Handicap manipulation - how to address

[PaulMdj]

I've been playing for over 50 years in OZ and England and have never seen or heard of a Player having their handicap reduced by a committee, just a fact.

We can all report the single figure golfer winning, but overall how often ? when you look at someone who has put a lot of work into improving, is he being rewarded accordingly ?

What about the mid-handicapper who puts in just as much work to improve but wins nowt?

Hardest working Golfer at our place is a lad off +1, his energy and commitment to golf is second to none, best player in the Club is also off +2, never lifts a golf club Nov-Mar every year, may have a practise putt before a round and has won Club Championship 6 times out of last 8 years.

 

[jim8flog]

I've been playing for over 50 years in OZ and England and have never seen or heard of a Player having their handicap reduced by a committee, just a fact.

We can all report the single figure golfer winning, but overall how often ? when you look at someone who has put a lot of work into improving, is he being rewarded accordingly ?

Having been on a handicap committee for quite a few years I can say we have reduced the handicaps of quite a few. One was a cut by 5
He was regularly returning scores of 42 - 45 points in swindles but would never put in cards for handicap purposes.

 

[doublebogey7]

I've been playing for over 50 years in OZ and England and have never seen or heard of a Player having their handicap reduced by a committee, just a fact.

We can all report the single figure golfer winning, but overall how often ? when you look at someone who has put a lot of work into improving, is he being rewarded accordingly ?

Then you need to either change clubs or lobby to change your handicap committee. I have been on handicap committee's at 2 different clubs over the last 15 years, every year we have adjusted the handicaps of between half a dozen and 20 players.

It is not always the hardest workers that have the lowest handicap, we have a number of + handicaps at my club, the least hard worker amongst them is the best player and has won multipler club champs over the last 10 years.

 

[AussieKB]

Was a member of two clubs in England, Sussex and Suffolk, played over 100 courses in Open's etc, also have been a member of three clubs in OZ plus played in a Heap of Opens pro Am's etc, know loads of people from different clubs and think I am pretty clue y to what is going on......but still waiting to hear or see someone being cut for manipulation of their handicap....

I am a sandbagger according to some, played off 4 today at the age 72, 73 next month......but I still see high 40's winning events only for that person to turn up a month later on the same handicap.

Great to hear that you have witnessed people being cut....but I have not seen it, you can play in a competition here everyday of the week for the entire year, so your handicap can be very easily manipulated.