still not making any difference to the results even off 3/4 every winner in the ones i've been in since Nov has been won by and handicap over 12. its quite a long course in summer 6800.
Does it feel like a hollow victory when course is playing short..?
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still not making any difference to the results even off 3/4 every winner in the ones i've been in since Nov has been won by and handicap over 12. its quite a long course in summer 6800.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
For the comp it is what it is, everyone is the same course
For any PB then it doesn't really count as you know the course wasn't anywhere near normal
For any PB then it doesn't really count as you know the course wasn't anywhere near normal
Bigfoot
Tour Rookie
You have to play the course and you won't have got full value of some and that may have saved you in some places - but that can happen in any good round.
Be pleased with the result. There will have been many that did not play well.
Be pleased with the result. There will have been many that did not play well.
Birdie2
Club Champion
Good round and well played. You can only play the course in front of you.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
If I was the OP I'd take satisfaction of a good score well constructed. You have no control of where they put the markers. I agree with some who say that on their course some of the dangers are negated and it's the same at mine, but you still have get it round and getting it done on the greens still remains a challenge
User20204
Well-known member
I think it's nice to shoot lower scores, gives you a little confidence boost, however, I do believe playing on shorter more receptive course at this time of year makes you think you're a better player than you actually are.
sunshine
Well-known member
Dunno then. Maybe there's a difference between links and parkland?
I would feel hard done by to stroll in with 41 points and get nothing! But 43 points is incredible scoring for a 16 handicapper, off 3/4 handicap that is only 5 over gross.
Parsaregood
Head Pro
Depends how the course is set up, if you play a links course in winter even in its full length, on a good day I can shoot silly scores as rough is minimal and greens are softer. I hit the ball on a mid to high trajectory so this sort of game suits me well. Greens can be a bit ropey but most of the time they are decent enough.
Parkland stuff is a different story, courses are often very short, it's preferred lies and the greens generally are not great in winter, I played a course called cowglen this afternoon and had a stretch of birdie birdie eagle birdie birdie, course is shorter, par4s I can get very close to with driver etc. I'd say on the whole on a nice enough day winter golf definitely lends itself to lower scoring if the greens are half decent.
I tend not to really count winter scores as personal bests or that etc unless it was genuinely off the back tees, it's just kidding yourself on
Parkland stuff is a different story, courses are often very short, it's preferred lies and the greens generally are not great in winter, I played a course called cowglen this afternoon and had a stretch of birdie birdie eagle birdie birdie, course is shorter, par4s I can get very close to with driver etc. I'd say on the whole on a nice enough day winter golf definitely lends itself to lower scoring if the greens are half decent.
I tend not to really count winter scores as personal bests or that etc unless it was genuinely off the back tees, it's just kidding yourself on
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
100% hollow victory.
You could argue that with bare muddy lies, heavy ground and bobbly greens / inconsistent greens and compact bunkers it evens things out but for me hitting 8I into greens where I’d hit 5I or 3H into the wind just makes it feel different.
You could argue that with bare muddy lies, heavy ground and bobbly greens / inconsistent greens and compact bunkers it evens things out but for me hitting 8I into greens where I’d hit 5I or 3H into the wind just makes it feel different.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
If you don't want to count the score as your 'best ever' because of mitigating circumstances, that's up to you, but you can still remember it as the day when you played your best golf.
richbeech
Hacker
I think I'll just remember it for what it is - a good score but on a shortened course. I won't go over celebrating it bragging to my friends that I shot 77 gross once upon a time.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
It's like one of the courses near me which is a par 65. For a brief while I got my best score there, but when telling people I'd add "but that was on a par 65 course" for clarity.
