You are still working on the mindset of the previous system. Clearly, a better score dropped off, presumably one from last season or the season before. Forget what used to happen, it's gone.
What Would You Change About the WHS?
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Steve Wilkes
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I know it can feel strange when a goodish round can cause an Index to go up and sometimes an over handicap round can have your index reduced, but these are usually minor alterations that don't normally give you more playing handicap shots next round.
Golfers' thinking normally fall into 2 categories:
1) The 'I'm only as good as my last round' so a good round means I'm a better golfer now or a bad round means I'm a worse golfer now and need more shots
2) or My handicap should be what my ability or 20 round form is, and 1 good or bad round doesn't mean I'm automatically a different standard of player
PaulMdj
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Were you happy when none of your worst 12 didn’t result in 0.1 back?
#swingsandroundabouts
IanMac
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We are told we now have a system based on form. Form being defined as a window of 20 cards.
Your form no longer includes the 21st score, as you have been told by others. That was better than your latest score apparently.
Form is a weird concept in golf. Rarely do people play well two rounds in a row. Many can lose the form they had on the first nine when they tee off the 10th. Using it as a measure of fairness is questionable to say the least. I'm with you, doesn't feel right and that's because it isn't.
Just to add that good form doesn't disappear gradually nor does it come back gradually. Your good round can come out of anywhere at any time. If you do it every 21 rounds you'll be a bandit, every 20 and you'll win nothing.
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