Kellfire
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Only one of those is a truly high handicap and the average is 12.66 which is much lower than the average handicap.
Do 3/4 handicap comps favour good golfers too much?
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Only one of those is a truly high handicap and the average is 12.66 which is much lower than the average handicap.
scratch
Q-School Graduate
What on earth is fair about these results? Would I be right in thinking that the two wins by a scr player were the same person?
9 competitions and only 2 of them won by a single figure player.
Kellfire
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And? The average golfer is a high handicapper, it would be a skewed system if a disproportionate number of low handicappers won...
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Back to the stroke play should be full handicap argument. It should be. Then what is, is. There is no arguement for more or less shots that is valid. That's what a handicap is for. It just is.
Wrong? Right? It just is.
Wrong? Right? It just is.
scratch
Q-School Graduate
Disagree, the average handicap in a club environment is somewhere around mid teens, which isn't a 'high' handicap.
And if you took out the Seniors who tend not to play in competitions on a regular basis, that figure probably comes down even further.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Average at my club is 12.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
But isn't the whole point of a golf handicap being that I can (off 18) compete on a level playing field with Rory McIlroy or any other top golfer. Why should this be skewed in favour of the lower handicapper by taking shots off me and not them?
Kellfire
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Because as you improve at golf so does your perception that you should win more often which just isn't the case in golf, no matter how people want to distort it.
Crow
Crow Person
Correct, it was the same player.
Just did a very quick scan from How-Did-I-Do.
At my club we have 33 single figure players out of a male membership of 495, that's 6.6%
2 wins from 9 for single figure players = 22.2%
You're right, what on earth is fair about those results?
MGL
Challenge Tour Pro
Marc
Right at the beginning of this thread you talked about some stats proving what you are saying.
What are those stats?
Right at the beginning of this thread you talked about some stats proving what you are saying.
What are those stats?
To all you high handicappers......get off your lazy arses and start practicing
:rofl:
Yep I am with you here, if you need more than say 15 shots then you should not be allowed out on the course.
Get to the practise area and don't come back until you can play the game, stop holding us guys up. In fact join the girls and play in their competitions:rofl::rofl:
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Kellfire
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I posted a link to one study on it. It's all out there on t'interweb.
Mungoscorner
Journeyman Pro
So as you improve you should accept that you basically have no chance of winning,yet higher handicappers should be capable of scoring 50 Stableford points and nett 60's ?
Have you tried reading your own posts ?
Kellfire
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What are you talking about? Lower handicaps (14 and below for men) win more often on average across all the different formats of the game.
It seems you haven't read my posts!
With a better handicap comes better consistency and more chance of winning.
MGL
Challenge Tour Pro
Humour me and post the link again. Cant see it in the first few posts.
Mungoscorner
Journeyman Pro
Evidence ?
Please show us the figures that show that low handicappers win more Stableford comps than higher handicappers.
Well put the time in and maybe just maybe you will get a decent handicap..........
Kellfire
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bozza
Journeyman Pro
I hope this is said in jest as just because you are a high h/c it doesnt mean you don't practice.
I practice and play just as much as a single figure golfer but i bet i ain't been playing nowhere near as long hence my higher h/c.
Kellfire
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If it was a snide comment, I'm letting it slide because as long as I enjoy my golf I'm happy. I know I'll lose to better players most days I play, I can live with that. Seems like the low players on here don't like the occasions they lose.
