Unfair or just bad luck?

[Coffey]

So this is the first winter I've played at my club and was invited into a winter league.

During the winter our course is limited to 12 holes due to lack of light for the late starters.

In the individual league i was doing very well and was between myself and another player for who was going to win.

A couple of weeks ago I had my rest week and the course was closed so the other groups did not play, that week was then added onto the end of the schedule. Yet as the nights are now getting brighter the course has been opened to 15 holes. It wouldn't have made a difference if one week was not closed as every group would play 2 weeks at 15 holes. Yet as a result of that week being cancelled, the remaining groups all played one more round of 15 holes.

The results have been published and I came second by 1 point. The fact that everyone else played a round with 3 extra holes has not been taken into consideration.

Now I'm not a sore loser and if it didn't make a difference I wouldn't care, but there is about 20 of us and we all paid £35 in for prizes at the end of the league and the fact I came second due to the person playing an extra 3 holes does not seem fair to me.

Hope this makes sense, what's your thoughts?

 

[guest100718]

Is it some sort of total stableford points? Sounds dodgy to me if some get to play more holes...

 

[louise_a]

On what basis is the winner decided?

If it is total stableford points then I can see you have grounds for complaint if your rest week was compulsory.

 

[Coffey]

Rest week was compulsory from the league as there is an uneven number of teams.

There is a team competition and an individual.

The Individual comp is done by Stableford and it is your total points minus the scores of your 2 worst weeks. So one of his worst weeks on 12 holes was replaced with a good week over 12 holes and then he scored 29 points in the 15 hole comp which made a big difference. I was 7 points ahead going into the last round, so he picked up 8 points on me that week by replacing his worst score with a better one.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I don't see how you can have different hole numbers after the first round, surely if one is 12 holes they all must be 12 holes regardless of light.

 

[Blue in Munich]

If he has been given 3 extra holes over you then, no, it is clearly unfair & in your position I would be raising hell.

 

[louise_a]

Definitely not right, all weeks should have been done on the same number of holes, regardless of the cancelled week, if there was another week of 15 holes that would be unfair on the people scheduled to rest that week regardless.

 

[GeeJay]

Unfair.

 

[chellie]

Not fair or right at all.

 

[Coffey]

The league isn't organised by the club and is just between members and they started working on one of the holes in January so that hole changed and then once it got lighter they changed what holes are played.

It is literally myself and my PP who only played 2 weeks at 15 holes.

I worked it out that this would happen a couple of weeks ago and mentioned it to the guy organising it that it is going to happen. He said lets wait and see if it makes a difference and then we will look at it as its never happened before. But he sent the scores out on Saturday and I replied within 10 mins and have heard nothing since. And to make it worse, the guy who 'Won' is a known bandit who keeps his handicap high to try and win during the winter every single year.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

If it is as read, and the result stands I wouldn't be returning to the league next winter...especially not having handed over £35 to play my own course.

 

[Coffey]

If it is as read, and the result stands I wouldn't be returning to the league next winter...especially not having handed over £35 to play my own course.

Yeah I can tell you I won't be. I am furious about it to be honest and really don't see why I bothered entering if it wasn't going to be fair. Obviously winter golf is more about fun, but when you pay to enter there needs to be fairness in it.

 

[patricks148]

does sounds an little unfair.

 

[Doh]

How do your council feel about members taking money off other members for a comp which treats some unfairly. The club need to recognise the winter league as an official comp and run it as such.

 

[Alex1975]

Have a chat with whoever deals with it, perhaps they have not worked this out. Clearly make a mockery if they don't correct it.

 

[Coffey]

Yeah I'm going to bring it up next Saturday.

I emailed 10 mins after they sent the results out and got no reply.

That's actually quite an interesting point, next year's captain plays in it.. will mention to him as well.

 

[lukeysafc100]

Unfair! In Strokeplay you wouldn't let some win who've play 15 holes at 1 under whilst the guy on 18 has shot level!
lets be honest you'd easily accumulate enough points to win! I'd say take of the points for the extra 3 holes on everyone's score card! that's so unfair!

You should be very very angry and you should write a letter telling them how very very angry you are!

 

[Coffey]

Unfair! In Strokeplay you wouldn't let some win who've play 15 holes at 1 under whilst the guy on 18 has shot level!
lets be honest you'd easily accumulate enough points to win! I'd say take of the points for the extra 3 holes on everyone's score card! that's so unfair!

You should be very very angry and you should write a letter telling them how very very angry you are!

Yeah I worked it out. Took the average points per hole on his last round and took away the 3 extra holes which would result in me winning by 5 points. I was fuming on Saturday and find it rather rude that I haven't got a reply. Words will be had on Saturday as we have a sweeps until the first comps of the year.

I guess I don't want to be known as the 'sore' loser but other parts of me feel that it is just totally unfair and why would someone want to win when all they did was play more holes.. I know if I won by that method I would be looking to get it fixed. Spirit of the game and all that.

 

[TheDoctor]

Unfair in my opinion, everyone should play the same total number of holes regardless of conditions etc

My new club has a winter league and due to the weather some of the rounds were postponed when the course was closed, but everyone plays the same number of holes

If they have the scorecards, they should adjust the scores accordingly removing the 3 extra holes that some people played to get the final totals

 

[Beezerk]

If they have the scorecards, they should adjust the scores accordingly removing the 3 extra holes that some people played to get the final totals

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