User20204
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Any half decent club will have their scores done that night or before a comp the following day, ours are on the ball all the time with no need to reduce yourself personally.
Any half decent club will have their scores done that night or before a comp the following day, ours are on the ball all the time with no need to reduce yourself personally.
Didn’t realise you were off scratch/+1. Only tell us every other post 😂To be honest in club competitions I.e medals & stuff I definitely dont expect to win many. I float between plus 1 and scratch and even though I shoot par or better with regularity, to win a monthly medal or whatever I'd have to 6 or 7 under which I maybe do 4 times a year but obviously not always in a big club competitions. So I tend to play 36 hole scratch comps etc which are handicap limited as I can win bigger vouchers etc its easier for a 10 handicap to shoot 3 or 4 over gross than it is to shoot 6 or 7 under gross. That and also there are lots of 10 handicaps
couldn't really give a hoot what my handicap is to be honest, I just enjoy playing golf but was just making the point it's harder to make lots of birdies and little to no mistakes even for a very low handicap than it is for someone to make 2 or 3 birdies and 5 or 6 bogies for the same nett score.Didn’t realise you were off scratch/+1. Only tell us every other post 😂
Oh I 100% know what you’re talking about, and feel you pain. It is what it is though.couldn't really give a hoot what my handicap is to be honest, I just enjoy playing golf but was just making the point it's harder to make lots of birdies and little to no mistakes even for a very low handicap than it is for someone to make 2 or 3 birdies and 5 or 6 bogies for the same nett score.
I like to try to do both. They are not mutually exclusive, if you play well you have a chance of winning the comp and being cut.
I was lucky enough to pick up 5 trophies last year coming down from 11 to 8 in the process. I've slipped back up to 9 now, although only just and in the last couple of weeks won a trophy run over 2 weekends which is nice as it proves I can still be competitive off single figures.
I'd like to win a couple more this year if I can, and I would also like to get down to maybe 7 if I can too. I think 7 is doable at our course, but as the CSS is usually 2 less than par it is quite hard to get cut. You need the equivalent of 39 points just for a .2 cut!
I’d be lying if I said a non-qualifying comp/round got me excited.
My opinion of a course is also different depending on whether it’s a comp or friendly round. Mainly because my focus is different
Rob mcgarr has some great videos on youtube.. in one of them he talks to a pro about practice percentages.. the pro spends 80pc of his time on pitching chipping and putting... i reckon that is what will save you (and me) those 4 to 5 shots that you feel your game deserves... not to mention the joy of holing the occasional chip or long putt... good luck buddyJust wondering how people prioritise the above.
My official handicap is 20.8. After a few years off, I put my cards in at the end of last season (two howlers and 1 ok round) and got in at 24.
This season I have played some solid golf, by my standards, and I feel my handicap should be somewhere in the teens. I've been cut around 5 times out of 9 rounds, and been buffer in all others.
I seem to hover around 89 or 90 incredibly consistently (par 70) despite having a few double bogeys (not consistently at the same holes). I guess that means my handicap is probably accurate as I'm never going to get much lower than 20 without scoring more in the mid 80s.
I do practice once a week, albeit this could possibly be more directed to get more out of it.
It's fairly frustrating to play a few decent holes, or have a good match with someone, and they say 'there's no way you should be 21/22 handicapper'. Ultimately my scoring hasn't gotten me down lower, which I have to remind them of as I am genuinely embarrassed at getting 12 shots off a good player and making 13 or 14 net pars and birdies.
One of my better rounds was a supplementary where I played off the yellows and got cut 1.6. There's the bonus of playing off the shorter yellows (69, rather than 70) & not having the pressure of competition. I feel both of these aspects more than make up for the 1 shot difference.
So who plays many supplementary rounds to try and get their handicap a bit lower?
I know in reality there is no reason to do this - just accept my level, practice a good bit, and play as well as I can play and possibly get a low round in one Saturday to win a strokeplay comp.
But for me, it's more of a pride thing that I want to have a lower handicap and I feel my ability is there, but the handicap system makes it far easier for people to stay at 17 or 18, compared with someone at 21 getting down to the teens, despite shooting the same scores.