Ethan
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A blob can mean either a no-pointer, or an unfinished hole. If a player finishes the hole, it is good practice to put the actual score down unless asked to "blob" it.
What's a blob?
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RGDave
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Would anyone like to offer their definition of a "blob"
Today, the guys I played against described their card as having two "blobs".....to which I replied, "not blobs, I have you down for a score but with no points"...
To my mind, a blob is when you don't finish the hole and don't record a score, the same as an N/R or a dash.
If you've had a crack at a putt for a six, say, then tapped in for a 7, I'll mark my card with a 7.
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All this started a few weeks back after I made a triple-bogey 7 after going OOB on a hole. The chap I was playing with said "I'll put you down for a blob then?" to which I replied....."NO....put me down for a 7"...the difference being that some of us like to know our gross score.
So, to me, unless it's wasting time or messing about with the game, I'll finish the hole and record a score. If I'm playing with another player and they don't want to tap in a 3" putt for a triple and record a NO RETURN, that's fine.
I don't want blobbed-out marks on my card....clearly, if I'm going to make an 8 or something, I'll have picked up anyway.
Today, the guys I played against described their card as having two "blobs".....to which I replied, "not blobs, I have you down for a score but with no points"...
To my mind, a blob is when you don't finish the hole and don't record a score, the same as an N/R or a dash.
If you've had a crack at a putt for a six, say, then tapped in for a 7, I'll mark my card with a 7.
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All this started a few weeks back after I made a triple-bogey 7 after going OOB on a hole. The chap I was playing with said "I'll put you down for a blob then?" to which I replied....."NO....put me down for a 7"...the difference being that some of us like to know our gross score.
So, to me, unless it's wasting time or messing about with the game, I'll finish the hole and record a score. If I'm playing with another player and they don't want to tap in a 3" putt for a triple and record a NO RETURN, that's fine.
I don't want blobbed-out marks on my card....clearly, if I'm going to make an 8 or something, I'll have picked up anyway.
John_Findlay
Tour Winner
I thought it only referred to no points at a hole when you're playing stableford. Otherwise it's an NR (no return).
RGDave
Money List Winner
Thank goodness for some agreement.
A pint in your direction.
Ethan
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John
I would say you blob a hole but NR a round (if stroke).
But you can blob and still have a handicap reduction.
I would say you blob a hole but NR a round (if stroke).
But you can blob and still have a handicap reduction.
RGDave
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Of course. Potentially you could have a few blobs, still make 36+ points or so and get cut.
I escaped the dreaded blobs today by making double-at-worst...shame there were no birdies today, that would have put me closer to 36 points...
Ethan
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I bet there is a "at my club ..." post saying tis is not possible.
DMC
Challenge Tour Pro
I have always considerd a 'blob'to be nil points on a hole during stableford.
Region3
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Same here, even a 6 on a par 4 where you don't get a shot.
RGDave
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A-ha....this is the kernel of the nut.
OK, so if I had a 6 on a par 4 hole with no shots (i.e. no points) would you mark me 6 or scribble a fat and ugly blob on the card.
I suspect you'd put me down for a 6. I also suspect (when adding up at the end) you'd describe these holes as "6 nett 6 for no points"? or am I wrong.
Maybe I'm mad, but it annoys/ed me when a player off more strokes than I waste in 3 rounds, says "you've made 34 points with 2 blobs".......if I may be so bold
cool, I'd say the 6 I made with an up and down from 60 yards is a little better golf than the 10 he would have made had I not suggested he put himself out of his misery after about 7 or 8 strokes.
RGDave
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In a way, you are right but if I played with you and totted up the scores at the end, I'd call a 6 a 6 regardless.
Maybe someone off 27.6 likes to describe gross doubles as "blobs" so he can feel less bad about his crummy game.
Maybe I'll just not play with a member who enjoys scoring "banter" points against better players.
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The chap in question fluked his way to a good front 9 then lost it totally on the last 9. I waited for him to lose it completely then chose my moment to pass comment.
"Maybe you shouldn't have taken your 3 wood again, given that the last one never got past the ladies tee....oh, and the one before!!"
John_Findlay
Tour Winner
What's the difference between no points and a blob, Dave? Nothing. A blob's a blob. You're playing stableford. No need to mark down your gross score if it's a no pointer. Waste of pencil lead in my opinion.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I'd still mark the score down if the holed was finished. I feel in some way cheated if I don't know how many shots I've taken for the round, so I always mark mine down on the card I'm marking for my partner. Whether he does or not doesn't really make much difference then.
In my opinion, 7 out of 10 times you hear the word 'blob' in the same sentence as the total number of points scored, it's a thinly veiled 'look how well I played, and what I could have scored' type comment.
Don't want to be pedantic but a gross double for a 27.6 wouldn't be a blob.
Is the red mist clouding your thought process?
In my opinion, 7 out of 10 times you hear the word 'blob' in the same sentence as the total number of points scored, it's a thinly veiled 'look how well I played, and what I could have scored' type comment.
Don't want to be pedantic but a gross double for a 27.6 wouldn't be a blob.
Is the red mist clouding your thought process?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
A 6 on a par 4 with no shot would go down on the card I mark as a 6, nett 6, 0 points. If the hole wasn't finished (stableford) then a line in the score column and a 0 in the points. If strokeplay then the whole card is NR.
I'll almost always pick up if I can't score in a stableford - unless its a tap-in.
I'll almost always pick up if I can't score in a stableford - unless its a tap-in.
clubchamp07
Journeyman Pro
I never opened my mouth!!!!!!!!!
RGDave
Money List Winner
Don't want to be pedantic but a gross double for a 27.6 wouldn't be a blob.
Is the red mist clouding your thought process?
I'm talking about MY gross double.....his idea of being a good playing opponent was to call my double a blob....
RGDave
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You surprise me on this one John.
i.m.o. a "blob" is not finishing the hole because either you didn't or couldn't.
As a man who chases good scores I'd have put you in the "please mark my card for what is was" camp.
Yes, the red mist came down. In the golf world I live in (and enjoy) I call a good shot a good shot and a finished hole a finished hole.
I played with a newbie the other day (in a stableford) who desperately wanted to finish every hole. As we had no-one in front or behind, I agreed....come birdie or double-figure blow-out.
When he hit a good shot, I called it a good shot.....if I'd said "I'm not giving you a score, I'm blobbing you because you can't make a point"...what kind of a twit would that make me?
This bloke "wanted" to wind me up calling doubles with no strokes "blobs"....and yes, it wound me up. I admit it.
D
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A blob in my book is a hole where i've not finished as i couldn't score and have picked up to speed up the game.
I only "blob" if me taking another putt or two is going to hold people behind us up like today.
I only "blob" if me taking another putt or two is going to hold people behind us up like today.
RGDave
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Thanks. This is my way of thinking.
If I'm not going to score and the putt is a waste of time, I pick up.
Doesn't often happen, and didn't happen today.
I am 100% with J_F on this...
