watched a bit this morning and a guy off 17 won, he's already won an earlier round... looks like with the usual suspects keeping a low profile the "tour is in safe hands
anyone else watch it?
anyone else watch it?
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fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
i saw a bit of it, he looked every bit a 17 handicapper to me, certainly not in the mould of the main usual suspect
true, but if you were shooting 39/40 points in comps wouldn't you want to be getting your handicap down as well?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
yeah without doubt, think they said hed played in it for 4 years without a top 10 before this year. he may be a couple better than his handicap but it didnt look a complete cheat handicap like some have
Green Bay Hacker
Journeyman Pro
Yep, just watched it. From what little golf we saw (too many interviews) Brendan's putting didn't seem the best. Is his 17 handicap before 3/4 adjustment or after? Either way that's some pretty consistent golf from such a high handicapper.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Isn't that off 3/4 handicaps?
On the other hand though, I guess the comps are actually played quite close together so might not have had much chance to get his handicap down?
On the other hand though, I guess the comps are actually played quite close together so might not have had much chance to get his handicap down?
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
Always surprises me how well some of them do off their high handicaps, in front of the crowd and TV cameras.
davidg2010uk
Assistant Pro
why aren't the rounds classed as qualifiers 
Dasit
Tour Rookie
I know a couple guys playing in that event, one of them was the guy who came 2nd.
Delaney the 17 handicapper who won is basically not a real 17 handicap.
Don't think I would bother with Trilby tour, every story I hear is off the same suspects dominating it.
Delaney the 17 handicapper who won is basically not a real 17 handicap.
Don't think I would bother with Trilby tour, every story I hear is off the same suspects dominating it.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
There's always some high handicapper does well in the monthly medal, isn't it just the same as that and they show the guys who've had a good day?
why aren't the rounds classed as qualifiers
who knows.
of course you are capable of shooting good scores of high handicaps, but you would hope they would want to get lower. i know i was capable of reg shooting 40 points as a higher handicap, but each time i did i was over the moon with getting cut
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
In two separate trilby tour events though?
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Ive watched a few of them and i thought this guy had game suited to his handicap more than most ive seen to be honest , shocking putter , not sure what tees they are playing off could be front tees
Wonder what he played off the last trilbt he won tho , even ordinary societies will have handicapping guidelines
Big entrence fees to be playing in a few of them tho , must want to win badly or have too much money
Reason they are society & not qualifiers is so the organisers dont have to meet the criteria of qualifiers so they can set comp up how ever they want like the play off thing etc ..
Wonder what he played off the last trilbt he won tho , even ordinary societies will have handicapping guidelines
Big entrence fees to be playing in a few of them tho , must want to win badly or have too much money
Reason they are society & not qualifiers is so the organisers dont have to meet the criteria of qualifiers so they can set comp up how ever they want like the play off thing etc ..
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
Ive watched a few of them and i thought this guy had game suited to his handicap more than most ive seen to be honest , shocking putter , not sure what tees they are playing off could be front tees
Wonder what he played off the last trilbt he won tho , even ordinary societies will have handicapping guidelines
Big entrence fees to be playing in a few of them tho , must want to win badly or have too much money
Reason they are society & not qualifiers is so the organisers dont have to meet the criteria of qualifiers so they can set comp up how ever they want like the play off thing etc ..
Assuming this was Delaney winning Hanbury...He played of 17, it was a recent event he won!
So that's 2 x 17 x 3/4 wins, and he had 4 strokes to play with on the 18th green in the qualifying so some images of him putting poorly might be misleading.
He clearly hit the form of his life; well done.
usual warning on trilby threads - please refrain from accusing any competitor of 'being a cheat' or wanton bashing of the organiser(s) otherwise the thread will be pulled and 'periods of reflection' on the sidelines will be issued
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Why not?
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
It can happen. During one of my first ever comps (playing off 18) I had a nett 58. Par was 70.
It's safe to say that I have never got near it since.
It's safe to say that I have never got near it since.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
It's true. I had a 45 points and a 44 points in the same season a couple of years ago. The first one in May the second in August. Off 20 for the first and 17 for the second. Happy days!
Thinking about it, it's no different to this scenario.
Thinking about it, it's no different to this scenario.
