13 down to 7 in a year

[upsidedown]

Well OK have been as low as 8....

Emigrated here in 2007 on a 8 handicap and with building a new life and indeed new house on 10 acres to boot my game suffered and went out to 13 this time last year.

By playing on average twice a week, getting some lessons and a new driver have now managed to get to 7 my lowest ever. Still hoping to go lower

 

[AuburnWarrior]

That's a great achievement - well done!!!

I hope to do the same but I fear I'll stay around the 10 mark for a while...

 

[MKDave]

Upsidedownman I know your not the only guy to do what you did ( emigrate I mean ) but just wondered where u play? My Dad and I paired up with a great lad a cherwell edge from your neck of the woods orginally! Could it be?

 

[MKDave]

ahhh you went the other way! from uk to nz!! whoops my bad

 

[upsidedown]

ahhh you went the other way! from uk to nz!! whoops my bad

 

[Curls]

Wow, that's impressive - wondering how this is done as I'm about to get my first handicap and don't really understand the system? I'm in a transition period with a new swing and new clubs, were I to turn in 3 cards and get say 15 how many comps would I need to play and what kind of scores would be required to get to single figures?! This may be an impossible question but ballpark would be great to know. The goal isn't really to get a single figure handicap, the goal is to play great golf and as a result be in the 70s every week instead of the 80s (and occasional 90s!!!). I can see how I'll be there once the new swing gets more reliable, lots of work to do but I'm up for the challenge... The thing is am I foolish to rush in and get a handicap I'll surely hack into once I get through this change-over? If it's going to take 6 months of every weekend comps I think I'd hold off submitting the cards!

 

[AuburnWarrior]

If you're off 15 and the par is 72 then you need to hit no more than 87 shots to play level with your handicap.

Let's say you shot an 80 - that's 7 shots under your handicap so you'd loose 0.3 for every shot under your handicap so you'd loose 2.1 shots and you'd go down to 12.9. Once you're down to 12 you loose 0.2 for every shot under your handicap.

This is, of course, provided the CSS and SSS are 72.

Oh, and it's a competition.

So, unless you play unbelievable golf every time it's a comp, it'll take you a while to get to single figures from 15.

 

[Curls]

you'd loose 0.3 for every shot under your handicap so you'd loose 2.1 shots and you'd go down to 12.9. Once you're down to 12 you loose 0.2 for every shot under your handicap.

Thanks Auburn this is exactly the info I was looking for, 0.3 from +12 up and 0.2 below, makes sense and now I can see how hard that must be to slash - much respect to upsidedown for getting from 13 to 7!!!. My course is only a par 70 and I think standard scratch is 66? Maybe its 68. Does that sound right?! It's a very short course, 2 par 5s, 4 short par 3s, 5703 yards in total off the white tees. It's one of these converted farmers fields that has lots of dogleg 4s and very tight fairways to make up for lacking in distance. If you can drive it straight you make mince meat of it, any deviation and you've lost your ball. What's this about anything worse than a double bogey being dropped to a bogey in your submitted cards is that right? Had I known that I would have submitted my last one! (with a pretty pair of 9s next to each other)

 

[AuburnWarrior]

you'd loose 0.3 for every shot under your handicap so you'd loose 2.1 shots and you'd go down to 12.9. Once you're down to 12 you loose 0.2 for every shot under your handicap.

Thanks Auburn this is exactly the info I was looking for, 0.3 from +12 up and 0.2 below, makes sense and now I can see how hard that must be to slash - much respect to upsidedown for getting from 13 to 7!!!. My course is only a par 70 and I think standard scratch is 66? Maybe its 68. Does that sound right?! It's a very short course, 2 par 5s, 4 short par 3s, 5703 yards in total off the white tees. It's one of these converted farmers fields that has lots of dogleg 4s and very tight fairways to make up for lacking in distance. If you can drive it straight you make mince meat of it, any deviation and you've lost your ball. What's this about anything worse than a double bogey being dropped to a bogey in your submitted cards is that right? Had I known that I would have submitted my last one! (with a pretty pair of 9s next to each other)

68 sounds about right. Where is your course?

The double bogey rule only applies to the three handicap cards, I believe. During regular play, they stand. I'm happy to be corrected on that though...

 

[Curls]

68 sounds about right. Where is your course?

The double bogey rule only applies to the three handicap cards, I believe. During regular play, they stand. I'm happy to be corrected on that though...

It's Welton just north of Lincoln. Yep that's what I'm doing, have to submit 3 and get a handicap, thinking I shouldn't rush into it as my games in such turmoil at the moment, was much more consistent last summer but my better golf now is way, way better than then, just need to iron out those meltdowns when I cant figure out which of my 27 new stance/swing changes went wrong

 

[USER1999]

The double bogey rule applies only to your first 3 cards to get a handicap.

After you have a h/cap, then all handicapping is adjusted on stableford points (bogey excepted).

 

[HawkeyeMS]

you'd loose 0.3 for every shot under your handicap so you'd loose 2.1 shots and you'd go down to 12.9. Once you're down to 12 you loose 0.2 for every shot under your handicap.

Thanks Auburn this is exactly the info I was looking for, 0.3 from +12 up and 0.2 below, makes sense and now I can see how hard that must be to slash - much respect to upsidedown for getting from 13 to 7!!!. My course is only a par 70 and I think standard scratch is 66? Maybe its 68. Does that sound right?! It's a very short course, 2 par 5s, 4 short par 3s, 5703 yards in total off the white tees. It's one of these converted farmers fields that has lots of dogleg 4s and very tight fairways to make up for lacking in distance. If you can drive it straight you make mince meat of it, any deviation and you've lost your ball. What's this about anything worse than a double bogey being dropped to a bogey in your submitted cards is that right? Had I known that I would have submitted my last one! (with a pretty pair of 9s next to each other)

It's worth pointing out while we're on the subject that if you're cut takes you accross the Cat3\Cat2 boundary your cut will be a combination of .3 & .2.

For example, if you're off 12.6 and shoot 3 under CSS you will get a 0.7 cut. This is because the reductions are done sequentially. Your 1st cut will be 0.3 taking you to 12.3 and therefore Cat2. The next 2 shots will get you 0.2 each so you will go to 11.9.

Hope that makes sense

 

[Curls]

Great stuff thanks for the info chaps, will wait for those back-to-back extra long weekends at the end of April and bite the bullet, it'll mean turning down a wedding invite but I'm sure they won't notice I'm missing.

 

[ianshearin]

Great stuff thanks for the info chaps, will wait for those back-to-back extra long weekends at the end of April and bite the bullet, it'll mean turning down a wedding invite but I'm sure they won't notice I'm missing.

Depends if your the Groom....

 

[chris661]

The double bogey rule applies only to your first 3 cards to get a handicap.

After you have a h/cap, then all handicapping is adjusted on stableford points (bogey excepted).

What about clause 19?

 

[Curls]

Depends if your the Groom....

If I were the groom at this wedding I wouldn't be on here with you commoners.

but I've said too much....

 

[pokerjoke]

Well OK have been as low as 8....

Emigrated here in 2007 on a 8 handicap and with building a new life and indeed new house on 10 acres to boot my game suffered and went out to 13 this time last year.

By playing on average twice a week, getting some lessons and a new driver have now managed to get to 7 my lowest ever. Still hoping to go lower

Well done thats very good,keep up the good work.

 

[FourPutt]

The double bogey rule applies only to your first 3 cards to get a handicap.

After you have a h/cap, then all handicapping is adjusted on stableford points (bogey excepted).

What about clause 19?

That is based on stableford points. i.e. anything worse than a nett double bogey is adjusted down to nett double bogey.