handicap advice needed

[Toad]

Happyhacker, you could try speaking to someone on your club's handicap commitee and ask them to cut your handicap.

You can explain that you have improved significantly and feel that you should have your handicap lowered as a result.

 

[John_Findlay]

Good post, ianmc. Certainly got a response! You were obviously misled by your fellow course members, though.

It just highlighted the best part about our game...integrity.

I was reading "Four Iron in the Soul" by Lawrence Donegan the other day and a particular story stood out which sums up this Forum's attitude to this sort of thing. It related to cheating but applies across the board.

Donegan was telling a story about a former Tour Pro who had a bit of a reputation for "rules infringements". He proclaimed his innocence but was eventually deprived of his card.

Donegan caught up with the former caddie who had walked out on the player halfway through a round because he thought his man was cheating. Now the caddie was no angel. He had served time in Barlinnie Prison, been banned for caddying for 5 years for taking a chair to a fellow caddie whilst he was sleeping, that sort of thing.

His anger at the injustice of a golfer moving his ball a few feet was priceless. He was nearly in tears when he said to Donegan;-

"I've done some daft things in my time, been in prison and that...but I wid never cheat at golf. What's the point?"

Classic!

 

[RGuk]

I don't think it was me who felt intimidated, but I did post on the topic of getting a new h'cap after a long lay-off. Interesting, you have managed a 72, but have also shot an 80, so now I think we all have a better idea of what you were asking.
In reality "if" h'cap secretaries are only working out a h'cap on the best card of three (i thought it was more of an average thing), i feel lucky to get as high as 11.5. The 82 i played to get this, could easily have been 78 or 86, if it had been 78, then I would have found myself off less than 10 for sure. it would appear that if you handed in two 80s and one 74 (as an example) you could get way too low...so now your question seems more relevant and, in fairness to you, much less like a sort of cheating.

Everyone can have a good knock out of nowhere, if I had've managed a 78 and been given 8, I'd have probably have complained bitterly, thank god i made a few slip ups!!

Dave

 

[MVP]

I done the opposite at my club i handed my three cards in off of the yellow tees when the handcap should be off the whites so i made it harder for myself but there you go i like a challenge!

 

[birdieman]

I'm a match and handicap and have allocated quite a few handicaps. I would firstly reduce all silly scores to double bogey. I would then look to the 2 lower scores and lean towards the lower one of those.
When most players put in cards for the first time they are on a much more rapid improvement curve than players who've played for a while and invariably they have a good first year and get cut a good bit.

MVP I don't understand what you've said - if you played off yellows for handicap that's ok as long as the yellows have an allocated SSS different from the white medal tees SSS, if the yellow tees dont have a SSS then your cards would be void. Don't see how you made it harder for yourself?

 

[RGuk]

So birdie, what d'you reckon - if a chap put in two 80s and one 76 (with a css/sss of 72) would you be tempted to get him as close to the 76 as reasonable?

I played off yellows (twice) and mats for mine, just ticked the correct box and took whatever came.

Dave

 

[rgs]

Simple answer you play to the best of your ability every time you tee it up and play the course as you find it.

Naturally some days are not as good as others but you hould never stop trying especially when seekijg your first official handicap.

 

[Pinhal_Pete]

Hmm ... well that was a bit of a 'light the blue touch paper and retire' post, Ian !

As someone in the process of moving from the local muni to a private club, I wish I was consistent enough to be able to 'hold back a bit' ... I will be more than happy to get close to my current 19 as the new course is a little more challenging than the one I have been used to.

 

[USER1999]

In theory, if you have a nineteen handicap, then it should just transfer, with no new cards needed to be entered.

Only in the US, with their 'slope' system would this be a problem.

 

[Pinhal_Pete]

And thereby hangs the problem, as having played the new course a few times as a visitor, I reckon that it is a good three or four shots harder than the municipal due to the layout - you can't just blast away with the driver on every tee and take it from there, a certain amount of course management is required. And as for the greens ... chalk and cheese spring to mind, as they are in far better condition, and have devious subtleties, which will take some time to master. Which will all hopefully result in an improvement to my game generally.