How would you rate yourself....as a Marker?

[Slab]

As it says, everyone of us who plays competitively will carry out this function, but how good/accurate/vigilant are we as markers, especially if you're also playing

Do you typically ask the FC for their score walking off the green and accept it if its 'in-line' with what you thought or expected to hear?
How many times do you question or query a score in a typical round? How do you bring up the circumstances around shots you didn't see? (recovery out of trees when you're on the other side of fairway)

Do the FC's often have to chide you on not recording accurately or forgetting scoring on a holes and then being one hole out etc etc

(Also given the amount of threads devoted to how our own games can collapse after a few bad shots/incidents/disagreements/slow play etc etc, so if playing skill is a variable is our marking skills also affected when our playing skills have gone south?)

 

[Birchy]

I try to count up the FC's score as they are playing the hole then when they tell me as they walk off hole I just see if they match if not just query it then. I assume that's the way it should be done, if you just go off what they tell you then they could tell you anything surely??

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I always ask my FC what his score was on each hole, even if it's just to confirm what I already know. Normally I have a fairly good idea of what they have scored so if it comes back different to what I thought I'll question it but don't often have the need to. As for shots I didn't see, that's when you have to trust your FC isn't cheating, there's nothing more you can do.

 

[BrizoH71]

While waiting to putt out, I do a mental countback from the green to tee and then ask my FC their score on the hole as we walk off. If there's any difference we can work it out there and then. At the end of the round we go through the card hole-by-hole to confirm any discrepancies between my marking and theirs before signing.

In terms of shots you may not see, there has to be some element of trust between you and your FC during the round.

 

[mattdeeks]

I always ask my FC what his score was on each hole, even if it's just to confirm what I already know. Normally I have a fairly good idea of what they have scored so if it comes back different to what I thought I'll question it but don't often have the need to. As for shots I didn't see, that's when you have to trust your FC isn't cheating, there's nothing more you can do.

As above.

 

[guest100718]

I ask, they tell, I write it down.....

 

[Robobum]

Looking at the answers above, I'm going to be alone here.......I mark the card as a marker, which to me is different from asking every hole.

The only time I ever ask is if they have run up a biggy or have been in trouble out of site. If this is the case I also don't ask as we leave the green, their mood is probably not at its best so no need for me to make it worse. Give them a little space to cool off before doing it.
If they haven't been in trouble, there's no need to ask, just mark it down.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I kind of tell them in a questioning tone "4, yeah?" or "were we all 5 there?".

That way you are telling them that you know, but giving them the chance to correct it if you are mistaken/or they want to try it on.

 

[louise_a]

I keep track of their score and query if we do not agree after we have holed out.

 

[chrisd]

I always ask my FC what his score was on each hole, even if it's just to confirm what I already know. Normally I have a fairly good idea of what they have scored so if it comes back different to what I thought I'll question it but don't often have the need to. As for shots I didn't see, that's when you have to trust your FC isn't cheating, there's nothing more you can do.

That's the same for me too

 

[brendy]

Im not great (occasionally chop it down a different fairway so dont see everything) though as a player always mention what I scored after holing out each time so there is no confusion.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Bit like my game gererally. Not bad but let down by inconsistency - sometimes my 5's look more like 3's; occasional loss of concentration - did I count all those shots in the bunker correctly? and uncertainty on the greens - was that 3 putts?

 

[lyden]

No one has ever got a cut off any card I've marked so I must be a bad one.

 

[North Mimms]

I used to play with a lot of newbies, with a view to marking their card for hcp.
Since that often meant cricket scores, and they were new to counting, i got into the habit of confirming how many to the green.
"so you're on the green for 4 / 6 / 7 ?"
then just add the 3 or 4 putts

 

[Robobum]

No one has ever got a cut off any card I've marked so I must be a bad one.

Haha!

 

[3PuttCharlie]

In a bounce match we all just say what we've scored at the end of each hole

in a comp, I always confirm with the player....I tell them what I think they scored on each and they confirm or not...I trust what they tell me' at the end of the game another double check.

if they sign for the wrong score, they're either gonna get DQ'd or have a worse score - it's not happened yet

 

[Robobum]

I used to play with a lot of newbies, with a view to marking their card for hcp.
Since that often meant cricket scores, and they were new to counting, i got into the habit of confirming how many to the green.
"so you're on the green for 4 / 6 / 7 ?"
then just add the 3 or 4 putts

I bet they loved the reminder that they have just hacked it all the way up the hole before they finish out.

 

[North Mimms]

Well it's easier than standing on the next tee, counting every single shot and failing to agree on a score.
If they are still at the stage of scoring a 9 on every hole, i don't think they are ready for the truth about their score!

 

[Deleted member 17920]

I always ask my FC what his score was on each hole, even if it's just to confirm what I already know. Normally I have a fairly good idea of what they have scored so if it comes back different to what I thought I'll question it but don't often have the need to. As for shots I didn't see, that's when you have to trust your FC isn't cheating, there's nothing more you can do.

This sums it up nicely. You are not there to referee the FC game you are there to play your own game.

 

[Val]

As a marker you should be counting their score as they go and not relying on them to tell you, I always say at the next tee what my FC score was and if they cannot confirm the same we count shots back together before moving on, this should be done at the next tee and not the green you leave in an effort to keep play moving.