bobmac
Major Champion
I could write books about this subject............
When I was a junior, we had club comps.
All prizes were given to the best gross but a brand new shiney Dunlop 65 in it's wrapper for the lowest net score....just to encourage those just starting out.
Nowadays, in the VAST majority of club comps, it's come full circle and now all prizes go to the best nett scores and if you're lucky, there might be a best gross prize. But even then, you often have to pay extra to enter the best gross comp. And that's extra, not instead of, the nett comp.
When I grew up, I was a member of W-S-M GC.
I played in the monthly medal and scored 16 pars and 2 birdies off 3.
150 entrants and I beat them all, the nearest gross being 1 over
I was chuffed to bits.
I went to the shop to collect my prize to be told there was no gross prize and I came nowhere nett.
I never played another comp at WSM GC
So, I would like to see the main prizes go to the best gross scores ie the best players, but have some smaller prizes for the best nett to encourage the others coming through.
Where I think the h/cap system DOES work is in the little "in-games" you have with you mates/social golf / bounce games etc. That is where I believe the h/cap system was designed to help friends have a game and to make it competitive.
I know people will say "but they have divisions in comps" which is fine but apart from the club champs the overall winner will 99 out of 100 times be the best nett score.
So when people ask me "why make it best gross" My answer is always "why shouldn't the best golfer win the major prize"?
Fortunately, now when I play in a tournament, there's never cries of "bandit" at the prize giving.
When I was a junior, we had club comps.
All prizes were given to the best gross but a brand new shiney Dunlop 65 in it's wrapper for the lowest net score....just to encourage those just starting out.
Nowadays, in the VAST majority of club comps, it's come full circle and now all prizes go to the best nett scores and if you're lucky, there might be a best gross prize. But even then, you often have to pay extra to enter the best gross comp. And that's extra, not instead of, the nett comp.
When I grew up, I was a member of W-S-M GC.
I played in the monthly medal and scored 16 pars and 2 birdies off 3.
150 entrants and I beat them all, the nearest gross being 1 over
I was chuffed to bits.
I went to the shop to collect my prize to be told there was no gross prize and I came nowhere nett.
I never played another comp at WSM GC
So, I would like to see the main prizes go to the best gross scores ie the best players, but have some smaller prizes for the best nett to encourage the others coming through.
Where I think the h/cap system DOES work is in the little "in-games" you have with you mates/social golf / bounce games etc. That is where I believe the h/cap system was designed to help friends have a game and to make it competitive.
I know people will say "but they have divisions in comps" which is fine but apart from the club champs the overall winner will 99 out of 100 times be the best nett score.
So when people ask me "why make it best gross" My answer is always "why shouldn't the best golfer win the major prize"?
Fortunately, now when I play in a tournament, there's never cries of "bandit" at the prize giving.