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Should singles be played off 3/4

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36 holes strokeplay is ample to sort the men from the boys, nowhere to hide, no gimmies and no blobs. You write what you score, and have success or failure by the quality of your game.Lowest score wins.There are too many medal dodgers as it is and I wouldn't want to award such a prestigious title as club champ to one.
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I agree totally. If it comes down to a matchplay final you could theoretically have a nightmare few holes and still win. Doesn't seem right for a club championship. The Open isn't a matchplay event
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Have to agree with this too. An important title/comp should be strokes, no where to hide.
 
We're 72 holes strokeplay played Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. It's quite a week! Jibbering wreck by the end of it. Made 2nd last year :mad:.

I don't feel matchplay is needed, 72 holes sorts the wheat from the chaff! ;)
 
We're 72 holes strokeplay played Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. It's quite a week! Jibbering wreck by the end of it. Made 2nd last year :mad:.

I don't feel matchplay is needed, 72 holes sorts the wheat from the chaff! ;)
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Are your champs sponsored by Jobseekers?? :D

We'd either have an entry of about 4 people or it would be won by default by a senior who was able to play during the week. :o

Even our county champs are 72 holes on the one weekend, cut on the Saturday night after the first 36 holes.
 
36 holes strokeplay is ample to sort the men from the boys, nowhere to hide, no gimmies and no blobs. You write what you score, and have success or failure by the quality of your game.Lowest score wins.There are too many medal dodgers as it is and I wouldn't want to award such a prestigious title as club champ to one.
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Well Said That MAN
 
Club Championship should always be qualifying then matchplay, not a freak winner over 36 holes.

Any dog can have there day at strokeplay on a given day. Two scores out of three medals to qualify followed by knockout gives you a true champion and rewards the consistantly good player.
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So your calling me a freak? I liked being a freak two years in a row. I shal be trying again this year to be another FREAK
 
Ours is 36 hole strokeplay, off scratch, and then top 16 into a matchplay knock out. The best golfers seem to qualify normally, and tbh, the 3 guys who most acknowledge as the best 3 in the club have won it between them for the last umpty ump years. Seems to be a good format, as it normally gets the right winner.

The final pairing normally fight it out over 36 holes matchplay on finals day, with the quarters and semis the day before (saturday) as 18 hole matchplay.
 
I believe the Club Champ should be able to play both strokeplay and matchplay well so voted for the strokeplay qualifiers with matchplay afterwards. No strokes given in the scratch section.

That's certainly the way they do it up where I was raised and it makes for a great event to watch the finals. Often the best strokeplayer in the club won't win. It's usually the guy with the most bottle.

These strokeplay only comps are boring as!
 
We play 36 holes strokeplay (18 saturday and 18 Sunday, top 8 play together on the sunday as two fourballs.) I've only played once and managed 3rd after a couple of low handicaper's dropped out after their saturday rounds.

Its a good format i think, we have a summer matchplay knockout too which compensates for that aspect of the game being ommitted.
 
Club Championship should always be qualifying then matchplay, not a freak winner over 36 holes.

Any dog can have there day at strokeplay on a given day. Two scores out of three medals to qualify followed by knockout gives you a true champion and rewards the consistantly good player.
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So your calling me a freak? I liked being a freak two years in a row. I shal be trying again this year to be another FREAK
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If you like!

As I say any dog can have their day, however given the fact that you have retained your title would suggest that it was not a freak result and also given your handicap it would be well within your ability to win your CC.

What I'm saying and I suggest you already know is that an 8 or 9 handicapper who is clearly not the best player in the club can knock it round in a pair of 72's and be crowned club champion.

For me a qualifier and knockout matchplay seperates men from the boys and as JF says is a test of true bottle. Also to whomever suggested that the 16th qualifier can win it, then that means he has defeated the number one qualifier at matchplay and continued his form to the final and won it.

Strokeplay and matchplay are two different games altogether so I would say a combination produces a great competition, one which no one can argue with the outcome of.
 
We have tried all sorts of formats at our club with the aim of trying to get as many of the good players to play and also be a good test to determine who the best golfer (for that year) at the club is.

18 holes stroke - Too short, anyone can win with one good round.

36 holes stroke (Two days)- Good format however day 2 had half the field pull out following bad rounds on day 1.

36 holes stroke (One day)- The best solution for our club at the moment, still have a couple of withdrawals at lunch.

I would love to see it extended by another 18 or 36 holes as i feel that to always get the proper winner it needs to be over more than one day.

The top 16 qualify for a scratch matchplay knockout but this doesn't hold much kudos and is seen as just another set of matches to try to squeeze in.
 
I guess it's different in the far north. We had our strokeplay qualifiers on the Saturday and Sunday then the matchplay rounds were held every weekday evening the week after. Finals were always Friday night. Luckily sunset was around 10.30pm up there so there were rarely pull outs because of work commitments and it made for a grand Friday night final with huge crowds of supporters.
 
As an aside note why do clubs have B and C championships?!

IMO there is only 1 Club Champion and do not see the point in having these side shows...it is just another medal or comp in my opinion and clubs should only ever have the 1 club championship played off scratch in whatever format the club choses to use.
 
Agree to an extent, Dodger. Some clubs even have a "B Championship" board up on the wall. I don't mind a club finding a "handicap" champion to give the best part of their membership some interest but think that the boards should be limited to scratch champions only.
 
Hello. I have not been about for a bit so hello to all.

I suppose the answer to the CC question depends on your ability and age but for me....

its the supreme test of both ability and stamana.

Its usualy the only 36 hole comp in one day most clubs have

and you rarley get a freak winner.

for me 36 holes in one day does not leave any question marks.
 
We have a club champion who is the lowest gross score and earns the right to be called the club champion. We also have a handicap prize but there is nothing apart fromt he trophy attached to that.

We use to have 36 on one day but we were losing a large number of entrants as some of the older contingent were finding it hard going and so the fields were becoming smaller. We had it over a weekend last year for the first time with an 18 hole cut. Lots of wages and banter flying about who would and wouldn't be in for the Sunday. For the second round the field is sent out in order (highest scores first) so that the overnight leader is last out
 
i like the the idea of two qualifying rounds top ten play players play the two final rounds over the weekend.
top then for scratch and top ten for the handicap titles
 
Any dog can have there day at strokeplay on a given day.
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Any dog can have their day at Matchplay too.

Strokeplay shows how well you've played on each hole. Ball in hole-score on card. No margin for error. matchplay leaves to great a margin. You can win a match by bogeying every hole as long as your oppo does too but doubles one! Where's the "Championship" quality in that? Club Champion shoots 18 over par??

And at some clubs an 8 or 9 handicapper is the best player in the club. Not all clubs have several Cat 1 players.
 
Any dog can have there day at strokeplay on a given day.
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Any dog can have their day at Matchplay too.

Strokeplay shows how well you've played on each hole. Ball in hole-score on card. No margin for error. matchplay leaves to great a margin. You can win a match by bogeying every hole as long as your oppo does too but doubles one! Where's the "Championship" quality in that? Club Champion shoots 18 over par??

And at some clubs an 8 or 9 handicapper is the best player in the club. Not all clubs have several Cat 1 players.
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Agree, you only have to look at the WGC last week to see the anomalies that matchplay can throw up especially over the 18 hole sprint distance.

The argument that it seperates men from boys is poor. Show me your gross scores for 36 holes (all 36 of them and not just the ones you did well on) and that's your MAN with the grande cahunas ;)
 
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