Neilds
Assistant Pro
I played my first medal at the weekend and looking at the results I was surprised at the number of NRs returned. From 120 entries, 19 either NR’d or didn’t return a card. Is this high or just normal practice in a medal?
I would say that is a bit high. From 120 I would expect up to 10...., but....the leaves are falling and causing havoc. When you hit a shot that "should" be fine but just can't find it in the leaves, sometimes people just say to heck with it...especially if they don't have a good round going (I've certainly done it).I played my first medal at the weekend and looking at the results I was surprised at the number of NRs returned. From 120 entries, 19 either NR’d or didn’t return a card. Is this high or just normal practice in a medal?
It was the last medal of the year, delayed 2 weeks due to weather so course wasn’t in great condition as greens had been hollowed tined the previous week. Maybe this contributed to the high numberSeems normal yeah. In my club they tend not to have medals in winter, it switches over to more Stablefords, probably to avoid the higher number of NRs caused by poor conditions (balls lost in leaves, plugged etc).
We regularly get between 40 and 50. When the wind is up people just get sick of looking for their ball in the heather and gorse.I played my first medal at the weekend and looking at the results I was surprised at the number of NRs returned. From 120 entries, 19 either NR’d or didn’t return a card. Is this high or just normal practice in a medal?
Net double bogey is maximum score surely?Have none of your clubs at least tried out the Maximum Score version of medals which was designed to reduce - or completely eradicate - the incidence of NRs.
Net double bogey is maximum score surely?
Picking up just speeds up play....
Isn't that what Stableford is for though?
Medal is medal ?
I think you are missing the point of Maximum Score format.Yeah, that's what Stableford is for.
Medal is the test of your golf and mental strength, seems a bit ridiculous having a max score just to pander to someone who can't deal with a bad hole.
No I got it 100% straight away, it's capping a score.
Perhaps a fair idea for new players in the new higher handicap categories, but hopefully they would never introduce it to proper medal competitions.
And that's just what it says.No I got it 100% straight away, it's capping a score.
Perhaps a fair idea for new players in the new higher handicap categories, but hopefully they would never introduce it to proper medal competitions.
About half were NRs and the rest DQ for no t handing in a card. Not sure what the ‘punishment’ is for no cardYou need to be clear here as to what you mean by Non Return.
Not submitting your card at all is a big no no.
Having a mare and picking up but continuing on from the next hole is no issue. We are all amateurs and can have a mare, whats the point in scoring an 11 on a hole to hold everyone else up? Or having to return to the tee box because you've lost a ball unexpectedly.
At our club, if you fail to submit your card at all then you are banned from entering the next competition. It has drastically reduced the number of non returns of cards
About half were NRs and the rest DQ for no t handing in a card. Not sure what the ‘punishment’ is for no card