89 over par - My first golfing score (balls, game, time)

[FedupWNY]

Today I played my first golfing game. It's been said "you have to start somewhere" and I begin.... 89 over par on a 9-hole, 36 par course. I had an "old-timer" say he's going to skip a hole I was beginning.

I had some great shots, though few & far between. On the brighter side, I never lost my ball (even if it landed at the start of the next hole ), twice I was able to chip the ball over a creek to the fairway (just outside of the green... but putting ended badly), and my highlight was the 3rd hole ... it was a 3 par and I made it in 6 shots, that was one hole with the creek.

Please share your first golfing stories. Nothing can be worse than my first time on the course.

[Splinter]

So you shot a 125 on a course with a par of 36? Wow.
Can't top that.
You should have played with a max of 8 shots per hole. Then you would have shot a 70.

[agreatlife]

First time I played golf I think I lost 18 balls on the first 18. We didn't play a second 18.