Whats the difference?

[Parmo]

We have a fourball at our club who year in and out win winter fourball comps week in and out, The problem is they hardly win an individual comp in season. After winning four winter comps last year they all got cut by a shot and they started this winters golf by winning the team comps again. The worst bit is they where going to get cut again but we beat them by 0.1 That said they are good players just that they don't shine in medals.

 

[JustOne]

Out of interest, how many times would you need to shoot your h/cap or better to be considered a bandit?

 

[pokerjoke]

A BANDIT is a name given to someone who has just beaten you and you call him a BANDIT because your a bad loser,or hes just spoilt your weekend.

 

[jammydodger]

A BANDIT is a name given to someone who has just beaten you

Have you had someone call you a bandit after you've just trounced them then PJ. This seems like a post from the heart

I got 'done' by a 15 h/c last year who was 5 over after 17

Didnt think he was a bandit though , he just played very very well on the day (as did I) but I couldnt match him. He lost in the next round too.

A bandit is someone who consistently beats their h/c to take prizes/comps/money without receiving the necessary cuts.

A cheat is a lowlife who breaks the rules treating everyone else with contempt

 

[birdieman]

Bandits would tend to only play close to the minimum 3 cards in a year. If you return a normal amount of cards the handicapping system will sort you out.

As an example you could intentionally return poor scores for 20 rounds and only go up 2.0. Play one good game, say 5 under your handicap off a 21 handicap and you'll get cut 2.0.

There are not enough gains to be made by trying to play off a higher handicap than you should. Would anyone take one win then discount themselves from the next 20 matches to get their 2 shots back? Doesn't seem realsitic to me. Prizes don't differ that much trophy to trophy do they to forsake 20 sweeps and possible vouchers/prizes?

What are these big comps people are allegedly building handicaps for?

We all have our day in the sun once or twice a year, doesn't mean you're a bandit.

 

[Smiffy]

I played with a guy at Whittington Heath last year, 27 holes...9 in the morning followed by an 18 hole comp in the afternoon. He played off 18. Morning round he scored 21 points with a blob on the 9 holes. I was watching him and I don't think he missed a single bloody fairway.
Stopped for lunch, and in the afternoon, front 9, one blob again and another 21 points. That was 42 points off 18 holes with two blobs!!!....

Needless to say, the old gamesmanship came into play on the back 9 and I think he only scored about another 8 points
the bandit

 

[HomerJSimpson]

A bandit is the guy you see about three times a year, usually around the club championship, summer knockout qualifier and if the club has a major final appearance. Plays off anything between 5 and 10 and goes round level par. Never seen practicing or playing but does enough to keep his handicap and arrives just int ime to get his name in gold letters on the honours board before disappearing for another 11 months.

A greater spotted cheat is a knowing lowlife that will deliberately set out to break the rules to their advantage. The lesser spotted cheat will claim an ignorance of the rule when confronted. Both should be avoided at all cost.

 

[viscount17]

If you get called a bandit and they're smiling you know you've played well.
If they're not smiling - don't come back.

 

[GB72]

I have always seen the term 'bandit' as humorous term rather than an accusation. I have been accused of being one several times because on a good day when everything goes right I am capable of playing well under my handicap. That said, my handicap cannot be wrong as I handed in a card almost every week last season, good or bad, so cannot be seen as protecting it.

A cheat, on the other hand, is about the strongest accusation you can level on a golf course and relates to deliberate breaches of the rules of golf.

Now someone who protects their handicap is, in my opinion, a cheat and not a bandit.

 

[CrapHacker]

Last year, first year back, I practised, played 3 rounds on three different course, putting out and all that, and worked out a realistic handicap for myself of 18.

Then I let myself loose on the forum guys. First round at Chartham Park I played well and scored 34 points. And that was it - I never got above 30 points for the rest of the year.

But I've reassessed, I've got myself a couple of new clubs. I've got a game plan. I know what work I'm going to work on.

By the time we get to Walton Heath I have every intention of being able to play well to my handicap. I want, for that day if no other, to play like a bandit. I'll take any cut I earn, and live with it, even if I don't get within 10 shots of it for the rest of the year.

I don't see why I should want to cut myself before then, unless I play another 'serious' round to a high standard.

I think one of the best things about that improving stage of golf is that stage of being a 'bandit' as you work to get your handicap down. And I don't see anything wrong with winning a couple of medals on the way.

Being a bandit is ok as long as you take the cuts along the way. Being a cheat is something different, imo.