Herbie
Tour Winner
hnj, i can see your point, but, he would be cut 4 strokes, may be 5 depends on sss. there may be circumstances that could account for this. may has not played a comp for a while, yet has practised a lot. may have been c/f, may have a new putter. unless you know he is a deliberate bandit, perhaps he needs congratulating. i went from 16 to 9 in just over 16 months, yet, if i do not play for a couple of weeks, the clubs feel alien to me. if a high handicapper keeps winning, then the system is not working.
That is exactly the point, it is not working at many clubs, but personally I think it should be more severe even when it does work.