Raging, mainly at myself

[FairwayDodger]

Signed for the wrong score yesterday. I'd had a bit of a meltdown and when the girl marking my card and I had a difference of opinion over my score on one hole I simply couldn't recall exactly what had happened so I backed down and went with her number.

After I got home and relaxed I was able to think it through and I was definitely correct, not her. Round was a car crash anyway so one shot makes no difference but I am very annoyed I didn't stick to my guns.

What would happen though if a player and marker cannot agree and both refuse to sign for anything other than their idea of the score?

 

[ManinBlack]

You would report the matter to the Committee & they would make a decision.

This last happened to me about 50 years ago as a junior. A fellow junior & I were playing the first round of a 36 hole competition. He was having a nightmare & on the 11th knocked away a 1 foot putt. When it came to signing cards I pointed this out & he swore bind he'd holed out. The third member of our group hadn't seen the incident. It was obvious from his performance he wasn't going to win anything so I just signed his card. It's an easy thing to fall out over &, as you say, hard to stick to your version of events.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Only time it ever happened to me I stuck to my guns and my score went on the card. However in my case the marker was insistent that I had taken one shot less than I knew I had. I had to resort to some fairly blunt language to get the point across. After we walked of the final green, he started to raise the issue again and the only way to shut him up was to tear the card in half in front of him, at which point he got the message and walked away.

I took the two halves into the pro shop and asked them if they had any sellotape, and which point the pro asked me if Xxxxxx was marking my card with a knowing smile…….

 

[FairwayDodger]

Not having a go at the marker, she made an honest mistake and probably rightly wasn't changing her mind without being talked through it. Problem was my head was mush and I'd had such a torrid time on the greens, on an unfamiliar course, that it was hard to remember exactly what happened on that particular green...

 

[pokerjoke]

Not having a go at the marker, she made an honest mistake and probably rightly wasn't changing her mind without being talked through it. Problem was my head was mush and I'd had such a torrid time on the greens, on an unfamiliar course, that it was hard to remember exactly what happened on that particular green...

This is how I see it Karen.

By your own admission it sounds you were wound up and got confused and she was probably right to stand her ground until you had explained the hole and your shots.

I also know it has got to you a lot because you got up early to post this and needed to tell someone who understands,but in the grand scheme of things should it really get you "Raging",just a lesson learned.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I also know it has got to you a lot because you got up early to post this and needed to tell someone who understands,but in the grand scheme of things should it really get you "Raging",just a lesson learned.

Very intuitive! I was knackered when I got home and was almost asleep when it flashed through my head. I was wide awake for ages obsessing about it, couldn't sleep. Came here to get it off my chest!

Nonsense as well, signed for an 89 instead of 88 like that makes any difference... Lol! Stupid game

 

[dewsweeper]

Hard luck FD.
A lesson learned perhaps.
What I would give for a sub 90 round !

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I have to be honest and say that anytime I find the owner of the card I am marking doesn't know their score, immediatley after the flag has been replaced, I look for certainty.

 

[patricks148]

look on the bright side at least you didn't have a score and you didn't sign for a lower one

 

[Farneyman]

Maybe you need one of these...like rosary beads but different :whoo:

I always like to give my marker my score and confirm theirs when walking off the green to make sure I get it correct at the time.

I have a great habit of forgetting bad shots which isn't so good trying to remember exact score a few holes later or at the end of a round.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I always like to give my marker my score and confirm theirs when walking off the green to make sure I get it correct at the time.

If I'm in doubt marking a card I always check with the player but maybe I'll start telling my marker what I've scored as well.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I have to be honest and say that anytime I find the owner of the card I am marking doesn't know their score, immediatley after the flag has been replaced, I look for certainty.

There was no doubt at the time, only three hours later when challenged to remember shot by shot.

 

[FairwayDodger]

look on the bright side at least you didn't have a score and you didn't sign for a lower one

Indeed!

 

[FairwayDodger]

Hard luck FD.
A lesson learned perhaps.
What I would give for a sub 90 round !

Lesson learned indeed but high eighties is a car crash for me even on a tough course like this one in challenging conditions. (Getting my excuses in, lol!)

 

[Bunkermagnet]

There was no doubt at the time, only three hours later when challenged to remember shot by shot.

Ah but by then, whats done is done.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Similar thing happened to me last year and it cost me a cut - it won't happen again.

 

[dewsweeper]

Lesson learned indeed but high eighties is a car crash for me even on a tough course like this one in challenging conditions. (Getting my excuses in, lol!)

Indeed!
I was a 9 handicapper in another life and remember the utter frustration of not breaking 80.
I struggle now to remember some of my high scoring holes so always check twixt green and tee.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not having a go at the marker, she made an honest mistake and probably rightly wasn't changing her mind without being talked through it. Problem was my head was mush and I'd had such a torrid time on the greens, on an unfamiliar course, that it was hard to remember exactly what happened on that particular green...

I wouldn't worry about it. Life's too short and you've got better days ahead. Annoying at the time and clearly nagged away later on but you weren't in the running so let it go, move on and relax

 

[FairwayDodger]

I wouldn't worry about it. Life's too short and you've got better days ahead. Annoying at the time and clearly nagged away later on but you weren't in the running so let it go, move on and relax

Yeah, I've calmed down now. It happened and made no difference to my result or handicap so no harm done.

 

[HankMarvin]

Never ever forgotten any score I have made on a hole while playing a comp, simple way is to always tell your marker how many shots you took at the end of the hole that way any issues can be addressed at the time. Every day is a school day