Is the OP er talking about Texas scrambles /team events as our opens up here are all drawn individual stroke play events with the odd walk on here and there. There have been some rumblings about a couple of the walk ons and TS, but no open events.
sorry, I assumed he was cat 1 - I know he scored 72, for 44 points, and CSS would have been 72 I guess. When do you become CAT 1?
Ethan - do you not think people who protect their handicaps and throw rounds to get .1 back and then win a great competition with a false handicap are not cheats?
Bandits are as often than not players whose game is coming together quicker than the handicap system can keep up.
Reminds me of an awful situation I was in many years ago.
I got down to 9 as a "youngster". Then I gave up after moving about a bit before retuning to the game at a different course miles away. I put my cards in (which reflected me "getting back into the game") and got a 27 handicap. I pointed out to the handicap secretary I thought it was far too high but he told me that "they were the cards you put in" - which were genuine by the way!
Queue the 1st competition (which was a big one to make matter worse). Not only did I play excellently but lady luck was also on my side - chipping in on one hole. I won the comp by a mile - and was then openly (to my face) accused of cheating the system by more than one member (including a committee member).
Took months before I felt I could show my face again - and I never did anything wrong!!
I cannot believe that he allocated purely on the 3 cards without taking a declared previous handicap of 9 into account - he should have been given the order of the boot.
Can you Bobmac? I presumed your handicap is your handicap. My issue was 20 years ago so no longer relevant.