Late Starter Scratch Players

No, not unless they have nothing else to do other than play golf, then there's the matter of maintaining it !!
 
I was 40 when I started playing again after 5 years of not picking a golf club up. This year was my 2nd summer of golf since starting again and i've dropped to 3 h/c. I started again with a 12 after bunging 3 cards in that were pretty ropey tbh.

i practised to start with but this year i've hardly spent much time hitting balls apart from spending a few hours chipping round the greens early doors (april-june). I believe if you've got good natural talent and a willingness to practise your short game with good techniques then anything is possible. It's what you do with those 6 inches between your ears that counts more when you're down to cat1 golf.

Yes , it's hard to lose shots the lower you get but by then you should be regularly shooting under par for fun.
 
I read something on the EGU website today.

There are over 750,000 amateur golfers in the UK of which just under 1000 have a handicap of scratch or better.
 
Where abouts did it say that on the site?
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It's in the "player's handbook" and I was slightly wrong. It's just England and not UK. Here's a larger snippet:

EGU Coaching Department – Player Handbook
Page 10 Final Copy 2009-10
Players and Selection
There are over 60 promising amateur players on the EGU’s National Squad Coaching
Programme, ranging from the experienced members of the England Squad through to the
talented young hopefuls on the Under 16 Squad.
As with England teams, squads are selected on the basis of results and rankings but also on
the potential to improve, handicap attainment and previous squad commitment and
development. With over ¾ of a million golfers in England, nearly 1,000 of which now hold
handicaps of scratch or lower, an invitation to Woodhall Spa to take part in a coaching
session is an achievement in itself.
 
Where abouts did it say that on the site?
Click to expand...

It's in the "player's handbook" and I was slightly wrong. It's just England and not UK. Here's a larger snippet:

EGU Coaching Department – Player Handbook
Page 10 Final Copy 2009-10
Players and Selection
There are over 60 promising amateur players on the EGU’s National Squad Coaching
Programme, ranging from the experienced members of the England Squad through to the
talented young hopefuls on the Under 16 Squad.
As with England teams, squads are selected on the basis of results and rankings but also on
the potential to improve, handicap attainment and previous squad commitment and
development. With over ¾ of a million golfers in England, nearly 1,000 of which now hold
handicaps of scratch or lower, an invitation to Woodhall Spa to take part in a coaching
session is an achievement in itself.
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0.13% blinking Nora!!!!
 
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