It does make you question

[Pathetic Shark]

Im sure they did....and I might be the pope

Congratulations on your 100 at Headingley but what happened in the second innings?

 

[Swango1980]

I have commonly played in Opens like that where the winning score was just over 90. I've been in teams before where we've had over 90. Rare, but has happened. I think we even once got into mid 90's.

90 points is a average of 5 points a hole. If you have a couple of players on good form, and the other 2 steady, making contributions, seems plausible to me

I've mentioned it a few times over the years. But I once played that format where the winners had 128, second 121 (they were all mates). Now that was the biggest farce in all Opens I've played

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Congratulations on your 100 at Headingley but what happened in the second innings?

The Pope, not THAT pope

 

[Junior]

90 used to be a worldy, 88 usually won and mid 80’s had a chance of a place. I read more and more that you need to get in the 90s to win.

Take it for what it is. A nice day out at a different course.

 

[Neilds]

I suppose when you go about it theoretically
one net par and one birdie on every hole makes sense.

It made me go back an look at the card.

1st place Multiple 6 pointers and one 8 pointer on the hardest hole of the course
2nd place multiple 7 pointers.

And both teams must have had multiple 3 or 4 pointers as well. Not sure what point you are making?

 

[SteveJay]

I was in a winning team in that same format at our club earlier this year. We had me, off 11 at the time, an 8HC, a 10 and a 17.

We won with 96, winning by 4 points. Yes, we had an exceptional day and it was a record score for that particular competition, but scores in the 90's are achievable with genuine handicaps.

You can score big points on shot holes - me and the 17HC birdied the same hole to give us 8 points. There were a couple others in the 90's and loads of 80's, so I agree the OP's example is not ridiculous.

 

[wjemather]

I suppose when you go about it theoretically
one net par and one birdie on every hole makes sense.

It made me go back an look at the card.

1st place Multiple 6 pointers and one 8 pointer on the hardest hole of the course
2nd place multiple 7 pointers.

Is it though? Or does it just have a low stroke index (set based on length and with match play in mind rather than difficulty relative to par)? Lots of teams seem to have scored well on that hole suggesting it isn't particularly difficult (as a par 5 for women).

 

[Swango1980]

So called "hardest holes on the course" are also the holes most shots will be given to players in the side

I don't know about anyone else, but when I score 3 and 4 pointers in Stableford, it is usually on the "hardest holes" as I get a shot. I may also mess them up more than the "easy" holes. But, on the easy holes, I less frequently get 3 and 4 pointers, as I'd need a birdie or eagle.

In the team format, I have played where the team have scored 7 or 8 points on a hole. I can guarantee the index of that hole was low. Of course, in same round, we may well have had a hole where we scored 1-3 points, and good chance nobody got shots on that one.

 

[jim8flog]

Is it though? Or does it just have a low stroke index (set based on length and with match play in mind rather than difficulty relative to par)? Lots of teams seem to have scored well on that hole suggesting it isn't particularly difficult (as a par 5 for women).

Yes. Realised I am thinking about it from a mans point of view when the par is 4. Hit 3 straight shots and it is a relatively easy par 5.

Just looked again it was a birdie net eagle for one player and a par net eagle for the other

 

[sunshine]

1st place Multiple 6 pointers and one 8 pointer on the hardest hole of the course
2nd place multiple 7 pointers.

At my course, SI 2 is a 500 yard par 5 with a flat green. I probably birdie that hole more than any other. I wouldn't be surprised to see 8 pointers on that hole in a team comp. Most courses have anomalies like that where stroke index is very different from difficulty.

 

[IanMcC]

I played (as a guest) in a Captains charity comp at the weekend. The format was all 4 scores counting, stableford.
The winning score was 165.
I had my doubts.

All 4 scores is an unusual format, but 165 does not seem excessively high. High maybe, but not ridiculous. Just over 9 points a hole. 4 in form players who know the course could rack that up. Was it full Course Handicap? Sometimes is in these Charity events.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

All 4 scores is an unusual format, but 165 does not seem excessively high. High maybe, but not ridiculous. Just over 9 points a hole. 4 in form players who know the course could rack that up. Was it full Course Handicap? Sometimes is in these Charity events.

Yes full hcp. Even so, 4 players all with at least 40 pts. How many times does that happen?

 

[Swango1980]

All 4 scores is an unusual format, but 165 does not seem excessively high. High maybe, but not ridiculous. Just over 9 points a hole. 4 in form players who know the course could rack that up. Was it full Course Handicap? Sometimes is in these Charity events.

I would say it is fairly unusual for a group of 4 to average just over 41 points?

Either they all had a blinder, or one or two of them had mid to high 40's, while the others were steady

 

[IanMcC]

The allowance for this type of event is indeed 100% of CH, which I would suggest is even madder than the loony Texas 4 ball allowances.

 

[Neilds]

Yes full hcp. Even so, 4 players all with at least 40 pts. How many times does that happen?

Every week according to some on here