Rediculousosityness!

[FourPutt]

Wandered into the clubhouse this morning and the Medal results from yesterday are up on the screen. Looked at top of Div 3 and see a gross 77 off a 21 H'cap for a nett 56. WTF?!!?! That beat the gross for most of Div 1 and 2.

On a more positive note, the chap who won Div 1 got a 68 gross with some amazing golf. He's off 5 though, so is he a 'bandit' as well?

 

[FourPutt]

Oh, the chap in Div 3 won by about 13 shots. Must be some kind of record?

 

[Imurg]

That is a seriously good round but it does happen. I've shot a nett 61 playing off 11 before.

Take comfort in the 4 or 5 shot cut he's going to get.

 

[Society_Fan]

56, That's crazy. I hope no one went and shot a 60 to be beaten by 4

 

[FourPutt]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I really think he's a bandit, as I know that he plays very regularly in the qualifiers, I was just amazed at the scoring and how far ahead of the rest of the division it was.

The gross 68 was a new course record in competition and the lad who did it has had his handicap tumbling all year anyway. Sometimes a spurt of improvement is just too fast for the handicap system to keep up, it seems!

 

[FourPutt]

Society_Fan: No the next score in the division was about 69 nett. He absolutely destroyed his division.

 

[RGDave]

....see a gross 77 off a 21 H'cap for a nett 56. WTF?!!?! )

Doesn't happen in real life.....

(whoops, looks like it did )

Do players off 21 play to 5 (or whatever?) on a good day?

I got hauled in front of the committee for making 45 points off 19 and only just avoided keeping my membership.

Firing squad for me. The player and the h'cap sec!!!

 

[Junior]

Was it his first comp of the year ? If not how did he do in the others ? If he plays regularly in your medals then for me you just have to tip your hat to him. Sometimes the putts just drop !

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Look on the bright side, he won't be off 21 anymore. We had a guy in the first round of our Masters (invite only to comp winners over the preceeding 12 months) come in with somenthing like a nett 56 off about 20 and everyone thought he virtually had to get round (medal) without an NR to win. In the end I think his second round was close to 100 and he only won by 4 or 5 shots

 

[FourPutt]

As I said above, he plays comps regularly, so I think it was just an amazing round for him. I'm not complaining about it really, I was just making comment as I haven't seen such a low nett score since I started playing.

Hopefully I'll do the same one day!

 

[bobmac]

So he scored the equivilent of 50 S/ford points.
If Master Beagley had shot gross 62 off 5, he would have still lost.
Someone recently posted a thread about bandits being a thing of the passed, here's proof they are still about and will be forever .... sadly.

Mike H, perhaps you could run a feature in the mag and get forumers to send in any rediculousosity net scores.

All I can say is I'm glad I'm not a member of Oak Park GC

P.s.
Rory with his amazing 62 yesterday only managed a poultry 46 pts.

 

[birdieman]

He's probably not a bandit really because why would he try his hardest to score that well in just a measly monthly medal and not say a 36 hole open where there is serious wonga to be won? He's clearly not trying to protect a handicap by coming in so low.
Seems like he's either a fast progressing learner or just clicked on the day. He'll be off about 16 now.

 

[drawboy]

I got a gross 69 off a 15 Hcp, net 54 with clubs that I'd only used once before. I know it's easy to slag off someone for putting the round of a lifetime together, he'll probably never do it again. I haven't since.

 

[Pro_V_wan_kenobi]

It can happen. I once started Par Par Birdie Birdie Birdie but then followed it with an 8 at a par three and finished within one shot of the duffer zone. Its a funny old game!