HawkeyeMS
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Technically no, but since stableford is a form of strokeplay, it's a good differentiator
Strokeplay v medal play.
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Technically no, but since stableford is a form of strokeplay, it's a good differentiator
HawkeyeMS
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11 bogey comps is at least 10 too many IMHO
moogie
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At the end of the day I just try and make the best score per hole and points or nett scores can take care of themselves at the end. It makes not a jot or difference what the format is
Why? Nice quick format because again you can pick your ball up as soon as you have 'lost' the hole.
Not always. If you have a player off 28 getting two shots a hole there's a lot of golf to be played before they are out of the hole. Same applies to stableford and some golfers I know are ditherers so the format has no bearing on the pace of the round
moogie
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Nothing to do with pace of play for me
Just can't get my head round it
No reward for a good score on hole, just a +
Eg....You could be on a par 5 in 2, with a stroke, but if you score 3, 4, or even 5, you get the same reward
Atleast in this same scenario with stableford, there's extra points to be gained
Agree that you only need a nett birdie to win a hole, so anything better is a waste of a stroke, but how many nett Eagles and Albatrosses do you normally make in a round? At our club medals can be excruciatingly slow, especially in late Summer when our rough gets really long and players spend 5 minutes looking for every lost golf ball! Why does everybody seem to hate faster formats, whilst at the same time complaining about slow play?
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HawkeyeMS
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Agree that you only need a nett birdie to win a hole, so anything better is a waste of a stroke, but how many nett Eagles and Albatrosses do you normally make in a round? At our club medals can be excruciatingly slow, especially in late Summer when our rough gets really long and players spend 5 minutes looking for every lost golf ball! Why does everybody seem to hate faster formats, whilst at the same time complaining about slow play?
If the rough is too severe, that is the fault of the course management and not the format.
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Well I guess it was only a matter of time before Delc complained about the length of rough at his course
That's the lot now I think on his circle of constants
Holes , Rough , putters , slow ladies
Will await the next cycle to start
That's the lot now I think on his circle of constants
Holes , Rough , putters , slow ladies
Will await the next cycle to start
USER1999
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The hole is too small!!!
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Had that already mate in a thread about how you putt !
At our club medals can be excruciatingly slow, especially in late Summer when our rough gets really long and players spend 5 minutes looking for every lost golf ball! Why does everybody seem to hate faster formats, whilst at the same time complaining about slow play?
That speaks more about your greens committee and comp organiser and to a degree the greenkeeper. If it's that penal then it's not fun for the large majority of handicap golfers. I played Tylney Park in a match and there was a single 5 yard strip of semi either side of the fairway and then knee high stuff that then circled the green. Even a +1 on the Tylney side lost two balls and our group of mid teen handicappers lost 5 balls in the first 4 holes. I missed a green by three or four feet and it bounced once and went into the long stuff to never be seen again. Hardly fair hitting a 7 iron in.
My club does have some patches of really penal rough each summer but to be honest they are well off the golfing line in the most par and so if you are in there then the shot gets what it deserves. Yes comp play can be slow with a some provisionals being hit but we can usually do a medal in four hours tops
The rough at our course is only cut once a year in late Autumn. It's OK during the Winter and Spring, but can grow to waist height by mid Summer. According to The Management, this is supposed to beautify and add definition to the course, and to provide a habitat for butterflies and other wild creatures. I suspect in reality it's just a cost cutting exercise! :mmm:
moogie
Tour Winner
Agree that you only need a nett birdie to win a hole, so anything better is a waste of a stroke, but how many nett Eagles and Albatrosses do you normally make in a round? At our club medals can be excruciatingly slow, especially in late Summer when our rough gets really long and players spend 5 minutes looking for every lost golf ball! Why does everybody seem to hate faster formats, whilst at the same time complaining about slow play?
The scoring example I gave, was exactly that, an Example
Just to prove a point
There is no such thing as "faster" formats......
In theory, yes, they should be
But I'd say in reality, no difference
Some people don't understand the concept of picking up when they can't score
Times taken per round for stroke, stableford, bogey comps, all the same in my experience
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
Wish that were true at my place. Stroke comps are always slower than the usual stableford.
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Not in my experience though! The 5 hour plus rounds always seem to be associated with medals, due to players grinding out cricket scores, searches for lost balls, provisional balls or going back to play 3 off the tee, etc. Stablefords and Bogey-Pars don't normally take more than 4 hours, and are generally more popular with the members, especially the mid to high handicap ones.
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Simbo
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Never even heard of a bogey comp 
how does that work?
how does that work?USER1999
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Badly.Never even heard of a bogey comp
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