Unpopular opinions

[Lord Tyrion]

i expect though that you are fine with all the low handicaps that chuck money into the comp every week without a hope in hells chance of winning

Of course they have a chance of winning, they often do. Going off my own club the people coming away with arm loads of trophies on presentation night were the best players in the club, not the high h/c. They come away with the odd one but it is the team players who scoop the most.

No one forces anyone to enter any comp, it is all optional

 

[PJ87]

Elevensport actually did a decent job... people were just stubborn old gits

 

[Imurg]

Jacket and tie should be worn AT ALL TIMES in EVERY clubhouse.

So......
Jacket around your waist with arms tied in a knot plus tie performing the sweatband/bandana function....
I could pull that off....

 

[patricks148]

Of course they have a chance of winning, they often do. Going off my own club the people coming away with arm loads of trophies on presentation night were the best players in the club, not the high h/c. They come away with the odd one but it is the team players who scoop the most.

No one forces anyone to enter any comp, it is all optional

so would you then if there were no handicaps

you are more or less saying anyone thats not very good is only playing so they can win thanks to the handicap system?

 

[bluewolf]

Cheating is more common than anyone is comfortable admitting................

 

[PJ87]

Cheating is more common than anyone is comfortable admitting................

It’s only cheating if your caught 🤪😂

 

[bobmac]

People should ignore the par/stroke index of a hole and just play it the best you can.
Any other approach will limit your potential to be a better player

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Jacket and tie should be worn AT ALL TIMES in EVERY clubhouse.

With a pair of sports shorts and flip-flops.

And black socks as the final touch.

 

[Curls]

1. Every course should have a Marshall. Not a course Marshall, a US Marshall.

2. Other than matchplay, 4 balls should be banned at the weekend

3. Foursomes is brilliant

4. Paige Spiranic is an awesome golfer

5. Patrick Reed is sound

 

[patricks148]

anyone that doesn't get or like links courses should be shot a dawn along with those who think the open should be held on a parkland course.

and anyone who can't get get below an 18 handicap after at least 3 years playing is deported to the colonies

 

[Robin Hood]

A chipper in the bag is compulsory.

 

[Pathetic Shark]

and anyone who can't get get below an 18 handicap after at least 3 years playing is deported to the colonies

Does that include Scotland?

 

[patricks148]

Does that include Scotland?

yes, if you mean deported or no if you sending mean them here.

 

[patricks148]

A chipper in the bag is compulsory.

wouldn't it get cold and make your bag greasy ?

 

[Ross61]

anyone who can't get get below an 18 handicap after at least 3 years playing is deported to the colonies

That sounds great! Golf in the colonies will be really enjoyable without all the grumpy wingers. Stress free golf with friends that don’t go on about which side of the tee you stand and how they lost because a crow flapped it’s wings when they were on their downswing.

 

[PJ87]

That sounds great! Golf in the colonies will be really enjoyable without all the grumpy wingers. Stress free golf with friends that don’t go on about which side of the tee you stand and how they lost because a crow flapped it’s wings when they were on their downswing.

I miss hit a drive last Friday, not a bad shot just off line and the 7 handicapper was like oh I’m sorry was that me talking.. genuinely it didn’t bother me .. I can play through background noise.. just not say if a shotgun went off midswing

 

[rksquire]

1. McIlroy is the most naturally gifted player in the world today
2. Too much time in the gym drastically changes your swing
3. Suitable golf attire should be limited to footwear only.
4. Golf technology doesn't sufficiently progress so far year on year, throughout the manufacturers, to justify new equipment every single year
5. At amateur level, paying anything over £2 a ball means your handicap is also your IQ
6. Everybody outside the pro ranks should be allowed one declared 'Mulligan' per round.
7. There is nothing wrong with Sarah Stirks hair.
8. The Masters is awesome and possibly the best of the Majors.
9. New players to the game should not leave the driver in the bag.
10. Justin Rose has an awkward confidence and it sort of makes me feel uncomfortable.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

so would you then if there were no handicaps

you are more or less saying anyone thats not very good is only playing so they can win thanks to the handicap system?

Clearly a high handicapper is not going to win a scratch comp, neither is a mid handicapper, so whilst both groups would carry on playing golf they are unlikely to enter those comps. The system levels the playing field and yes that is pretty unfair on good players. However, the alternative is a weekend comp with only 10-12 players entering and 60+ people playing golf but not in the comp. The handicap system is a necessary evil.

How many golfers play in your comps at a weekend now? Realistically how many do you think would enter if it was scratch golf every week? The lack of clubs offering only scratch golf suggest it would be a killer for clubs.

 

[NWJocko]

- Justin Rose is one of the most insincere, arrogant golfers on the planet. For sure.

- Rory McIlroy at his best is not "head and shoulders" above everyone else regardless of how often Sky claim he is

- The whole "Postman" thing with Poulter is cringeworthy and embarrassing

- All weekend competition times should be available to any members (i.e. not limited to men only)

 

[HamiltonGuy]

I don’t get the max handicaps of 18 thing. If you are crap, injured, old etc it’s handicap relevant. Why lose more people from the game due to it being uncompetitive

1. Slow players should have their own course. On the moon. I don’t care you can spend all Saturday on the course, so can I but I don’t want to. I want a pint or go for dinner but I’ve also got work on Monday. Stop being bloody selfish if you’re walking 360 twice on that putt and you 3 putt it again I’m firing a ball at you.
2. Hats not allowed in the clubhouse is stupid. It’s a golf hat.
3. I’ll change my shoes where I like. I do it in the changing room at my course as I have a locker. Elsewhere this isn’t the case.