RGDave
Money List Winner
I can't see how you can ever get cut off yellow tees, or tbh, whites, if they are not the longest tees. Your h/cap should be off the blocks, in a comp, with all the stress involved. Knocking it round in level par off the yellows is irrelevant.
A short hitter could be off 5 off the yellows, and 15 off the blocks, as they don't have the length to hit gir.
Praise the Murph!!!!
You have hit the nail on the head.
A short hitter could be off 5 off the yellows, and 15 off the blocks, as they don't have the length to hit gir.
My club gave me my h'cap off the BLUE Winter tees. Off these forward tees I can physically hit (GIR) 16/18. Off yellows this is 15/18 and whites about 14/18...i.e. four holes where I can't get on. I.M.O. my original h'cap was two shots too low.
As a point of fact, I birdied the 15th hole (3w, 8i) and off the whites I can't reach.....
They took this birdie as a "sure sign" I was capable of playing either 9 way under +5.5 shots (1/2 of 11).
Now they won't move me either way. I play in yellow tee games 9/10 times and IF I have a good or bad round, there's no change......arghhh.....
I think agree with you, maybe CUTS off yellows is impractical, but to put someone UP 0.1 ought to be allowable of yellows......let's face it, if you shoot nett 5 over off yellows you don't get 0.1 but if you shoot nett 3 over off whites you DO get 0.1...how crazy is that??
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We have a guy at mine (nice chap, bad golfer!!) who ONLY plays Sundays, like me. 52 weeks a year he manages to go round in approx. 94-95. His h'cap is 16, so every week he is 7-9 shots adrift, off the shorter course than the whites!!!
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He is still on 16 because of the day he plays!!!!
Is it fair for him to play off 16 whenever he plays in a bounce friendly....??
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If he can't do it off yellows, I'd give him 0.1 EVERY WEEK until he can play to his h'cap.....