How well does your handicap travel?

[Spear-Chucker]

My handicap travels ok. I'm not talking about 34 points off of the yellow tees with my mates in a friendly knock on an away jolly either.

In over 30 competition rounds this last year, I've increased in handicap by just 0.3.

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That's very impressive, nice and consistent I guess? I'm working on improving my 'away' performance as it's a little boom or bust.
Our club hcps are pretty good on the road, we've a very strategic course set up, not a bombers paradise and I think those skills travel quite well. We tend to do OK in county and national comps which for a small club is pretty satisfying. It's been harder of late though as the membership is getting older and getting a strong side together isn't as easy.

 

[wrighty1874]

Mine generally travels well and normally in the prizes when I play away.

 

[MendieGK]

My handicap travels ok. I'm not talking about 34 points off of the yellow tees with my mates in a friendly knock on an away jolly either.

In over 30 competition rounds this last year, I've increased in handicap by just 0.3.

not trying to p1ss on your fire, but you're playing in opens, like me that have high CSS's. so I'd think you're (like me) disappointed if you don't come away with a cut?? It's the main reason I enter the events

 

[Robobum]

not trying to p1ss on your fire, but you're playing in opens, like me that have high CSS's. so I'd think you're (like me) disappointed if you don't come away with a cut?? It's the main reason I enter the events

No, not like you.

 

[MendieGK]

No, not like you.

Surprised

 

[Capella]

Germany uses a slope rate system, so the handicap adapts to the course you play. That seems to be working quite well and factor in course length as well as other difficulties. The only courses where I really struggle and usually cannot play my handicap (even if adjusted by the slope thing) are courses that are very hilly and have a lot of slopes, hanging fairways and the like, simply because my home course is rather flat and I have no experience with that.

 

[Robobum]

Surprised

I've never entered anything just so Because it has a high css.

Quality of course (+new venue?) quality of field and timing are only considerations.

 

[SugarPenguin]

My handicap travels really good.
Find other courses so much easier so whenever there's an away day i usually do well.

 

[Oddsocks]

Ironically my course off the blocks is quite long and when the rough is up pretty challenging, what's funny is my HC gets travel sick!

I can only assume that it's because of the want to play well when away instead of just playing.

Bloody game!

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Mine travels ok although I have never played further south than Blackpool so no experience of playing in warm, dry conditions!

 

[patricks148]

It used to, but found the last few years as ive played fewer away opens. I struggle adjusting to slower greens ,which is most places up here.

 

[USER1999]

I don't know, as most of the time i don't give a stuff how i play. If i can't get a cut, then who cares what the score is. I don't. I'd like to hit the ball well, but that's about it. I go on golfing holidays, and i don't take a score card out. I just bash it round for the fun of it.

 

[lukeysafc100]

Handicaps from my course generally travel well - its a tough track approx. 6200 yards long - not long by any standards but its demanding - off the tee requires good positional shots. So its not always driver driver driver and the greens are quite naughty with subtle lines.
Generally find when new members join their handicap goes up - played with a bloke off 4 and he went up to 6!

Also our course is a parkland with good tree lines on it - so if you're wide - its a bogey - but it can also play a bit linksy at times - depending on the weather/wind etc