Recent content by drewmagoo

Competitive golf on a good quality course/courses.

6% of male members at my club are in Cat 1. 18% are off single figures. I think that's fairly representative of most clubs, but there are obviously a lot of golfers who aren't members and fewer of them would be off single figures, I suspect.

How have handicaps changed over time (say the last ten years)? Is it a myth that new technology has made the game easier?

If it was a 'level playing field' there would not be any handicaps!

It's been at the back of my mind for the past year or so to be honest. Last year we had a comp where a player off +2 shot 66 but only won on BIH from a guy off 24, the comp at the weekend just brought it to my mind again. The handicap system is fantastic and allows all golfers to compete...

The use of BIH to determine a competition winner is inappropriate. I think that in the event of a tie, the player with the lowest gross score should be the competition winner - after all, while both players have played very well with respect to their golfing ability, the low handicapper has...