1st tee honour....how do you decide??

[Robobum]

I ask this question because I confused the bejeezus out of a guy I played in a knockout last night.

I normally grab a golf ball out my bag, hold out my hand with the ball number obscured and ask my opponent "odds or evens?" If they get it right, they choose, they get it wrong I choose. Simple?

This has always proved pretty straight forward until last night when my opponent replied "Do we not play all 18 in matchplay?"

How do you decide honour?? Toss a coin? Spin a tee? Compare todgers?

 

[Spoff]

How do you decide honour?? Toss a coin? Spin a tee? Compare todgers?

Just usually depends on who is ready first I think.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

In our comps, 1st name on the sheet for our group has honour, if we don't know that it's lowest handicap, for club championship, it's lowest handicap. Outside of comps, someone just volunteers, normally me

 

[CannyFifer]

1st name on the booking for us. Or in bounce games me because alec is player A

 

[Macster]

Socials/Medals - usually lowest H/C, unless they are faffing about. lol

Matchplay - tee in Hand for the honour.

 

[level5s]

for matches, we toss a coin

otherwise it is whoever is ready. honour is only really taken by birdie during the round

 

[vig]

Socials/Medals - usually lowest H/C, unless they are faffing about. lol

Matchplay - tee in Hand for the honour.

Ditto

 

[Bobirdie]

for competitions its whoever names up first at my club

 

[Robobum]

....honour is only really taken by birdie during the round

Confucious say...?

 

[RichardC]

Another vote for the top name in matchplay or lowest handicap in medal.

 

[Region3]

For comps our starter tells us the order off the first from what's written on his sheet of tee times.

For matchplay I spin a coin.

Semi serious bounce games would be lowest h/c.

Just out for a game is whoever's ready.

One thing I've never been sure about though, is do you win the honour on gross or nett score?

 

[Robobum]

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One thing I've never been sure about though, is do you win the honour on gross or nett score?

Gotta be gross hasn't it??

 

[slugger]

is my club doing something wrong by making it the highest handicapper tee off first?

 

[DCB]

In matchplay ties, the first named on the draw has the honour on the first tee as the challenger.

In Strokeplay, it's as per the start sheet in a comp or whoever is ready first if its a bounce game.

From there on, its the lowest gross takes the honour in strokeplay and the winner of the previous hole takes the honour in a matchplay tie.

 

[Region3]

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One thing I've never been sure about though, is do you win the honour on gross or nett score?

Gotta be gross hasn't it??

the winner of the previous hole takes the honour in a matchplay tie.

That's sort of what I was getting at. I could have the honour in matchplay, lose a hole both scoring 4 but giving a shot, so I'd keep the honour in strokeplay but lose it in matchplay.

How about a stableford comp?
If I make 4 for 2pts and a playing partner makes 4 with a shot for 3pts does he take the honour, or do I keep it because we both had gross 4's?

 

[CannyFifer]

even if it's my turn and i'm having a smoke i just say, "on you go mate", it's not a penalty point

 

[RGDave]

How do you decide honour?? Toss a coin? Spin a tee? Compare todgers?

I always know the h'cap of my opponent/group, so it never even occurs to me to do it any other way than by h'cap.
Anyone crashing the tee off more than me would get a clip round the ear.....

 

[kid2]

We go on handicaps....Lowest tee's off first followed by next lowest and so on......Its the simplest way.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

How about a stableford comp?
If I make 4 for 2pts and a playing partner makes 4 with a shot for 3pts does he take the honour, or do I keep it because we both had gross 4's?

I was once told it was gross score for medal & most pts in stableford but all comps at our place tend to be gross score. I am always concious of who's honour it is not wanting to play out of turn in case I offend anyone but have never played with anyone who really cares too much about it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We go by the draw sheet for medals and stablefords. Matchplay its the spin of a coin and roll ups are whoever feels like going first and isn't scrambling in their bag for a ball, tee, marker etc.

I was under the impression it was gross scores for honour in all competitions. However if you both score 4 in matchplay and one player wins the hole with a shot they have the honour (basically the honour goes until a hole is won). In stableford its gross score and not the points scored and medal play is self explanatory