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Well, we got hammered. Won the first hole, halved the second. The following 6 holes were shot holes for the opposition. At the turn, we were 4 down. Halved 10, won 11. And then had 4 more shot holes in a row for the opposition. The 23 handicapper parred the last 2 of the 4 and we were done. He...

Yes, it's four ball better ball. I'm in New Zealand and we give the full difference in course handicaps. Essentially, my partner and I are literally off scratch and our opponents are off 1 and 13 respectively. They get the shots off the stroke hole ratings. So they will both get a shot on hole 7...

Man, this is going to be tough ! Thank you for the clarification.

Playing in a pairs Matchplay this coming Saturday. Partner and I are both on 10. Opponents are on 11 and 23. So we are giving one player 1 shot (taken on number 1 stroke hole) and his partner receives 13 shots (taken on stroke holes 1 - 13.) No problem with that although it's going to be tough ...

You are right, I was surprised when he used his clubhead to "tee" his ball up after taking a drop to play another ball after hitting his first ball out of bounds. I actually couldn't believe what I was seeing. I looked at the other players in the group to see if they'd seen what I had seen but...

I agree. However there was no way for us to know if any request took place because they weren't speaking in English. And when the Marker was asked By the Rules official if he was asked to move the stick or why he moved the stick, suddenly his English language skill disappeared. The whole thing...

The final 2 rounds of our Club Champs was last weekend. Here's the scenario. 2nd hole. Short downhill par 3. Severe slope left of the green with lots of broken gum tree branches and sticks littering the ground. Player hits his ball into the area left of the green. He found his ball but it is...