Are you a Social or comp player

[Deleted member 21258]

Do you in the main play social golf or is it in the main club competitions ?

And do you wish you play more of the other ?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I mainly play social golf but with some competitions thrown in. I probably play around 6-8 comps a year, nothing in comparison to most on this forum. I'm okay with that, I enjoy social golf more, partly because on my home course it is a better balanced course off the yellows that the whites.

 

[IanM]

It's mainly comps... as my clubs has comps every Saturday, and that's the only day I get to play for much of the year... that's too much.

Although our club has just changed the rule to allow you to play on Sat AM without entering the comp, as long as you play in 3 balls and the same format as the comp. Hence, this Saturday I didn't part with my fiver!! Just as well too!

 

[duncan mackie]

Matches

 

[chrisd]

I play pretty much all the comps that I can as well as the vets league matches, but I do like social golf too

 

[Slab]

About half & half I'd say. Play every week and roughly every other game's a comp

For me that balance is about right

 

[ademac]

No longer a member of a club so all of my golf is social. I cant wait to get back to playing in comps but could be a few years yet.
In the meantime I will just have to be happy with society 'comps' and matchplay with mates for a few quid.

 

[Capella]

I love playing competitions, so I enter every comp that my club offers if I can fit it into my work schedule. But over the course of the year I still play more rounds socially (mostly with my parents) than comp rounds.

 

[Tashyboy]

Both. But it is hard trying to play serious whilst having a laugh.

 

[pinberry]

Mostly comp. Work full time Mon-Fri, family with small children, calendar busy with competitions during golfing seasons and comps give me good motivation to keep on improving.

 

[Orikoru]

Both I guess. Try and play at least once a week, and usually that is with my mates. We only enter the comps once or twice a month though, the other weeks it's just friendly knocks though.

 

[patricks148]

I play far more social golf than comps now. I used to play every comp going at 20 or so opens every year. still mange 20 plus comps a season with a couple of opens still.

But would play more comps if i had the time. only really play stroke play medals on a Sat and Matchplays either in the Club comps or M&N league. we have 3 comps a week, but the two i don't bother with are the Wednesday cup (bogey) and the Sunday Stableford, as i don't like the bogey and Sunday unless you get out early can be a drag, esp if you get stuck behind a few 4 balls playing social golf.

 

[Khamelion]

At my old club it was mainly comps, as it was on a Saturday when I played and that was when the comps were on and the odd social game mid week. At my new club we still play Saturdays, but socially only as the comps are for full members. I will get to play in the odd mid week sweep, but there will be no comps this year for me.

I don't mind that as I play golf to unwind and relax, not to stress out about a shiny bit of tin.

 

[Imurg]

I suppose, as I play in excess of 100 rounds a year and only have 6 possible comps to enter, I must be more of a social golfer than competition golfer....
Still play competitively though..

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Depends on whats on at the club. If it’s a comp, then play in it. If nothing on then socially.

 

[Patster1969]

Pretty much all comp golf, as the club usually have one every Saturday morning - as this is my main day & I don't really have that many friends that play either, don't actually play hardly any social golf

 

[Hobbit]

Almost every round is a comp round, although I see that as social golf. My mindset is the same for both. They're just fun games.

 

[GB72]

Mainly social golf for me now. We have the roll up on a Saturday and comps on Sunday. If I can only play once at the weekend then the roll up wins. On the weekends I can play twice then I will enter a comp.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Comp golf for me most of the time. With working full time I don't get a lot of chance to play social golf. Trying to get the handicap down is the challenge and that only happens in comps.

What is social golf though? On Wednesday evenings we have a nine hole social comp which is probably the best of both worlds.

 

[MartynB]

Purely social, not a member of a club but pay an annual fee to play unlimited at 4 munis. Play a different one each week, would get bored playing same course every week.