chrisd
Major Champion
Sounds like I wish I hadn't bothered to post on here
Acceptable pairs betterball scores
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Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
No doubt a HC cut was deserved from the play but seems a very poor way to go about it , they needed to set it up properly and then you get the HC adjustment properly as a qualifying score on your record as opposed to some manual fudging
wjemather
Well-known member
Is it not better that all clubs do what they are supposed to, and all handicap changes are appropriate?
chrisd
Major Champion
It might be if the system was re adjusted so that it actually worked properly
D-S
Well-known member
The system depends on the clubs doing what is expected of them.
Apparently in this case they might well have not done so, this leads to people who maybe should have been cut not getting one - then the system gets blamed for not rooting out bandits.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Just need to check your HC record on EG and it will show it as an adjustment form the Comp
wjemather
Well-known member
Hard to see how the system can be adjusted to detect and correct for when clubs incorrectly set comps as not acceptable for handicapping!
chrisd
Major Champion
I hope that you're not suggesting that my club doesn't do what's expected of them, there is no proof of that. I still personally think the new system is poor, my view which may or may not be the view of others here
wjemather
Well-known member
Well, (unless there is a valid reason for it) there is at least one 4BBB competition that wasn't setup as acceptable for handicapping.
chrisd
Major Champion
There might be a valid reason
D-S
Well-known member
Well the evidence presented thus far seems to point to the fact that in this case they have not done what is expected of them (and all clubs running acceptable 4BB comps).
D-S
Well-known member
Well if there was a valid reason for why it wasn’t acceptable, you shouldn’t have been cut.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Question:
A pair score 50 points in an official 4BBB competition. Each partner scored on 9 hole each, only one score entered per hole.
Will the score effect both players handicap record, or neither players handicap record?
A pair score 50 points in an official 4BBB competition. Each partner scored on 9 hole each, only one score entered per hole.
Will the score effect both players handicap record, or neither players handicap record?
upsidedown
Tour Winner
My mate and brother won an Open last year 4BBB with 46 points being on the card 9 times each and both recieved a cut
D-S
Well-known member
Yes, provided that both scored at least 36 points when scaled up - not sure of the maths but with 50 points I would have thought it’s odds on that both will have achieved this.
Swango1980
Well-known member
I could remember what the min num of holes was. So, if one scored on 8, it is only the other to have it count?
cliveb
Head Pro
Isn't it a fundamental principle that you must not cherry pick scores that go onto your handicap record?
Surely the way that only good scores in 4BBB go onto the record is cherry picking.
Surely the way that only good scores in 4BBB go onto the record is cherry picking.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I’m missing something here
Surely you write player A’s hole score in that column, player B’s hole score in that column on every hole, and the better of those scores in the Result Player A/B column (or whatever variation its called at your club) and its this third column that’s used to record & enter the betterball score for the 2 person side.
With same format if there’s a Player C & Player D and the hole score/combined hole result from the four players also in the appropriately named 4person column
Surely you write player A’s hole score in that column, player B’s hole score in that column on every hole, and the better of those scores in the Result Player A/B column (or whatever variation its called at your club) and its this third column that’s used to record & enter the betterball score for the 2 person side.
With same format if there’s a Player C & Player D and the hole score/combined hole result from the four players also in the appropriately named 4person column
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Swango1980
Well-known member
This was the simple way to do it.
But, now that WHS has derived some sort of magical formula to make up a score for a player, as to opposed to what they actually scored, then it is considered a crime to enter 2 scores by some.
And some will excuse "pace of play" as the reason for it, because they realise any other argument is absurd. The fact that your group may be tight behind the group in front the entire round would be irrelevant. You still must not enter 2 scores
D-S
Well-known member
Yes, 9 scores on the card is one of the thresholds for the score to be acceptable.
