53 points!

garyinderry said:
that's a solid round of golf. I watched my mate shoot 27 or28 points front 9 at my old club. 2 birdies in the first 5 holes. it can be done. he couldn't hold it together back 9 which is by far the easier 9.


I can also see haweyes point. before yesterday +4 was my best ever round. I shot it a few times now. been level and under par for front and back 9s but never seemed to put them together. its take some good golf to get this done.

yesterday was +2. new PB. shameless boast ! :o
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Nothing shameless about plugging a +2 gross :D Well played sir.
 
I've no qualms about the guy winning especially as there is not hint of handicap shenanigans. Fair play to him. It can happen and you just have to congratulate the winner and move on. I shot a score in a comp that would have been good enough six out of the preceeding seven years to have won comfortably and so thought I was in the box seat only for someone to score +9 in a bogey (to add to his +2 from round 1) and blow me out of the water. What can you do but smile and say well played?
 
HomerJSimpson said:
I've no qualms about the guy winning especially as there is not hint of handicap shenanigans. Fair play to him. It can happen and you just have to congratulate the winner and move on. I shot a score in a comp that would have been good enough six out of the preceeding seven years to have won comfortably and so thought I was in the box seat only for someone to score +9 in a bogey (to add to his +2 from round 1) and blow me out of the water. What can you do but smile and say well played?
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The difference in your case is that the guy was very clearly playing off of an incorrect handicap, probably still is.
 
HawkeyeMS said:
The difference in your case is that the guy was very clearly playing off of an incorrect handicap, probably still is.
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Looking at his playing history I don't believe it's clear at all - it's one good round - just the one when the rest are above his handicap
 
virtuocity said:
That's super progress since 2013. Well done!!!

What do you put this down to?
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a few changes in the bag for 2013! not handicap :o


I got my first handicap in 09 ! not enough characters so ive had to bunch things up in the sig and havnt update it properly. will do tonight though! yay
 
Here’s another example of how a blinder can just come out of the blue with no accusations of banditry.

This player is absolutely genuine, plays in 3 qualifiers almost every week throughout the year. He had been playing regularly off 23 and doing nothing special, when he shot nett 58 in a medal (CSS 72). He was docked 5 shots down to 18. 15 months later he was back up to 23 without troubling the Treasurer once. Since then he has been down as far as 15, then back up to 23 and is now fairly steady at around 17/18.

I cling on to the hope that we all have it in us somewhere to have that magical day on the course.
 
Just to clarify, I did not say he was a cheat (I never use that very dangerous word when talking about a golfer), and I did not say he was a bandit. I have come across low teens handicappers having red letter days on more than one occasion, but I have never come across a 21 handicapper who has been shooting around 100 suddenly knocking the lights out with a gross 74. I put no blame on the player whatsoever, but I do question whether there was something that the Handicap guy may have missed. Maybe a previous very good front or back nine, maybe some rapid improvement following a course of lessons (not necessarily at his home club).
If I am wrong I stand to be corrected, but the number of other posters that have witnessed similar feats leads me to believe that something, somewhere is wrong.
 
didsbury_duffer said:
Just to clarify, I did not say he was a cheat (I never use that very dangerous word when talking about a golfer), and I did not say he was a bandit. I have come across low teens handicappers having red letter days on more than one occasion, but I have never come across a 21 handicapper who has been shooting around 100 suddenly knocking the lights out with a gross 74. I put no blame on the player whatsoever, but I do question whether there was something that the Handicap guy may have missed. Maybe a previous very good front or back nine, maybe some rapid improvement following a course of lessons (not necessarily at his home club).
If I am wrong I stand to be corrected, but the number of other posters that have witnessed similar feats leads me to believe that something, somewhere is wrong.
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What do you suggest the handicap secretary should do if he did see this guy have a good front\back nine?
 
rosecott said:
Here’s another example of how a blinder can just come out of the blue with no accusations of banditry.

This player is absolutely genuine, plays in 3 qualifiers almost every week throughout the year. He had been playing regularly off 23 and doing nothing special, when he shot nett 58 in a medal (CSS 72). He was docked 5 shots down to 18. 15 months later he was back up to 23 without troubling the Treasurer once. Since then he has been down as far as 15, then back up to 23 and is now fairly steady at around 17/18.

I cling on to the hope that we all have it in us somewhere to have that magical day on the course.
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If he played here it wouldn't happen. Would take him 4 years to get back up to 23 unless someone applied clause 23.
 
palindromicbob said:
If he played here it wouldn't happen. Would take him 4 years to get back up to 23 unless someone applied clause 23.
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As I said, like me, he plays 3 qualifiers a week most of the year. He could have gone up 5 shots in no time - I managed to go up 6 shots in less than a year (I had a six-month bout of the unmentionables).
 
didsbury_duffer said:
Just to clarify, I did not say he was a cheat (I never use that very dangerous word when talking about a golfer), and I did not say he was a bandit. I have come across low teens handicappers having red letter days on more than one occasion, but I have never come across a 21 handicapper who has been shooting around 100 suddenly knocking the lights out with a gross 74. I put no blame on the player whatsoever, but I do question whether there was something that the Handicap guy may have missed. Maybe a previous very good front or back nine, maybe some rapid improvement following a course of lessons (not necessarily at his home club).
If I am wrong I stand to be corrected, but the number of other posters that have witnessed similar feats leads me to believe that something, somewhere is wrong.
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Just because you have never seen it doesn't meant it can't happen. People win the lottery every week and the odds of that are billions to 1. It really isn't beyond the realms of possibility this could happen. I don't understand why people can't see that?
 
didsbury_duffer said:
Just to clarify, I did not say he was a cheat (I never use that very dangerous word when talking about a golfer), and I did not say he was a bandit. I have come across low teens handicappers having red letter days on more than one occasion, but I have never come across a 21 handicapper who has been shooting around 100 suddenly knocking the lights out with a gross 74. I put no blame on the player whatsoever, but I do question whether there was something that the Handicap guy may have missed. Maybe a previous very good front or back nine, maybe some rapid improvement following a course of lessons (not necessarily at his home club).
If I am wrong I stand to be corrected, but the number of other posters that have witnessed similar feats leads me to believe that something, somewhere is wrong.
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The handicap sec can't do anything on a good front 9 or good back 9 etc !

The guy just had the round of his life on one day when everything went in - it happens , no blame to the handicap sec for anything h missed etc
 
Liverpoolphil said:
The handicap sec can't do anything on a good front 9 or good back 9 etc !

The guy just had the round of his life on one day when everything went in - it happens , no blame to the handicap sec for anything h missed etc
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OK, I am corrected. I give in. White flag raised. I know nothing. The guy just had the round of his life. End of.
 
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