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This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but what is the fascination with blobs :D

It sounds to me that when someone says "I had 34pts with 3 blobs", that they really mean "I played well enough to get 40pts if it weren't for 3 holes".

But they didn't. Blobs, or doubles, trebles and worse happen. They had 3 rubbish holes. So what?
It's why we have handicaps. Very rarely will anyone play to handicap with just pars and bogeys.

I'm 11 and not single figures because I normally have 2 or 3 stinkers each round, not in spite of it.

Am I missing something?
 
Don't like say this, but i agree with you

Golf is an eighteen hole game, and i'm sure we could all have great rounds if we could take out the worst three or four holes.

Now where are those pain killers ? ;)
 
Those that state their score as xx points with 2 blobs, will also bore the arse off you by talking you through every shot after the round too. :rolleyes:
 
Thats why some people love stableford because it gives you a chance to win even if you mess up.Trouble is when it comes to a medal they have little chance.My mate said to me this morning after his chance of winning this mornings medal was over after five holes,"i knew i shouldnt have entered the comp this morning".The reason is we play stableford a lot in practice and he always has a few NRs,so now he get used to messing up.
 
but what is the fascination with blobs :D
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what is the fascination?

36 points with 2 or 3 blobs means nothing to me at all other than "I played quite well other than 2 or 3 holes".

I always keep a record of my gross, and where practical (up to a double) expect my card to be marked with gross scores.

I played in an stableford invitational at an Open Q course.
I made 38 points and we checked our cards before signing and handing to the organiser. My partner said "it would have been a good round apart from the blob"....well, it might have been, but the point is I scored 4/2/5/3 on the par 3s, so the 5 was a "blob" but if I'd gone 3/3/4/4 I'd have made the same points. It's difficult to stomach a double after a birdie (or whatever) but that's golf.
 
People only quote stableford points once their stroke play score is banjaxed.
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I quote my score depending on the format. Unless it's a club stableford comp, I never even think in points. If I go out for a knock with some mates and have an 85 (gross) with a snowman or something, I'll call it +3 nett (not great), rather than xx points with a blob. One sounds "true" but an honest reflection, the other sounds like I'm giving the opinion of being better than the reality.
So I think I agree with you. :D :D
 
I wasnt aware of what a Blob was until i joined this Forum....
Why dont people just say i scratched X amount of holes....Pardon the Pun!

Fact is people will say these things to make them feel a little better about making a complete arse of 1,2or 3 holes....And im not excluding myself here....

It doesnt bother me that people use this expression or that people finishing Medal comps say that i would have shot 4 under my handicap if i hadnt have taken a double on the 4th and a double on the 6th and 10th...

Its like hitting a wayward shot and really getting youself pissed over it....If you say its ok and carry on as if nothing happened chances are you might save your round....

If you loose the plot then say goodbye to what otherwise may have been a good round...
 
I'm guilty of this. But it's a contextual thing rather than an excuse. The other day in our stableford comp I scored 30 points with six blobs. Im not saying i would/should have scored 42. What I am saying is I'm very inconsistent and this tells a different story to I scored 30 points. I aim to minimise my number of holes where I don't score but accept that there may be holes where I have a bit of a mare.
 
I do the same as RGDave, quote the score depending on what Im playing, if it's a stableford comp then I will quote my stableford score, but if it's a pratice round or a medal, I will say my proper score. I prefer saying my proper score, u get a better representation of how u have played
 
Yes, in a stableford comp, you state your stableford score. That was the comp.
However, why qualify it with the 'with 3 blobs'? You shot a score, it was the best you could do. The number of holes used to set your score is irrelevant.

I like stroke play.
 
Yes, in a stableford comp, you state your stableford score. That was the comp.
However, why qualify it with the 'with 3 blobs'? You shot a score, it was the best you could do. The number of holes used to set your score is irrelevant.

I like stroke play.
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Because I'm a bit pants at golf and scoring 30 points from 12 holes gives me more hope than scoring 30 points from 18. That said I like you prefer stroke play :D
 
I've got no problem with Stableford, in fact I quite like it because I'm liable to throw a 7 or 8 in at any time.
I've got no problem with blobs either really but just don't understand why they're mentioned.

If I score 36pts then I've scored 36pts. It doesn't matter whether the points were made up from all 18 or only 12 holes.
 
People seem to use these as excuses.
Example "I had 30 points.... but that was with 3 blobs"
In english, this means I had 30 points.

By the same person, it can be used in different contexts..
"I had 46 points and a blob" in english, I had a day out but did have one normal hole.

It can also be used incorrectly, "I shot -2 with a blob" in english, I do not entirely understand the scoring in golf.
 
I tend to agree with everything that has been said but for the majority of us, using the blob as an excuse at least gives us a crumb of comfort that if/when we finally put an 18 hole card together we're capable of doing well in comps.

For me, it is all about trying to shoot the best score dependant on the format possible. I always go out with the intention of winning or for a top 3 finish. More often than not I manage to conjour a disaster early enough in the round to make that an impossibility but then the attention focuses on making the buffer, then if all else fails putting in the best score on the day and avoiding an NR at all costs
 
I tend to agree with everything that has been said but for the majority of us, using the blob as an excuse at least gives us a crumb of comfort that if/when we finally put an 18 hole card together we're capable of doing well in comps.
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This the thing though, like it or hate it, every card is putting 18 holes together, some are good, some are not. This goes hand in hand with golf.
It took me years to realise that sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue. Making excuses that you were unlucky on that 4 putt or 2 drives out of bounds is not proactive into improving.
 
If I score 36pts then I've scored 36pts. It doesn't matter whether the points were made up from all 18 or only 12 holes.
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This is my way of thinking. Reading this forum, you'd think that some players feel they are entitled to better scores on the days when they make a lot of 2 and 3 (or 4!) pointers.
I reckon unless you play off a decent handicap (less than 9, say) you've got to look at the game overall. If I'm 3 over after 9 and end up bogeying the last 9 holes and playing to 12, sure, I'm a little miffed, but sometimes, it's just not meant to be. Until luck is more or less out if the equation, it seems sensible just to do your best hole by hole and tot it up at the end.
 
When I was a junior golfer all we ever stated was strokeplay. Hence, the scoring system I automatically revert to is medal. I do like Stableford though.....

I think people say things like '38 points with a blob' to somehow emphasise how well they were playing. Almost like they mean to say 'I almost had 41 points so be grateful.'

I guess its like the old adage - if your Auntie had had nuts she'd have been your Uncle!
 
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