Colin L
Tour Winner
I know that, but I'm not sure how that helps in terms of ensuring that as far as possible your handicap matches your proven ability. More counting rounds, particularly in competition would help that.
No disagreement that keeping up a steady return of scores is essential to maintaining a handicap index that reflects current ability. The question really is whether the "scores" in certain formats are reliable. In my limited world of club golf, all my social games are matchplay and that is a bit limiting. I tried returning a general play score from a bounce four ball match - holing everything out. It wasn't too bad but you have to consider that I'm not a particularly competitive person or a good enough golfer to have a quiver of shots to choose from depending on the situation. There is a serious tactical limitation in looking at a GPS watch, guessing a club and then hitting and hoping. In short, keeping a proper score in a match isn't likely to affect my gameplay or strategy. You can't affect that which doesn't exist.
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