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what numbers would you put low mid high handicappers?
- Thread starter markgs
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Firstly , didn't we just do this thread a couple of months ago?
And secondly, it's a free forum, everyone is entitled to their opinion, weather it suites you or not!
HawkeyeMS
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You seem to have a habit of asking people not to respond to your threads, maybe the better option if you only want opinions you agree with is not to start them?
MadAdey
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Jesus Christ, I accept that people are entitled to their opinion, but are you for real? Anyone that is not single figures is a high handicapper? Do you realise that the average handicap is somewhere in the mid teens, so going on your philosophy most golfers are high handicappers!
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
You'd be amazed at how many believe that others are not entitled to an opinion whereas they are...
I'll go with the consensus.....
ArnoldArmChewer
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IMO I don't consider 9 and under as low, I guess that cat 1,2&3 are about ok as a division. The different question is where does a happy hacker become a good golfer, I think when you are better than scratch
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Well the average handicap is around 18 I believe
So 9 is half that - if you're single figures then surely you must be classed as low ?
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guest100718
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I think he is just trolling a bit...
Beezerk
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Hickory_Hacker
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Low - Below 3
No mans land - 4, 5 and 6
Mid - 7 to 11
High - 12 to around 16
17 and above ... If you enjoy it then fair enough but why bother?
No mans land - 4, 5 and 6
Mid - 7 to 11
High - 12 to around 16
17 and above ... If you enjoy it then fair enough but why bother?
Hickory_Hacker
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My guess would be around 12.
bladeplayer
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No wrong or right mate just opinion for us all on this one..
El Bandito
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Hmmmm...I see it as a public service; donating money to help keep courses in shape for proper golfers like you
cookelad
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I go for Low upto 9 mid upto 20 and high everyone else, in the ladies game obviously the maximum handicap is 36 so I'd be tempted to push the low and mid boundaries up a bit!
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
I'd be quite happy with this definition on the following basis........
Golf is about making pars.....so.....f you are single figures you par/birdie more than half the holes you play so that's a pretty good standard in my book. 10-18 you usually don't but are probably getting there. Over 18 then pars are relatively rare so you can't be described (yet) as a decent golfer.
I take the point about Cat1, scratch, + men etc but you are looking towards elite people here. There is always a better category to place folk in and taken to extreme everyone who isn't a pro could be described as a duffer (probably accurately!) but I don't think that is helpful to the question posed here.
duncan mackie
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eloquent
I would also agree that it reflects the general thinking of the majoriity of those who play
importantly, it's rarely used in the first person (How good are you? I'm a 'low handicap golfer') where more precision is available.
:thup:
the smiling assassin
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low - 2 or less,
mid - about 14-16,
high - 20+
mid - about 14-16,
high - 20+
pbrown7582
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This for me.
the smiling assassin
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can't say i've ever considered a golfer off 9 to be a low handicapper. decent golfer yes, low handicapper...erm, i don't think so!
to me there is a vast distance between a low handicapper and a mid handicapper. the difference is not simply a neat crossover between a 9 and 10.
to me there is a vast distance between a low handicapper and a mid handicapper. the difference is not simply a neat crossover between a 9 and 10.
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User 105
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I agree with this.
I think
- low is sub 6 handicap
- I think there is a 6-12 handicap which is a kind of low-mid range. As by the same token I've never ever heard a 6-11 be called a mid handicap.
- Mid I think is 12-18
- above 18 is high.
