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Do you believe you can get to scratch?

pokerjoke

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I still love the game and enjoy it regardless

If I have a poor start I take it as a challenge to try and find birdies to get myself back

Or just use the round to practise etc

Never walk off the course but I have seen it


After 3 holes in the club champs I was 5 over 😂
I played Burnham and Berrow recently and still can’t believe you had 5 birdies on the front 9
 

Arthur Wedge

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I played Burnham and Berrow recently and still can’t believe you had 5 birdies on the front 9
Then Gary’s back 9 was immense
That's some golf, although there are even fewer birdie holes on the back 9.
its was a perfect day , very little wind that day until we hit the back 9

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That’s an interesting question

And yeah I have had the mentality that it’s replacing a score that didn’t count so it’s not to much of an issue but if it’s replacing a counting score then the feeling is a bit different
Yes but the buffer zone was every comp .
Where you only have to worry about one of your best eight out of twenty so we get 12 free hits.

Imo it’s a mental attitude and players do give up if it’s a bad score dropping off.
 
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hambugerpete

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Yes but the buffer zone was every comp .
Where you only have to worry about one of your best eight out of twenty so we get 12 free hits.

Imo it’s a mental attitude and players do give up if it’s a bad score dropping off.
But they still go on your record, so may well end up counting and pushing you up more than you thought. It's just a different mind set.
 

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That’s probably because they are not winning anymore,I suspect they were enjoying it whilst winning and reducing their handicap.
Walking off after 2 holes is just imo babyish.
Imagine if everyone just walked off when playing badly.

If you knew our course lay out, the second is still very close to the carpark. If he wasn’t going to enjoy it he was better walking in rather than bring the group down.

I get it..
 
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