S'ford vs Medal

[USER1999]

I didn't hand my card in on Saturday and it's showing as a N/R on HDID, so yes you can!

Do that at mine, and you are banned from the next comp. cards must be handed in, and scores entered on the PSI, big brother said so.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I put in a card with nil points, or a Norway as I like to think of it. My back went teeing the ball up on the first.

Then it should go in as nil points and DQ card not returned but you should have be retired hurt

 

[Fish]

Do that at mine, and you are banned from the next comp. cards must be handed in, and scores entered on the PSI, big brother said so.

It was a fun non-qualifying comp, my 2 other PP's weren't in it and after 12 holes I wasn't in it either as I abandoned the card and my score, in qualifiers I always hand my cards in.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Sure, your handicap is held off stableford, but the prize money should be medal. Ok, scratch golf would be proper, but golf is all inclusive, so it's handicapped. Stableford is a hackers charter.

As an aside, in terms of pace of play, I've had a long held belief that cat one and two should play medal, and cats three, four and five (gulp) should only ever play stableford. Comps should be split into two divisions (they often are any way).

So golf is all inclusive but only medals -

Hackers Charter , Cheating ? Whatever next

 

[richart]

Then it should go in as nil points and DQ card not returned but you should have be retired hurt

Card returned, retired hurt. Just had nil points on it at time of retirement. Didn't get a 0.1.:thup:

It was a few years ago, when I was much fitter than I am now.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Card returned, retired hurt. Just had nil points on it at time of retirement. Didn't get a 0.1.:thup:

It was a few years ago, when I was much fitter than I am now.

Your play last week showed there is life in the old dog still

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It was a few years ago, when I was much fitter than I am now.

Think the jury are still out on that one :ears:

 

[richart]

Do that at mine, and you are banned from the next comp. cards must be handed in, and scores entered on the PSI, big brother said so.

Mate of mine went home ill after nine holes, and didn't put his card in. He was contacted by the club, and they were not asking about his health,

 

[USER1999]

So golf is all inclusive but only medals -

Hackers Charter , Cheating ? Whatever next

Who mentioned cheating?

Hackers charter yes, absolutely. When was the last time you had an 11, or worse? Moreover, when was the last time you had an 11, and still won the competition?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Who mentioned cheating?

Hackers charter yes, absolutely. When was the last time you had an 11, or worse? Moreover, when was the last time you had an 11, and still won the competition?

It was called cheating earlier - I have no idea when I last had an 11 but have had a 8 and won a competition - should people win medals having 7's and 6's with a 20 odd HC taken off at the end whilst they beat someone with 4's and 3's on their cars ? Your HC is calculated by the stableford score. You will still find the same that do well in medals do well in Stablefords

If you want to suggest real and proper golf then don't pick and choose - remove HC and its scratch not just medal.

 

[User20205]

I agree with Murph to a degree... But I much prefer 'chomper' to 'Hacker'

Chompers charter sounds much better.

The worse phrase in golf is 'I scored xxx points with 3 blobs' well done :thup:

It's also telling that stableford comps are much better supported than medals, your typical club golfer is a bottler

Edit. Proper golf isn't medal play off scratch. Everyone knows it's mixed handicap foresomes

 

[palindromicbob]

Stableford is a hackers charter, and is the work of the devil. Burn it!

We have stablefords in the winter months, and only mid week during the year. I have no idea why.

Stableford sucks. You always get the old '43 points with a blob' rubbish. So that's 43 points then, and the 13 you had on the blob hole would have wrecked your medal card and taken you out of the prizes. Can't see how someone who doesn't finish the round should be in the money. It's a nonsense. The bloke who invented it should be dug up, and shot. Twice.

Anyone that would card a 13 in a stableford comp would also need a slap.

Big comps are nearly always stroke but weekly club comps benefit from being stableford to allow play to flow with a field of high handicappers.

The main arguments I've seen against stableford is usually the moaning about how a high handicapper always win with ridiculous scores and low handicapper are at a disadvantage and win nothing despite playing better golf. This isn't always true but is perceived and the problem generally comes down to the prize table. Those with low single figures who can steadily shoot handicap and often 1 or 2 better at the biggest disadvantage. Welcome to handicap golf.

The problem isn't so much with the formats but with the way clubs organise prizes. With good section divisions and prizes for gross scores as well it caters for entire field.

Also why do clubs not run a dual comp with dual entry. Allow people to choose to enter stableford/medal or both. You'll probably find higher handicappers entering the S'ford since a blob or two can be salvaged. Mid can enter both since they should really be targetting zero blobs but can still salvage a round from save a 6 on the index 18 par 4. Lows can choose to enter medal only and target the gross prize.

This would allow the higher handicappers to keep the pace moving and still stay in "competition mode" while still allowing the lower handicappers to play full medal without being held up because a 28 HC cards an 11 over 15 on the first hole because he might, just might, finish the next 17 holes with nothing worse than a bogey.

 

[richart]

I agree with Murph to a degree... But I much prefer 'chomper' to 'Hacker'

Chompers charter sounds much better.

The worse phrase in golf is 'I scored xxx points with 3 blobs' well done :thup:

It's also telling that stableford comps are much better supported than medals, your typical club golfer is a bottler

Edit. Proper golf isn't medal play off scratch. Everyone knows it's mixed handicap foresomes

Are foresomes when you shout fore before teeing off ? You forgot winter and senior in your descriiption.

The worse phrase in golf is 'let me talk you through my round'

 

[User20205]

Are foresomes when you shout fore before teeing off ? You forgot winter and senior in your descriiption.

The worse phrase in golf is 'let me talk you through my round'

I had you in mind with 'foresomes'


Have you played with Robin recently. You get 2 for the price of 1. A blow by blow account of his blobs.

(3 for 1 if you read his blog)

 

[richart]

I had you in mind with 'foresomes'


Have you played with Robin recently. You get 2 for the price of 1. A blow by blow account of his blobs.

(3 for 1 if you read his blog)

I have no problem with hearing about a golfers round, as long as they start from when they walked off the 18th.:thup:

 

[Fish]

I had you in mind with 'foresomes'


Have you played with Robin recently. You get 2 for the price of 1. A blow by blow account of his blobs.

(3 for 1 if you read his blog)

 

[HankMarvin]

Ask any real/good golfer & the answer will be the same "Medal" is the correct answer. Let all the Hackers out late on a Sunday afternoon after tea time & let them have the course to themselves to play a stableford, who give a hoot if they had 43 points with a blob as its not golf.

 

[User20205]

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[Fish]

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Have you read St George's, it's now up

 

[upsidedown]

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