Golf Random Irritations

[Deleted member 21258]

People who don't wear their glasses and then ask where the fairway is.

 

[Rlburnside]

I agree with this. It doesn't have to be a negative. You can fully enjoy the game at the level you play at if your mindset is right.

This does not mean you don't aim to improve or don't aim to have a better round than last time. You just don't have to beat yourself up if you are not getting cut.

My sentiments as well, I've stayed at 17/19 h/c for the last 10 years, always liked to think I could get down to 15, recently got down to 16.3 but last 2 rounds got .1s so back to 17 h/c.

 

[Papas1982]

Oh yeah, it is what it is and never a surprise when it happens. But very wrong IMO. I've been on both sides of it and when I've "won" something this way I felt like a fraud.

I guess the only logic is that it's the best way to get a larger field to participate.

Realistically it's a very small percentage that can win the gross comp. In theory all the lower guys will still have a shot at both. The higher handicappers only nett.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

An old bugbear raising its head again as I notice a pal has suffered from it recently.

If you enter a comp that has scratch and net prizes and you have the lowest scratch and net you should win both. Hate the nonsense of awarding a trophy to the first loser just to share them around.

We had a guy that did that in the club champs a few years ago, Won the scratch so club champion and then won the net as well. He took both trophies despite some murmurings that it was against the rules etc. Fair play I said and still say. If you play well enough you deserve to win both

 

[Papas1982]

Doesn't always work that way. Sometimes the player with the lowest gross and net gets given the net prize and the second lowest scratch gets the scratch prize. Which is really pants, IMO. Usually because there's more cash for net.

I’d expect more money to be on the nett to attract more entrants. I think what you‘ve said above is fair.
if you hit the lowest score on the day both gross and nett you deserve the best prize. Once that’s Dished out (nett for prize money) the only option is lowest gross wins a prize.

That being said, I’m only likely to ever win a nett prize, so would be gutted to miss out.

 

[HampshireHog]

Pin placement sheets

Normally we have the red, yellow, white system in play for flag position (front, middle, back), today a pin placement sheet, and all the flags the same colour.

What’s the point of telling me 33 8L on hole how can that be of any use to a standard player.

1. No one in my group knew whether it was feet and yards
2. No one knows the distance to the front of the green so knowing its 33 (yards as it turns out) on is useless.
3. Anyone who can cope with with distance beyond front, middle, back carries a range finder
4. I can see the bloomin pin I know whether is left or right
5. Why would you not take all the positions from the centre of the green the measurement used on the card and every distance marker on the course, and give a plus/minus yardage.

 

[HampshireHog]

Telling you where the pin is gives you how far away from the side and back edge it's located.
If it's 25 on and the green is 28 yards long, don't go past it.
Likewise, if it's only 4 from the left, keep right.

Strangely, and I accept it might only be me, I don’t keep anything detailing the length of each green. But thanks for explaining how numbers work. ?

 

[HampshireHog]

Well you asked what's the point, bit silly being sarcastic when you get an answer.

Pin sheets are included in how decent tournaments are run, they are optional so if you don't like or need them, just ignore them.
Simple.

Actually, I asked what is the point telling me (an average player) who has no frame of reference to the starting point of the measurement. I get proper golfers know this stuff and apply it, and I understand what what means, it just has no place in competitions at my level, it would have been more useful to 90% of golfers today if the pin sheet has just said red, yellow, white.

Sorry if I sounded irritable but that is the point of this thread.?

 

[davidy233]

Note to self, stop interfering in people's irritations, sorry ? ?

Saved me being the one who interfered - I love a bit of detail - amount I've saved on Strokesavers since Golfshot app came out. It's time that these apps caught up with 2020 and had today's pin position info on them

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Actually, I asked what is the point telling me (an average player) who has no frame of reference to the starting point of the measurement. I get proper golfers know this stuff and apply it, and I understand what what means, it just has no place in competitions at my level, it would have been more useful to 90% of golfers today if the pin sheet has just said red, yellow, white.

Sorry if I sounded irritable but that is the point of this thread.?

I’m with you on this - for our club champs we get pin position given as yd’s from front edge of green and from one of the sides. But if I don’t know how far I am from the front of the green then knowing the distance from front of green is useless. We have distance markers to centre of the green so tell me yd’s in front or behind centre. Or just leave our normal red, yellow, white flag system.

 

[BubbaP]

Should probably be thankful, the feels like temp has been upgraded from 0 to 1 for club champs tee off.
Better dig out the winter clothes etc.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Should probably be thankful, the feels like temp has been upgraded from 0 to 1 for club champs tee off.
Better dig out the winter clothes etc.
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Rocked up about 7.15 this morning to hit a few balls before an 8.00 competition tee time. Absolutely baltic even with a base layer, polo and a windproof top and beanie hat. One of my PP's had his mittens and wish I had mine on the first few holes which are always in the shade first thing. Wind was strong, gusty and cold

 

[BrianM]

Just sorting the clubs out for my first game in a few weeks, looks like it’s gone from shorts to a woolly hat in that space of time ??

 

[Orikoru]

Just sorting the clubs out for my first game in a few weeks, looks like it’s gone from shorts to a woolly hat in that space of time ??

Honestly - I swear last weekend I was playing in 23° and this weekend just gone it was like, 13°. I don't know what the hell happened there. Temperature absolutely plummeted.

 

[IanM]

Not being allowed to travel to your own golf club cos Cardiff Council have closed the county border!!

 

[Crazyface]

Playing with a 62 year old 7 handicapper and a x year old 14 H/C who both looked at me in disbelief as I started to explain "you cannot call a ball lost". I had to stop after five minutes of "discussion" as they just were not getting it. But I messaged the 7 H/C the rule off the net.

Bluddy Nora...

 

[Crazyface]

Not being allowed to travel to your own golf club cos Cardiff Council have closed the county border!!

Who would know? Surely there's not cops on every road out?

 

[HampshireHog]

Who would know? Surely there's not cops on every road out?

Presumably, the club keep a record of who is playing and have his address on file should they or any local authority care to check.

 

[Beedee]

Who would know? Surely there's not cops on every road out?

And there, ladies and gentlemen, is the sort of moronic attitude that caused a second wave.

 

[BubbaP]

Considering he's ranked 65th in the world out of the millions who play this game, would be nice if the Sky commentators spent 5 minutes agreeing on Jazz's surname ?

? you didn't fancy typing it all out then ??