Yogidog1
Member
Hi can someone please advise on submitting a general play score,a friend says you can have a score put in even if it is a solo round ?I said someone has to play with him to make sure his score is legal ,tell me I am right please ?
submitting general play score
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
You're right.
Yogidog1
Member
Thank you Imurg
rulefan
Tour Winner
They don't have to actually play, just to testify to your score. Many Clubs require that the marker has to be 'acceptable' to the committee.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
wow! You don't have to have someone with you to make sure you've played by the rules? So you could just turn up at the club, sit in the bar, add scores in every 15 mins then go home and get a mate to confirm? And this is the way forward? Utterly bonkers.
Hendy
Tour Rookie
Yea as said you need someone with you
Also note well in my club. During non comp days the tees are all pushed way up and the slope index for the course reflex that..so say a general play on a weekend of 79 be like a 76 during the week
So kind of pointless imo
Also note well in my club. During non comp days the tees are all pushed way up and the slope index for the course reflex that..so say a general play on a weekend of 79 be like a 76 during the week
So kind of pointless imo
hairball_89
Club Champion
How does that work? They can’t change the CR/slope based on position of the tee markers?
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Yellows v whites?
rulefan
Tour Winner
So the CR/Slope automatically adjusts.
wull
Tour Rookie
We have had a few at our club that we have suspected are at it. He came to our club playing off roughly 6 then managed to get to +2 playing with his father all the time. He soon left after it was mentioned.
seochris
Challenge Tour Pro
I can see the point of increasing your handicap….not sure of the advantages of lowering it to a level you can’t manage…..what am I missing?
seochris
Challenge Tour Pro
Cheating was rife when I was in the Middle East. Under the USGA system you can do just that and have someone else verify if for you. This was rife in Abu Dhabi and practised a lot by the Koreans. Eventually the were banned from the club after a pair of them entered comps with handicaps of 24 and 25 and both returning gross scores of 88 and 85 respectively. I agree this is always possible to play your socks off but this was regular behaviour over 6 months or so. Members started refusing to play with them or against them in matches and it snowballed from there….
Based on past responses it is a mixture of ego and enabling them to qualify for handicap restricted comps at nicer courses.
I'm with you, it makes no sense as you will only embarrass yourself but people are strange and do strange things
wull
Tour Rookie
Bragging rights, the kind of fella who’d stand at the bar telling everyone how good he is etc etc.
wull
Tour Rookie
Based on past responses it is a mixture of ego and enabling them to qualify for handicap restricted comps at nicer courses.
I'm with you, it makes no sense as you will only embarrass yourself but people are strange and do strange things
Exactly this, he embarrassed himself during the club champs.
Yogidog1
Member
Thanks for all replies,use general play for practice games
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
A very low handicap can get you in to prestigious events at top courses.
A few years ago we had one player who only ever played in these and never played in anything else. He never played anywhere near his handicap. We put a stop to it by increasing his handicap under the annual review to something that resembled his actual scores.
