Dibby
Assistant Pro
Dunno, the fella who said it to me was the Pro at Sandiway.
Doing the maths, they would already have 36 putts, as such to play with, so if a par of 72 they would have an extra 28. So in effect 64 putts to end up with 100 shots.
64 divided by 18 is 3.55 putts per green.
3 or 4 putts on every green? Not impossible, but I havent played on Augusta's greens. They are notorious though and is the same stimp as the masters, dont think it would be too far away. I'd say breaking 90 would be good in that situation, put it that way.
Are you taking it as that they are starting on the front of the green and counting the number of shots it would have been to be a GIR?
Not having heard the statement before, I took it at face value of the handicapper starting on the front of the green, which would give 5.55 putts per green, so basically they could 6 putt 9 greens, 5 putt the rest and still make it with a shot to spare.