Let's get it out in the open.

[viscount17]

Suddenly the guy announces that his son had miscounted his score and he had actually scored one less than he'd signed for, so he was the winner.

Am I the only one thinking he should have been DQ'd for signing for the wrong score?

Or at the very least if you sign for more than you shot it stays as signed for?

If you sign for a higher score, I think you stick with it.

You sign for a lower score, you get DQ'd.

I think.

I'm not bitter ( yeah, right ) but I'm wondering if the bloke was going to cheat to let his son win, whether the actual number of shots taken was even remotely important to him.

dq if you sign for a wrong score on a hole (don't think it differentiates between higher/lower - just wrong) but not if you sign for a wrong total simply because you can't add up.

 

[TRS30]

Happened to me last year. Played in a society match play which started last Jan and ran through to Sept. I joined my club last April and practiced, a lot,so got a handicap of 9. I started the society comp on 17 and the rules were you played off the same handicap till it finished.

I asked to be moved to my offical handicap but was told I couldn't be. Had to put up with a lot of grief over it so gave a guy a walk over in the semi final, wasn't worth it anymore.

 

[Leftie]

Played in a society match which started last Jan and ran through to Sept.

MODS Can we move this one to the "Slow Play" section please.

 

[TRS30]

Played in a society match which started last Jan and ran through to Sept.

MODS Can we move this one to the "Slow Play" section please.

Haha.....knew I left a word out, meant to say society match play comp

 

[Leftie]

 

[backwoodsman]

Suddenly the guy announces that his son had miscounted his score and he had actually scored one less than he'd signed for, so he was the winner.

Am I the only one thinking he should have been DQ'd for signing for the wrong score?

Or at the very least if you sign for more than you shot it stays as signed for?

If you sign for a higher score, I think you stick with it.

You sign for a lower score, you get DQ'd.

I think.

I'm not bitter ( yeah, right ) but I'm wondering if the bloke was going to cheat to let his son win, whether the actual number of shots taken was even remotely important to him.

dq if you sign for a wrong score on a hole (don't think it differentiates between higher/lower - just wrong) but not if you sign for a wrong total simply because you can't add up.

See rule 6.6d. If you sign for a lower score <u> on a particular hole</u> then you're dq. If you sign for a higher score then you're not and the recorded score stands. It's the committee who are responsible for adding up. So if the committee suddenly turn round and say "oops, hold up, x plus y plus z etc come to 71 and not the 72 we said", then it's the 71 that is the score