Course Record.... Or not.....

[pbrown7582]

A new course record was shot on Wednesday in the midweek stableford 65 (-5) by a bandit 3 h/caper :lol: but it is not being recorded as such because it was a stableford comp.
apparently to be valid and recorded as such the score needs to be made in a medal comp.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Aren't course records stroke play/medal ?

 

[mefromhere]

It is recommended I think that scores only count in Medal rounds but it is not a rule governed by the R&A and so is up to each club to.decide

 

[Hobbit]

I thought Stableford was a strokeplay event?

 

[Imurg]

If he holed out and played to the rules then it should be a course record and to suggest otherwise is plain daft....or snobbish!

Can't have the course record going to a score not made in a Medal you know...bad form What?

 

[gazr99]

If he holed out and played to the rules then it should be a course record and to suggest otherwise is plain daft....or snobbish!

Can't have the course record going to a score not made in a Medal you know...bad form What?

I agree with this.

As long as he holed out should be fine

 

[chrisd]

I guess he didn't have 5 blobs!

He played strokeplay, it would count for me!

 

[JCW]

If he did not have a blob then he must have holed out on every hole so there you have it , should stand then , never heard of a 3 handicap bandit , thats a new one ..........................EYG

 

[williamalex1]

There's a slightly different mind set between Stableford and medal play IMHO. I.e , do I go for a safe par or risk a double bogey , try for birdie , eagle or double eagle lol. So I don't think it should count as a course record.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

If he did not have a blob then he must have holed out on every hole so there you have it , should stand then , never heard of a 3 handicap bandit , thats a new one ..........................EYG

Incorrect, never heard of a gimme ? Just because he didn't blob doesn't mean he holed out......

But if he did, then it should stand

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Can't have "gimmie" in a qualifying comp

 

[NWJocko]

Incorrect, never heard of a gimme ? Just because he didn't blob doesn't mean he holed out......

But if he did, then it should stand

How can you have a gimme in a stroke play comp?

Edit, Phil beat me to it, no wonder he racks up the posts with that speed

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I agree with this.

As long as he holed out should be fine

I would have thought it should have stood. Stableford is played under the same terms, subject being able to hole out to score a point. Assuming he holed out on every hole then it should stand

 

[Imurg]

There's a slightly different mind set between Stableford and medal play IMHO. I.e do I go for a safe par or risk a double bogey.

Maybe for a higher handicapper but a player off 3 probably plays every round in a similar fashion to Medal because they don't have the margin for error.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

There's a slightly different mind set between Stableford and medal play IMHO. I.e do I go for a safe par or risk a double bogey.

I've never understood this theory personally.

however, back on topic, if the fella knocked it round in 65 strokes, he knocked it round in 65 strokes, whether it's medal or stableford is of absolutely no consequence. From a scorecard perspective, he is required to mark it the same way for both formats so as long as he completed every hole and everything else is in order, it's the course record.

 

[NWJocko]

Maybe for a higher handicapper but a player off 3 probably plays every round in a similar fashion to Medal because they don't have the margin for error.

I'd probably disagree.....

We had a (rare) Stableford comp today and I played a number of shots differently than I would have off the tee.

Although, I'm not a low handicap by any stretch! I do think there is a difference in approach though.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

How can you have a gimme in a stroke play comp?

Edit, Phil beat me to it, no wonder he racks up the posts with that speed

Ok blame the morphine chaps I lay corrected

 

[williamalex1]

If he did not have a blob then he must have holed out on every hole so there you have it , should stand then , never heard of a 3 handicap bandit , thats a new one ..........................EYG

We had a plus 2hc member expelled for cheating.

 

[Foxholer]

I've never understood this theory personally.

however, back on topic, if the fella knocked it round in 65 strokes, he knocked it round in 65 strokes, whether it's medal or stableford is of absolutely no consequence. From a scorecard perspective, he is required to mark it the same way for both formats so as long as he completed every hole and everything else is in order, it's the course record.

I agree! But whether it's recognised as such depends on the rules of the Club. And if it says only Medal comps, then only Medal comps it is!

 

[rosecott]

Incorrect, never heard of a gimme ? Just because he didn't blob doesn't mean he holed out......

But if he did, then it should stand

A gimme in stableford? What planet do you play on?