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[mcbroon]

I think you mean Maurice Flitcroft. Didn't actually get into any tournaments but he managed to get as far as teeing it up in Open qualifying on a couple of occasions using false names. Quite a famous character, I have a mental picture in my head that Doon Frae Troon looks like him

Oh please let that be true :rofl:

There's a good book about Maurice Flitcroft - Phantom of the Open, it's called. Great read and a great story.

 

[pbrown7582]

Not what I meant , I was meaning a plus 1 player would be losing strokes to other lower h/c amateurs competing .
I.E your plus 4 player would normally be giving the plus 1 player 3 shots in norm h/c comps. But he loses these shots in pro comps.

No different to competing for the gross prize in a club event or open its the score that counts not the nett score.

 

[srixon 1]

All the big amateur events are played off scratch. However, at the end of the round the CSS is calculated and your handicap is adjusted accordingly. Not sure if it is worked out for amateurs in The Open though as there are usually only a handful of them taking part.

(Maybe it is played as a non qualifier )

 

[williamalex1]

Ah right, I see, sorry.

I didn't explain it quite right :thup:.