Recent content by Flubster

I’ve been playing 7 or eight years, member of current club for four. Started off at 28 when there was a limit (probably nearer 34) now my handicap gives me 28 shots off the whites. So how bad am I? I can par and birdie holes but I can also score 8/9. I get a bit of abuse for being a bandit when...

Thanks, hope you get there, i honestly didn't think I would do it but also, I'm not really that competitive so just enjoying a round is enough.

Lol, it had been mentioned a few times. the Sunday roll up is a great bunch of guys and as a 28 handicap I give them 4 shots anyway as the roll up is max 24 handicap. They where all good natured about it. I should say that I shot 34 points on the Saturday as well. The course running long does...

So i went out midweek last week and shot the round of my life, couldn't miss a thing, 89 shots (par 70) and 46 points stableford. Sat in the Bar thinking I couldn't have saved a single shot, it was an amazing round of golf (for me) The two guys I played with were great about it (didn't really...

So today I hit my ball right and lost sight behind a tree on the front of a pond. The area where it would have landed is a spur of land between a pond and a ditch. The spur can only be accessed by walking around the pond and back in front of the green. I walked up to the pond in line with my...

Thesociety I played in was great, never seemed to be won by the same players but they calculated their own handicaps based on previous society performance, if you won by a few clear points from the average you would get a cut and have to play out of your skin for the next few games to stand a...

Played a full 18 after work (getting a little dark at the end) shot my first round under 100!! this is two weeks after the handicap committee, after numerous plus .1, gave me a handicap of 33. so net 63 on a par 72, everything went ok but not great but when trouble came I got some luck and just...

I have used a Tom Tom golfer 2 and find is really good. Keeps track of scores, not too fiddly to use, and tells you how far you have just hit your club as well if you are tracking your shots so really helps me as a high handicapper. Cost about £150 I think but as that’s more useful than at of...

Thanks Jim, not sure on the .1 or.2 thing, I know it seems an age to drift up. My club does have a committee but to be honest the pro really runs the show and is the person to speak to.

I like the supplementary cards idea, hadn't considered that, I play with a group regularly and as we are all members should be able to submit a few cards that way as well as having a word with the Pro.

Bobmac, thanks for the unwanted and irrelevant response. please consider that A knowledgeable person knows lots of stuff, a wise person keeps it to themselves.

Thanks for the help SLAB and DRW. I already do all those things, the 102 best every was a freak round about 2 years ago in great conditions. I've been shooting more towards 120 through this winter but have started to get it down recently as been able to play more often and find less duffed...

Hi All, New poster and poor golfer. I joined a club 2 years ago and have had a handicap of 28 since then. I am not very good at golf so welcomed the new rules with regard to increases in handicap, however as I generally play to an estimate of 34/35 its taking an age to get my handicap increased...