PhilTheFragger
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I belong to a vibrant gold society with about 35 members and we had a day at Kirtlington , near Bicester yesterday and a lovely day it was too.
we have our own rules regarding handicaps in that there is no limit, therefore some of our older members can keep playing and be competitive long after they have passed the 28 Hcp ceiling in the real world. this does however lead to some chunky handicaps.
I was drawn against my Father In Law in the Singles competition, he is 73, and has a handicap of 49 (yes Forty flipping Nine), so I was giving him 30 shots,
I was playing very well with 20 points after the front 9 to his 14. and then suddenly something clicked .
He had had a couple of 8 for 1 points on a couple of Par 5's,on the front 9 , suddenly he got a par, then he parred a par 3 (with 3 shots), then bogied a par 4, but because he got 3 shots scored 4 bleeding points etc etc
He did have a blob, but still went round with 24 points from the back 9 to my 15, so it ended 38-35 in his favour. all credit to him, it was the best I have seen him play and he got only his second ever cut to 48 (lol)
Waiting to see which unlucky blighter he will get in the next round
First time I have lost to someone with a massively higher handicap and I can now see why Imurg gets miffed when I slam him
we have our own rules regarding handicaps in that there is no limit, therefore some of our older members can keep playing and be competitive long after they have passed the 28 Hcp ceiling in the real world. this does however lead to some chunky handicaps.
I was drawn against my Father In Law in the Singles competition, he is 73, and has a handicap of 49 (yes Forty flipping Nine), so I was giving him 30 shots,
I was playing very well with 20 points after the front 9 to his 14. and then suddenly something clicked .
He had had a couple of 8 for 1 points on a couple of Par 5's,on the front 9 , suddenly he got a par, then he parred a par 3 (with 3 shots), then bogied a par 4, but because he got 3 shots scored 4 bleeding points etc etc
He did have a blob, but still went round with 24 points from the back 9 to my 15, so it ended 38-35 in his favour. all credit to him, it was the best I have seen him play and he got only his second ever cut to 48 (lol)
Waiting to see which unlucky blighter he will get in the next round
First time I have lost to someone with a massively higher handicap and I can now see why Imurg gets miffed when I slam him
