Pro scores without spotters

[drawboy]

I'm watching the scottish open at the moment and am watching some truly great golf and some which is frankly pants. Wild shots in every direction deep into the long stuff. So my question is this; With no spectators and spotters on the course as we have to play week in and week out how much worse do you think their scores would be? Bearing in mind the amount of three off the tee, and provisional balls they would have to play at a typical links/ Open venue.

 

[virtuocity]

Watching it too and thought the same thing.

I generally lose one ball per round- even if I haven't put it into really heavy stuff. That's why I think you should be allowed to hit off the tee again with no penalty.

I don't know how it would affect the pros having no spotters, but their rounds might creep over the 6 hour mark.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

As I have repeatedly said on here [Sorry folks] Without spotters Tigger would have struggled to break 90 in the 3rd round at the last Muirfield Open. He was 50 yards wide of the fairways on some occasions.

 

[sandmagnet]

put it this way padrig would of lost a few balls today the amount of balls I have lost in the rough lately after just trickling in it at the mo is a joke

 

[DCB]

As I have repeatedly said on here [Sorry folks] Without spotters Tigger would have struggled to break 90 in the 3rd round at the last Muirfield Open. He was 50 yards wide of the fairways on some occasions.

His opening tee shot on the Thursday was even wider than that. His behavior that morning was awful. He got some poor wee Japanese photographer removed from the course as a result of his petulance on the first hole of that Open.

 

[shewy]

I'm watching the scottish open at the moment and am watching some truly great golf and some which is frankly pants. Wild shots in every direction deep into the long stuff. So my question is this; With no spectators and spotters on the course as we have to play week in and week out how much worse do you think their scores would be? Bearing in mind the amount of three off the tee, and provisional balls they would have to play at a typical links/ Open venue.

Have a look at the scores from lesser pro events like the europro tour as they don't tend to have spotters, granted they are not as good but they manage to shoot 3/4 under, so I'm guessing harder layout without spotters 3/4 under?

 

[matt611]

It is amazing how often the pros have a bad shot off the tee just like the rest of us. However the difference is their ability to still get on the green in regulation

 

[Fish]

Now come on, lets not just concentrate on Tiger, we'll be accused of being haters

He'd lose more balls than most though....

 

[North Mimms]

Conversely, when playing bounce game against Mr Mimms, we have "crowd rule" which is when you hit an ok shot, maybe blind and you can't find it even thought it's not in the long stuff.
"Spectator would have found that easily!"

 

[drawboy]

It is amazing how often the pros have a bad shot off the tee just like the rest of us. However the difference is their ability to still get on the green in regulation

Granted, but in reference to the OP they can only get it on the green if someone has found it. When they are hitting it over 300yrds and 60 yrds off line if they had to find their own balls in the deep stuff they would be hitting provisional's all the time.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Several lost balls out there today in the Scottish Open so it can still happen. The thing that is a benefit is not so much the crowd finding it but the grass is usually trampled and they can get club on ball much easier