Handicap - How often do you play to it ?

[Deleted Member 1156]

I would hope to play better than my handicap in 1 out of 3 competitions hopefully playing to buffer in the other two. I can deal with the few 0.1 increases but obviously like to minimise them.

I am a typical can't play with a card in the hand player and would expect to play at least around my handicap in 90% of bounce games.

Oh dear.

So which of the following statements is true........

1) My expectations are unrealistic
2) My handicap is too high
3) I'm a bandit
4) All of the above


:rofl:

 

[jamielaing]

So you hope to never have a round worse than your HC ?!

What HC are you currently

I am an improving 11.4. I hope to reduce the 0.1s I do have, I don't think I would go any great length of time without one but I can comfortably shoot in the 70s. I therefore hope to reduce my handicap and once I get myself down I am sure that the increases will come (more so than currently). I never said I never play worse than my handicap, I said I hope not to.


I have a handicap of 11 but really I play to around a 6. It's about reducing the handicap closer to that number and then having more 'poor' rounds against my handicap whereas currently, playing poor would keep me in buffer.

 

[jamielaing]

Oh dear.

So which of the following statements is true........

1) My expectations are unrealistic
2) My handicap is too high
3) I'm a bandit
4) All of the above


:rofl:

My handicap is too high. Recently returning to golf and putting cards in ASAP gave me a higher starting point than I would have liked/ can play to. As I've played more over the last 5 months this came down but I still see myself as improving.

There is nothing wrong with targetting good scores and more consistent performances. There is a side of it that you should remain realistic however with a playing standard around 5 shots less than my handicap that puts me 7 under my buffer. If I was worse than 13+ I would be very disappointed. Doesn't mean it won't happen. Just means I want to minimise this as much as I possibly can.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Sounds like you have a case to go to your handicap secretary and request a review!

Good luck getting your hcp down :thup:

 

[SugarPenguin]

some tactical scoring going on in here !

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If I make handicap or better twice in ten rounds I'm happy.

 

[Tiger man]

Thanks for the poll, love them:thup: went for 0-2 and very interesting results as I have always wondered the same thing, thanks.

 

[Val]

Buffer or better 1 in every 3 I reckon. I'd expect a cut 1 in 8-12 rounds though

 

[patricks148]

last year i must have played to it or better more often than not, only went up 0,1 a handful of time in 30+ com round i played. Buffer mostly


May not be like that this year!!

 

[Imurg]

Our Winter League scores are a good indicator.
Not qualifiers but played under the same comp conditions.
Current top 3 or 4 in each division have 5 scores in the 40's and high 30's from 10-15 rounds.
I have 3 of handicap or buffer from 14......