Baws!

We have a 36hole qualifying competition where the top 16 scratch scores qualify for the matchplay stage of the Championship.

We also have two other sections, again off scratch, but based on handicap bands. So our 8-14 and 15-28hcp players have something to aim for.

It all culminates on Finals day with all the Championship finals being played on the same day before the presentation of the trophy at around 5pm on the Sunday afternoon.

We have another competition for The Aggregate Shield, which looks at consistency over a defined number of qualifying events and the winner of that can be proud of their achievement over the season. I can say that 'cause I won it in 2003 with a nett -13 over my four qualifying rounds.... I could play golf in those days ;)
 
We have a 36hole qualifying competition where the top 16 scratch scores qualify for the matchplay stage of the Championship.
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Ditto.

You have to be seriously good to win this format. A 13 handicapper has no chance.
 
Ah, but to even qualify is a major achievement and over two rounds it is possible. And as we all know, anything can happen in matchplay.

granted, the top guys are going to make it through to the final, but, there's always a 'dark horse' seems to make it through.
 
We have a 36hole qualifying competition where the top 16 scratch scores qualify for the matchplay stage of the Championship.
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Ditto.

You have to be seriously good to win this format. A 13 handicapper has no chance.
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That i do agree with totaly murph , all im wondering is if a guy off 1- 12 pays the same yearly sub as a guy off 13-20 , why he shouldnt be entitled to play in this or any comp...(ie a qualifying event) b interesting to see how guys affected by this feel .. not an issue in my club so i dont know , i think the OP was by aztec who is off 19 or so ,, so why even bother putting name on reserve list then ??
 
Surely your Club Championship is your flagship event of the year within a club and you want to measure yourself against the best in the club.

I always try to raise my game that weekend, just in the off chance I could put together a good score. Two qualifying rounds strokeplay does separate the men from the boys so to speak.

If you qualify, great, if not, and you've given it your best shot, then that's all that can be asked.
 
I agree with Blade 100%. the idea and principle behind the HC system is that effectively all players are equal. a club champion should be someone who

A) has played all qualifying rounds
B) has played them with the most consistency
C) scored the most championship points

Anyone paying their memberships and subs should be able to enter disregarding their handicap. if not your just saying that handicaps are pointless.

I agree a HACKER shouldnt win or be club champ, but if he is a true hacker he wouldnt be consistent enough to be there in the final stages anyway.

if we take this year, i've NR'd one medal, won 2 medals and come inside the top 3 in the other 2. this effectively should put me in good stead for the consistency based theory, unfortunately as a small swindle based club within a pay & play course we do not run a club champs as such other than winter singles match play & winter doubles match play. everything else is knock out comps for specific trophies but nothing that carries the official title of "club champ".. humbug!
 
Ours is limited to 12 h/cap, ie: cats 1 and 2.

Not many 12s put their names down, and there are always spaces not taken up. Most of the field is cat 1. Even playing off 5 you are going to struggle. Iirc last year there were about 20 cat 2s in the field, and 60 or more cat 1s.

There are plenty of other comps for us hackers, including the 36 hole strokeplay spring meeting (one of the big ones).

Oddly, I'm not allowed to enter the junior section comps, the ladies comps, the seniors comps, so why shouldn't the scratch boys have their own comp?
 
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Oddly, I'm not allowed to enter the junior section comps, the ladies comps, the seniors comps, so why shouldn't the scratch boys have their own comp?
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but they arent all scratch golfers.. where as the others are all junior , ladies or seniors mayb??
 
I agree with Blade 100%. the idea and principle behind the HC system is that effectively all players are equal. a club champion should be someone who

A) has played all qualifying rounds
B) has played them with the most consistency
C) scored the most championship points

Anyone paying their memberships and subs should be able to enter disregarding their handicap. if not your just saying that handicaps are pointless.

I agree a HACKER shouldnt win or be club champ, but if he is a true hacker he wouldnt be consistent enough to be there in the final stages anyway.

if we take this year, i've NR'd one medal, won 2 medals and come inside the top 3 in the other 2. this effectively should put me in good stead for the consistency based theory, unfortunately as a small swindle based club within a pay & play course we do not run a club champs as such other than winter singles match play & winter doubles match play. everything else is knock out comps for specific trophies but nothing that carries the official title of "club champ".. humbug!
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think youre mixing what in effect most clubs call an order of merit title where you score points in multiple comps throughout the season and the club championships, which in the majority of clubs, is a 36 hole one off scratch comp (usually with a net comp bolted on)

do you really think a club champion should be decided on handicap basis?
 
I agree with Blade 100%. the idea and principle behind the HC system is that effectively all players are equal. a club champion should be someone who

A) has played all qualifying rounds
B) has played them with the most consistency
C) scored the most championship points

Anyone paying their memberships and subs should be able to enter disregarding their handicap. if not your just saying that handicaps are pointless.

I agree a HACKER shouldnt win or be club champ, but if he is a true hacker he wouldnt be consistent enough to be there in the final stages anyway.

if we take this year, i've NR'd one medal, won 2 medals and come inside the top 3 in the other 2. this effectively should put me in good stead for the consistency based theory, unfortunately as a small swindle based club within a pay & play course we do not run a club champs as such other than winter singles match play & winter doubles match play. everything else is knock out comps for specific trophies but nothing that carries the official title of "club champ".. humbug!
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think youre mixing what in effect most clubs call an order of merit title where you score points in multiple comps throughout the season and the club championships, which in the majority of clubs, is a 36 hole one off scratch comp (usually with a net comp bolted on)

do you really think a club champion should be decided on handicap basis?
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Hard to know , all equal members, so all entitled to compete , but i for one would hope it would be low single h'capper , if you had qualifying(scratch comp) then a top 36 played off (scratch again or even scratch matchplay) surely you would get this result 99% ot the time , everyone gets to play , low handicapper wins , all happy ?? no?.. Do you think the club championship (say club of even 400 members) should be limited to 36 competitors tho ??without qualifying of some sort ,,
 
I dont think it should be limited to who its open to but Im adamant it should be won by the best gross score, and actually in most golf clubs you tend to find there is only really 4 or 5 that can actually win it when it comes down to 36 hole gross medal.

At the end of the day its to find the clubs "champion" golfer, not the one who has played best relative to a handicap on the day
 
Our Club Championship is over 2 consecutive Sundays. 36 Holes each day. Two trophies up for grabs(handicap and scratch), scratch being the biggy obviously.
I can't remember if it's top 16 or 32 handicap and scratch, probably 16 each when i look at it now, qualify for the second Sunday.
 
all im wondering is if a guy off 1- 12 pays the same yearly sub as a guy off 13-20 , why he shouldnt be entitled to play in this or any comp...(ie a qualifying event)
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Just because people all pay the same doesnt make them all equal. Ladies are supposed to pay the same but you cant enter their comps and if you are too high a handicap get better and play in it.
 
Our club championship is open to all. The 1st round on Saturday everyone entered plays and there is a cut after that for the top 30 to go on and play the 2nd round. We have two prizes on offer. There is the best gross score over the two rounds which is the club champion and we have one for the best nett score too so it gives all the qualifiers a goal to aim for.
 
Ours is pretty much the same as Homers, except as well as the top <whatever> gross scores making the cut, the same number of best nett scores also make it. Obviously there is some crossover so about 50 play the second day iirc.

They are 2 separate comps though. Club championship is gross, and the nett comp is called something else.
 
Ours is 36 holes stroke play played on the same day all players play off scratch although there is a net prize as well anyone can enter but the club also run a subsidiary comp alongside it.

Talking to our handicap sec yesterday who told me that anyone who does not play off 3 or better will not stand a chance of winning the scratch prize (club Championship)

We also run a order of merit where points are awarded to the top twelve places in all the qualifiers.
 
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