Have you ever played with a known handicap cheat?

[Beezerk]

Got a funny one coming up this weekend. Me and a couple of mates have entered a comp this Sunday, another lad has joined our group who we don’t know, his handicap on the club system is -0.4 ?
We asked about in the club and someone said he’s a member at another course (forum member also a member there iirc) and has also joined our place for some reason. He was saying the lad was banned by England Golf for “handicap issues” although we didn’t really get to the bottom of that, he also said he’s more a 10 handicapper rather than scratch.
Quite looking forward to it now, I’ll report back on Sunday evening ?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Interesting
If it was the other way round then cause for concern, but a vanity handicap is a waste of time and just makes him look silly

 

[Deleted member 25172]

We’ve got a 3 handicapper at our club who’s handed in 5 cards in total since 2020. He’s playing about 3 times per week.

Pride of having a low handicap. Don’t understand it. I find it more embarrassing when you can’t play anywhere near to it.

 

[Beezerk]

Interesting
If it was the other way round then cause for concern, but a vanity handicap is a waste of time and just makes him look silly

Yes I know, I don’t get it, playing on an artificially low handicap ?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

It’s not our recently departed (from the forum) well off friend from north of the border with aspirations of getting to scratch is it? ?

 

[patricks148]

A well known one around here, guy used to clean up in walk ons, claimed a course record and a scratch handicap. Got drawn with him twice in comps and neither time did he break 90.loved being Billy big balls, a few courses banned him from entering their comps.

 

[fundy]

Interesting
If it was the other way round then cause for concern, but a vanity handicap is a waste of time and just makes him look silly

gets him entries into scratch opens I expect the underlying reason if true

 

[jamielaing]

Low handicap can help you get into scratch opens and more desirable venues, considered for team golf etc.

Loads of guys are doing it, there is one I know of who is putting in supplementary cards every time he plays well and is cheating the system. All so he can get selected in the team. Yet he's never shot better than +6 in a comp.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Interesting
If it was the other way round then cause for concern, but a vanity handicap is a waste of time and just makes him look silly

A lot do it to enable entry into events that are balloted out

For someone to get that low means a lot of scorecards around scratch - someone would have enabled those scores to go in

Even harder to do now with WHS - used to be easy to keep a low handicap on the old system

 

[Oddsocks]

How is G1zI

 

[upsidedown]

There's a guy in the Senior ranks who is off +4 but never plays to it in any of the national stuff.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Low handicap can help you get into scratch opens and more desirable venues, considered for team golf etc.

Loads of guys are doing it, there is one I know of who is putting in supplementary cards every time he plays well and is cheating the system. All so he can get selected in the team. Yet he's never shot better than +6 in a comp.

Do they then not look ridiculous when the scores go in? I'd feel embarrassed, or do they simply not care?

 

[fundy]

Do they then not look ridiculous when the scores go in? I'd feel embarrassed, or do they simply not care?

the latter, they get to play some decent tracks at very reduced fees

 

[Lord Tyrion]

the latter, they get to play some decent tracks at very reduced fees

Mmmmm, very poor then. They must have much thicker skins than me.

 

[Bdill93]

It’s not our recently departed (from the forum) well off friend from north of the border with aspirations of getting to scratch is it? ?

Hes down to 13.4!

Been monitoring....

 

[bobmac]

I played in a national comp a few years ago where someone questioned someone's 8 h/cap.
His club was contacted and sure enough the guy was off 8, although he'd only been a member a few months.
The first guy swore he was off 2 the previous year.
He won the comp with 42 pts

 

[Bdill93]

Soon to play against 2 in pairs matchplay..

Both guys HI's are above 20 - no cards in the system for over 12 months and yet both shot in the 70's in their last match against two people I know well and trust.... We're going to get battered

 

[Cherry13]

I'm embarrassed that I can't play to my 10 Hcap at the moment.

But yeh, we have someone who is 'gaming' the system to achieve a hcap for a particular reason. It's a bit daft, as they'll just get found out in due course.

 

[moogie]

Was involved in a pairs match recently
Where 1 of the other pair
Had gone from scratch to (4.5) 5 hcap
In 4 months....!!

 

[sjw]

It’s not our recently departed (from the forum) well off friend from north of the border with aspirations of getting to scratch is it? ?

Has he/she gone? I was quite enjoying their posts