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I would just assume that one of the usual 4 balls from the Handicap Protection Society, made up of middle aged men with mid-teen handicaps, will win anyway. Like they always do!
 
At our place both boys or girls can have a junior handicap of 54
 
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Let her play..
It's a Christmas FUN competition
Winning is the second or even third reason for running comps like thses
And if those that don't want complain then they're missing the point....
 
Let her play. If there's a minimum number of drives she's going to struggle. I'd maybe have prizes going well down the field so that just about everyone picks something up on the day, and no one mutters about pot hunters.

I hope she's welcomed and has a great day.
 
A - and I hope she is made to feel welcome and enjoys herself
 
If it was July the answer would be No!
Everyone is being soft because it's Christmas.

Let her play but with no shots added to the other 3, surely they won't be bothered and if they are bothered then it's not about her taking part is it😃
 
pauldj42 said:
If it was July the answer would be No!
Everyone is being soft because it's Christmas.

Let her play but with no shots added to the other 3, surely they won't be bothered and if they are bothered then it's not about her taking part is it😃
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Let her play, ensure she's playing with people she knows and who will encourage her and make damn sure she doesn't get to hear of anyone questioning whether she should be there or not!

Please encourage juniors, don't chase them away!
 
A bit more info.

Her father is also a member at the club and would like her to play in his team. She isn't just some random junior that fancied entering a comp.

Fully expecting her either to not be eligible to win (in which case hc is irrelevant) or to have to play off scratch because she has no hc, the father asked the others in the team if they'd be ok with playing but not be able to win. They were both fine with it.

He then asked the comp sec if she could play (mentioning they're fine with not being able to win), and he came back with a 'yes' and that the team will be eligible for prizes if it pans out that way.



I can't imagine anyone begrudging her playing in the comp, but (and this probably says more about me than anyone else) I'd hate for anyone to have cause to be unhappy or complain about it if they do well, given that strictly speaking she shouldn't be playing let alone have a chance to win anything.
 
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Region3 said:
A bit more info.

Her father is also a member at the club and would like her to play in his team. She isn't just some random junior that fancied entering a comp.

Fully expecting her either to not be eligible to win (in which case hc is irrelevant) or to have to play off scratch because she has no hc, the father asked the others in the team if they'd be ok with playing but not be able to win. They were both fine with it.

He then asked the comp sec if she could play (mentioning they're fine with not being able to win), and he came back with a 'yes' and that the team will be eligible for prizes if it pans out that way.



I can't imagine anyone begrudging her playing in the comp, but (and this probably says more about me than anyone else) I'd hate for anyone to have cause to be unhappy or complain about it if they do well, given that strictly speaking she shouldn't be playing let alone have a chance to win anything.
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I don't think anybody could object to her playing and 100% we should be encouraging her, your issue is the Comp Sec, if the other 3 in her team weren't interested in winning, why allow them to be eligible.
What if this scenario happens next year and a few more want to do the same in comps in the summer.
No matter how much we all say it doesn't matter it's not the winning, every Club has those that will want to win or worse, bitch and whine if she gets a prize.
 
Region3 said:
A bit more info.

Her father is also a member at the club and would like her to play in his team. She isn't just some random junior that fancied entering a comp.

Fully expecting her either to not be eligible to win (in which case hc is irrelevant) or to have to play off scratch because she has no hc, the father asked the others in the team if they'd be ok with playing but not be able to win. They were both fine with it.

He then asked the comp sec if she could play (mentioning they're fine with not being able to win), and he came back with a 'yes' and that the team will be eligible for prizes if it pans out that way.



I can't imagine anyone begrudging her playing in the comp, but (and this probably says more about me than anyone else) I'd hate for anyone to have cause to be unhappy or complain about it if they do well, given that strictly speaking she shouldn't be playing let alone have a chance to win anything.
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Liverpoolphil said:
A - and I hope she is made to feel welcome and enjoys herself
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Absolutely - she'll be so chuffed to be playing with full members in a 'proper' comp - and if her team does well with her few shots she'll feel great - and that's what we need to encourage her and maybe she'll tell other girls who don't play to think abut taking it up.
 
IanM said:
Christmas Scramble??

.... hope she plays and really enjoys it. Goes back to school and gets 3 of her mates to attend junior academy in the Spring etc etc etc etc etc etc....

Why would you object?
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Because there will always be a minority of people who will complain bitterly when someone of a high HC dares to win something - even worse when it's a junior with a very high HC. I would actually hope her team does win because it would get her such a massive high that she couldn't wait to tell her friends all about it - there is nothing better to encourage youngsters to take the game up
 
IanM said:
Christmas Scramble??

.... hope she plays and really enjoys it. Goes back to school and gets 3 of her mates to attend junior academy in the Spring etc etc etc etc etc etc....

Why would you object?
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Completely agree with that, at our club I think the junior section is not going to be run next year, due to lack of numbers and they have really struggle to find new players or get juniors to come along to their sunday afternoon games. Sad really, nothing like seeing youngens play well and buzzing, the excitement is eclectic to be around.

Luckily enough my son is also a member of another club and the junior section there if very healthy and he loves it and plays with people of similar age.

PS That's a cracking update Gary, nice/brilliant to hear, thumbs up to the club.
 
Thanks for all the replies, it's been very encouraging and enlightening.

I am nothing to do with the decision about whether or not to let her play and her team to win or not. I'm her dad.

She's been going to girls only group lessons for a couple of years, and I've taken her on the course a couple of times.
We've made it round the par 3 course, but on the main course she doesn't have the determination to finish a round for handicap purposes with all the bad that inevitably happens. After PJ's (thank you :thup:) post above I might take her out for hc rounds and just pick up when she can't make treble, that would make it more fun for her.
If she did play 18 she wouldn't get near playing to 54, but might throw in a couple of doubles or maybe even a bogey on the odd good hole. She gets her natural sporting ability from her mother.

The competition day is her Birthday as well, and I thought it would be nice to play golf together. The fact that it's a scramble means she can ignore her bad shots and not take any more time playing a hole than anyone else.

I'm chuffed that we're included in the comp proper, for her more than me and my mates, but I don't want any snide comments if we do play well so I'm leaning towards asking for her to play off a lower handicap than 54, maybe 36? That way no-one can say we have an advantage (even though we wouldn't off 54).
 
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