4bbb on reduced course

[chrisd]

Just as a matter of interest

We are being pushed to play a winter league 4bbb match, and today we have cancelled again due to weather, but also because only 16 holes are open. The 2 closed holes are stroke index 5 and 7 and one of our opponents would get a shot at both of the closed holes from his partner, neither I, or my partner, would get shots on either hole - if we had decided to play the 16 holes, or 2 extra holes, how would we sort out the shots

 

[robinthehood]

Would you not just play the holes and indexes as they are and the result is What it is?

 

[chrisd]

Would you not just play the holes and indexes as they are and the result is What it is?

The guy who would have effectively lost 2 shot holes wouldn't have been keen

 

[robinthehood]

The guy who would have effectively lost 2 shot holes wouldn't have been keen

Yeah I guess. Maybe just play 1 and 2 again to make it up to 18? It sounds to me more like a perception of it being a bad deal than it really being one. If they're 2 up after 16 you lose the chance to get it back on holes you probably hope to score on , I'm not sure that's any less fair.

 

[chrisd]

Yeah I guess. Maybe just play 1 and 2 again to make it up to 18? It sounds to me more like a perception of it being a bad deal than it really being one. If they're 2 up after 16 you lose the chance to get it back on holes you probably hope to score on , I'm not sure that's any less fair.

The guy who has to have 5 shots instead of 7 is still losing out ( well the pair really are)

 

[robinthehood]

The guy who has to have 5 shots instead of 7 is still losing out ( well the pair really are)

Not sure I completely agree, but either way just don't play unless there is a condition to cover this type of thing.

 

[IanM]

at our place you'd be told, It’s winter.... just get on with it!

 

[HampshireHog]

It’s a tough break for them, but they just need to suck it up. Still better than tossing a coin.

 

[chrisd]

We've delayed the game to next week but I was just trying to see if any clubs have a way of sorting this issue rather than just saying "suck it up"

 

[rulefan]

Play 16 holes and reduce your handicaps to 16/18ths

 

[williamalex1]

Play 16 holes and reduce your handicaps to 16/18ths

Could end up losing 4 shots ?? lol.

 

[rulie]

Just as a matter of interest

We are being pushed to play a winter league 4bbb match, and today we have cancelled again due to weather, but also because only 16 holes are open. The 2 closed holes are stroke index 5 and 7 and one of our opponents would get a shot at both of the closed holes from his partner, neither I, or my partner, would get shots on either hole - if we had decided to play the 16 holes, or 2 extra holes, how would we sort out the shots

Help me out here - he doesn't lose any shots from his opponents, but does from his partner? Then what impact does that have on the game?

 

[robinthehood]

They all get shots against the lowest handicap.

 

[jim8flog]

We have set dates for our club winter knockout. If the course is open the matches get played.

I once refereed the final, all 18 holes wee on temporary greens. We never close individual holes except if greenstaff are working on them such as tining the fairway so I do not know how to proceed.

 

[rulefan]

Could end up losing 4 shots ?? lol.

How come?

 

[rulefan]

We've delayed the game to next week but I was just trying to see if any clubs have a way of sorting this issue rather than just saying "suck it up"

What are all the players' handicaps?

 

[williamalex1]

How come?

It's just a question, could it happen depending on the h/c

 

[rulefan]

It's just a question, could it happen depending on the h/c

Yes. Before low handicapper reduction of course.

 

[williamalex1]

How come?

We discover a problem when we first tried to played a 9 hole competition over a measured composite course consisting of holes 1 to 8 then the 15th. They tried to use the original 18 hole card [ new cards are now printed ].
They said 50% h/c because it was a 9 hole comp, but because the way the stroke index worked out using the 18 hole card, it was reduced to nearly 25% h/c.

 

[chrisd]

What are all the players' handicaps?

10 and 18 v 13 and 14