AussieKB
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173 entries.....am sure the 7 marker's are happy with a top 10
Best gross was 67 from a plus 5 marker
Monthly Medal Competition.
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173 entries.....am sure the 7 marker's are happy with a top 10
Best gross was 67 from a plus 5 marker
Monthly Medal Competition.
bobmac
Major Champion
doublebogey7
Head Pro
That tells us nothing without knowing the breakdown of handicaps entered, though it looks to me that single figures might be over represented in the prizes.
AussieKB
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FYI.......38 single figures.....I not going to count the others.....
doublebogey7
Head Pro
Then my guess was right, thank you.
wjemather
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They should be in a field that big. Looks like perfectly reasonable scoring with nothing exceptional. The only surprise perhaps is that there weren't any scores better than nett 66.
If it was entirely single figure handicaps, those 7s probably wouldn't finish any higher with their scores.
This is Mandurah? Par 71? So the +5 scored worse than their handicap?
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Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Would it have still been "perfectly reasonable scoring with nothing exceptional" if the +5 man had tied 1st place with a 10-under par gross score?
wjemather
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-10 gross would be spectacular scoring. However, exceptional scoring as defined in the rules of handicapping is 7 or more better than handicap, so it would be a couple short of that.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
So nothing exceptional about a +5 amateur shooting 10-under par, merely spectacular.
AussieKB
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Yes Mandurah....and the Authorities should be happy with single figure guys in top ten, just like the system was designed for ?
but not close to winning.
Maybe the weather 30C had something to do with the scores ?
wjemather
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They were very close to winning, and the winning score was well within their potential range.
Sorry, but this result looks like a great example of the handicap system working well.
Thintowin
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If that's a good example then single figures should take a leaf out of the higher handicappers' book, who are doing it correctly apparently, and make sure they throw in the towel when having an off day.
Important to have around 3 to 4 extra shots to play with these days and easily done without arousing suspicion. Perfectly reasonable to do it as well because what you also suggested, when replying about the +5 shooting -10, is that there is a view that average applies evenly from +5 to 54.
Interesting stuff.
Arthur Wedge
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Why don’t you have divisions
Thintowin
Active member
Why? Are you suggesting that using WHS makes that necessary?
Arthur Wedge
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Thintowin
Active member
And, yes, you are correct in saying that divisions have been in place for years. However the main competition and prize is normally for everyone eligible to enter. Division winners were picking up lower value consolation prizes.Clubs have been using divisions for years
AussieKB
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Agree, system works if you are a high handicap, if best you can hope for is a top ten for single figures,
then IMO the system is flawed.
Thintowin
Active member
Yes. It is flawed.
In the old days the system encouraged higher handicappers to look and learn from the lower, more consistent, players. Naturally people look to winners to see how it should be done. Now, if WHS is what we have, we must learn to emulate the new breed of winner and throw away shots when we're having a bad day.
If you can't beat them, join them.
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wjemather
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Your result very clearly demonstrates that this isn't the case.
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