Which is part of my loathing for foursomes. Can never concentrate when I'm walking and not playing a full shot for what seems ages and I really don't see anything enjoyable in the format. At least with greensomes I can bang a tee shot on each ole and if my partner hits a poor one we still have a chance to get one in play. Somehow the gap between shots seems less and I can deal with not playing the next one better. Might just be me. Other than that, not a fan of a Texas scramble as it's sooooooooo slow and I get boredFoursomes and to a slightly lesser degree greensomes. It is bad enough when I get myself into trouble. I really don't need that guilty feeling when my playing partner bangs out a hell of a drive and I then top the next shot into the hazard
We usually play it as a nine hole social event and I have foolishly put my name down in the past. Time everyone has got their original shots, gone to the shot of choice, discussed how far, hit, collected balls etc it seems an eternity. Maybe I was unlucky to be par of a group including senior male and females each time but it just seemed to go on forever.
I know, as do most golfers yet still it is disliked by so many. If you have an 8 on a par 4 it still gets written as 8 on the card. The h/c may ultimately not read it as that but it is what the card says. To hit par in stableford, forget CCS, you aim for 36 points. That may involve a couple of 0 scores but the joy of stableford is that you can blank those. On the same course par in strokeplay could be 72. That same 36 points in stableford can come out as a nett 76 in strokeplay. Dress it up all you like, we add the numbers up in their totalitly for each scoring method and strokeplay hurts more.
You have missed the pointI know, as do most golfers yet still it is disliked by so many. If you have an 8 on a par 4 it still gets written as 8 on the card. The h/c may ultimately not read it as that but it is what the card says. To hit par in stableford, forget CCS, you aim for 36 points. That may involve a couple of 0 scores but the joy of stableford is that you can blank those. On the same course par in strokeplay could be 72. That same 36 points in stableford can come out as a nett 76 in strokeplay. Dress it up all you like, we add the numbers up in their totalitly for each scoring method and strokeplay hurts more.
Anyway, Wolf and others are allowed to like Strokeplay and dislike Stableford, I and others are allowed the reverse
It is the same game but the SCORING is different. Exactly. That is what I don't like about it. That is why Mr Stableford invented his method. If it made no difference the scoring system would have been binned and no one would use it. People like the Stableford system because it is a gentler form of golf, less punishing.
He hasn't missed the point at all.
