First time breaking 80

Dogwood Hills

Flat Rock, Alabama 

White Tees

5940 Yard Par 72

65.8 CR 106 Slope

Round of 78

Mizuno JPX 850 @ 9.5 with weights split heel and toe with the stock Fuji Motore 60 gram whatever it was Tour Spec shaft.

SLDR S Mini Driver 14 with the stock Speeder 57 stuff shaft

Either the 5 wood that matched the driver model and shaft at 17 degrees or an early 2000s 18 degree T Zoid fli hi with the stock steel stuff shaft. These two rotated for a while before the 2 iron won out for good for a bit.

Mizuno MP H4 4-PW KBS C Taper Lite 110S

Mizuno JPX 50 Degree Wedge

Callaway Mack Daddy 2 56 S Grind and 60 U Grind 

Odyssey White Hot XG 9 with a Winn Pro 1.18 X grip

Golf ball may have been leftover Hex Chrome Plus new stock available at Walmart because I played those for a few years after they came out in 2013

I used the same bag set up to shoot a number of rounds in the 70s peaking with a couple of 75s at various courses in NE AL and NW Georgia that season after finally breaking through.

 

 

 

[rrheisler]

Shot 78 twice at the home course last year from our blue tees.

Crumpin-Fox Club

Par 72 / 6,508 yards

72.3 / 144

 

First time was a strong back 9, birdieing both of our Par 5s with near kick-in wedges for the third shot approach. Second time around was men's league morning and shot even on the front, then nearly had the wheels come off with a 42 on the back.

 

Callaway Paradym (standard) 10.5 degrees, Kai'li Blue 50R

Callaway Apex UW 17 and 21 degrees, HZRDUS Blue 75S

TaylorMade DHY 4i, Mitsu Oti95S

Callaway Rogue ST Pro, 5-AW Nippon Modus 105S (+1", 1.5 upright)

Vokey 52.08F, Dynamic Gold S200 (+1", 0.5 upright)

Vokey 58.14K, Dynamic Gold S200

Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle, 35"

Titleist ProV1

 

Hoping we can improve on that this summer.

[oskaru]

I went even par at the 9 hole course where I grew up. It was one of those magical solo summer evening rounds just before sundown. 

 

Mönsterås GK

Par 72 / 5,408 meters

69.3 / 124

 

SLDR 430 - OG Grafalloy Blue S

906F4 - OG Diamana Whiteboard 83 X

MP33 2 iron - FCM Rifle 6.0

MP60 3-P - TT DG S300

Cleveland REG.588 54/12, 58/08 - TT Tour Concept 

Piretti Cottonwood 2

Titleist ProV1

[Righty to Lefty]

Best score right handed, 2 over 72

Nike Ignite Driver

Tour Exotics Fairway woods

Callaway Big Bertha irons

Callaway wedges

Two Bar putter

 

Best score left handed, 1 over 71

Callaway XR 16 Driver

Callaway X Hot fairway woods

Nickent Hybris

Callaway X Tour Irons 2005 version

Callaway Wedges

Two Ball putter

 

Best stretch of golf that I have ever played was 3 years ago when I played 15 rounds over a 3 week span and every round was under 80 and anywhere from 3 to 7 over.  I want those days back!! 

[jah7838]

I shot +1 (72 on a par 71) at Cedar Crest in Dallas this past September with my current set.  The only difference may have been the hybrid I had in my bag for the 3 hybrid spot and the shaft that's in my driver.  That was a Motore F1 7s, and I didn't hit that well at all that day, but my misses were in play and I was hitting my irons really well that day.  My 3 hybrid might have been the OG UW or the trusty XTD 19* Super Hybrid, but I can't remember.  4 wood was the same as well, but it was a different shaft at the time.  4 hybrid, irons, wedges, and putter are current in my signature.  Round could have been under par, but I finished bogey-bogey. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

 

Stealth 2 Plus driver, Stealth 2 plus 5 wood turned down, 3 hybrid spot, Adams super 9031 23* hybrid, 5-P ZX7 with DG AMT White s300, Zipcore RTX 6 wedges, Toulon Las Vegas h4.5

 

I shot 73 (+1) another time.  Bag setup was pretty much the same as what I shot the other round described above in terms of the irons and similar wedges.

5-P ZX7

RTX Zipcore wedges

Toulon Las Vegas h4.5

 

Had the OG Stealth Plus with my driver.  Can't remember the fairway wood at all.  The 3 hybrid was my Adams XTD 19*, and the 4 iron was a Maltby TS1 that I was messing around with for a bit.  

Edited April 9, 2024 by jah7838
Couldn't remember par that day, and shot +1 another time with update

[jda]

Titliest 660 and/or mp33

200 Series Vokeys

905T and Cleveland Launcher before it

Santa Fe or Studio Designs 2.5

 

66 a few times, but also plenty of 90s.  These were my clubs when I had infant and young kids so they saw me through the 3-5 rounds per year phase and also my good ball striking, shooting at every flag and putting well phases.

 

Put the 660s into a Sunday bag and am using them again.  They are better than my t100 except for a toe miss.  Forgot how much I like x100 shafts and how great they really perform.  Still have the worn out Vokeys and the 905T hits low spin missiles as good as any club today except for your off center hits are brutal - neither will be making a return.  If you have your old clubs, give them a shot - you might be surprised how good they still are (or how much your new ones might not be).

[BCULAW]

I have several rounds of 69 to my name. Interestingly the last three all came on the heels of one another back in 2020. It was right after COVID. I was so dissatisfied with my equipment at the time that I sold it all and put together a makeshift bag with what I had in the garage while I tested new gear.  It was an entire bag of gear I would never expect to play well with - a complete “Frankenstein” bag. Here it is:

 

Titleist 913 D3 with stock MFT Kaili 70 Reg (butt trimmed to 43.75”)

 

Titleist 915f with Mattix Black Tie Stiff

 

Mizuno MP32 (3-p) with DGR400 

 

Cleveland RTX 4 (50w, 56m, 60L)

 

Ping BeCu Anser circa 1980ish

 

Best golf I’ve ever played!