Golf Random Irritations

[Slab]

Playing comps off the medal tees
I just can't do it, especially when they change the teeing areas (back)
8 par 4's and i have no hope of reaching 6 of them in reg

 

[Bazz]

Tell me about it.

Got a match which needs to be played this month.

Contacted our opponents and suggested a few dates. They came back saying they couldn’t make any of them due to holidays. They suggested one date, which is the same day as a club competition we are already committed to. I went back with a few more potential dates, they refused them citing “other commitments “. I had a look on BRS, and they are down to play social games with their mates on those days.

I asked them to suggest another date, they came back with the same date we had already told them we couldn’t do.

No extensions allowed, so looks like a stalemate. I’ve suggested one final possible date. If they can’t do that, I’ll ask them to withdraw and let us proceed. I’m sure that will go down like a lead balloon.

I’d forgotten what a hassle knockout comps can be.

Straight to the committee with evidence that you suggested loads of dates and they played with their mates instead.

 

[Crow]

Playing comps off the medal tees
I just can't do it, especially when they change the teeing areas (back)
8 par 4's and i have no hope of reaching 6 of them in reg

Even if they were all reachable, how many GIR would you get in a typical round?

We're not all scratch golfers and have a handicap to alleviate the problem.

 

[Slab]

Even if they were all reachable, how many GIR would you get in a typical round?

We're not all scratch golfers and have a handicap to alleviate the problem.

Of the 6 there's 3 I can fringe or get on in 2 if I play one tee forward
The course has a habit of moving medal tees back in comps (we have a lot of prepared teeing areas to choose from)

 

[Oddsocks]

Golfers who pick up balls on adjacent greens or fairways.

Its happened twice in my last 2 rounds when the ball has just vanished from the fairway or a hidden green

Ever tried hitting your own fairway?

 

[Captainron]

Ever tried hitting your own fairway?

What kind of idiot plays the hole they are meant to be on?

 

[rulie]

Players who think that replacing/fixing divots, repairing ball marks and raking bunkers is someone else's job. Just refereed at a junior event - etiquette and care for the course were rare sights.
Most of them putted shorter putts with the flagstick out, and the last person holing out was left to find and replace the flagstick - the other players had moved to the next tee while s/he was putting.

 

[Slime]

As a referee, can you advise them as to how to behave, or is that not in your remit?

 

[rulie]

As a referee, can you advise them as to how to behave, or is that not in your remit?

The starters always tell the player to "replace divots, repair ball marks, rake bunkers". I do remind a player when I'm close enough to do so, but don't chase after them. I also make a point of thanking them when they do so.
Surprised me yesterday when one group of three boys actually replaced each of their divots after wedge shots to the green - a pleasant surprise and a sign of hope!

 

[Orikoru]

Have been really impressed with the Seed SD-05 ball so far this year. Just checked their website and they are out of stock.. until February! A mistake surely? Back to the drawing board in that case.

 

[oleinone]

Got pushed into organising our seniors friendly matches of which there are about 20 in total. home and away. It's a pain trying to get a full team of 18. Repeated round robin emails yield little response and it's always the same group of diehards that are called upon. We are not short of senior members but they seem to consist of closed cliques who don't want to mix or participate in anything outside their groups. To top it off an achilles tear means that I can't play so it's the pain of organising without the compensation of a game - cheesed off to put it mildly.

 

[harpo_72]

Board competition results in .. prizes divided up.
Div 1 winner 5th overall and Div 3 winner 17th overall both higher payouts than 3rd and 4th overall.
Div 1 also more likely winner of lowest gross but still outside nett top ten.

We have instigated more divisions to counter the higher handicap winners and open up competitions to the higher handicaps and encourage a more diverse entry … lower handicappers had been whinging they could not get over 40pts in the stab competitions.

Can’t help but wondering with all these divisions are we saying the handicap system marginalises certain levels? Or the club has pandered to a few noisy members.

Just feel the prize fund should have been allocated on overall standings and then minor payouts on Div winners.
Don’t mind about lowest gross that’s fair a competition within a competition. But is specifically aimed at the lower handicappers but the prize fund is every one’s input.

Christ I am grumpy…

 

[Alan Clifford]

Can’t help but wondering with all these divisions are we saying the handicap system marginalises certain levels? Or the club has pandered to a few noisy members.

If you get a load of people at my handicap level, at least one of us is going to have the game of his/her life and be so far under handicap that a low handicapper doesn't stand a chance.

 

[harpo_72]

If you get a load of people at my handicap level, at least one of us is going to have the game of his/her life and be so far under handicap that a low handicapper doesn't stand a chance.

Stableford yes I agree , but medal I think you would deserve the win .. 18 holes of consistency is hard and follow it up with a nice big handicap cut

 

[Neilds]

Board competition results in .. prizes divided up.
Div 1 winner 5th overall and Div 3 winner 17th overall both higher payouts than 3rd and 4th overall.
Div 1 also more likely winner of lowest gross but still outside nett top ten.

We have instigated more divisions to counter the higher handicap winners and open up competitions to the higher handicaps and encourage a more diverse entry … lower handicappers had been whinging they could not get over 40pts in the stab competitions.

Can’t help but wondering with all these divisions are we saying the handicap system marginalises certain levels? Or the club has pandered to a few noisy members.

Just feel the prize fund should have been allocated on overall standings and then minor payouts on Div winners.
Don’t mind about lowest gross that’s fair a competition within a competition. But is specifically aimed at the lower handicappers but the prize fund is every one’s input.

Christ I am grumpy…

Surely the prize fund is split depending on how many in each division? It is at my place and Div 2 and 3 usually have more entries than Div 1 so a bigger prize fund in these divisions

 

[harpo_72]

Surely the prize fund is split depending on how many in each division? It is at my place and Div 2 and 3 usually have more entries than Div 1 so a bigger prize fund in these divisions

Yup it was, but they were not good enough scores to be in the top 10. The lowest gross received the biggest prize, trophy and memento .. but was P30.
The lowest gross prize should be like the twos an option to enter (probably would be quite small .. but trophy and memento is nice) . Next competition I enter I will ask to abstain from the gross and pay a reduced fee ..
Under medal conditions it’s very rare a high handicap has a runaway score. I understand that you get to a certain handicap and you win nothing, you have got to the best you will be and then it’s either practice more or be content.
But I see this situation as unfair the division performances did not merit high prize payouts. Yes it spurs people on but at the detriment of others who practice hard and try.
We have a few posts about the equality of the handicaps and the course difficulty.. so if this is all correct why do we have divisions?

 

[Alan Clifford]

After all the rain today, there may be a small puddle on the fifth fairway tomorrow.

 

[rulie]

A tournament that I used to organize (for 11 years) had 4 flights (or divisions). The field was divided into these four flights by handicap. The handicap limits for these flights were not pre-set. They were determined after all the entries had received by creating the 4 flights with as equal of participants in each as could be arranged. It was a three day stroke play competition with 180 entries, so each flight was close to 45 participants.
There were prizes for the overall low gross and overall low net (one trophy but both names on it). These were the highest value prizes. For each of the four flights, there were 4 low gross and 4 low net prizes; low gross and low net were equal value, and lower value for 2nd low gross and 2nd low net, etc. The goal was to "break-even" between entry fees and expenses.
Nobody complained about the prizes, their value or anyone being "non-competitive".

 

[chico]

Have booked two weeks in a row through Golf Now and both have been disappointing. Last week turned up to find 9 holes closed due to the weather. This week arrived to be told the greens have been hollow tined and sanded.
The sad world of the nomadic golfer. Lesson learned, realised I'm better phoning the club before booking as Golf Now just can't provide info on the course conditions.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Our Head Pro…my coach…has in the last week or so come up with some quite radical/innovative ideas for teaching us to hit a golf ball…and he has asked me to be a ‘test bed’ for them. Just when I’m getting things a bit sorted he wants me to basically forget everything I know about hitting a ball and work with him developing his new approach. I suppose I will…after all I get it for nowt and he’s convinced he’s on to something. We’ll see…