Will Scorecards For Comps Soon Be Redundant?

[peld]

Interesting issue occurred in our Wed Stableford at my club this week. I dashed to the tee swapped score cards with my playing partner (who wasn't in the Comp), declared that I was in the Comp & proceeded to play. Halfway round in a hailstorm we hid in the Halfway House where my playing partner told me I had 17 points on the front nine. I hadn't looked at my phone since leaving the car park so looked to see if I'd actually booked in on HDID. I hadn't!
My partner said it wouldn't matter as I declared entry on the 1st Tee & he had scored my round accordingly.
I received a snooty email from the Club Captain with a cc to the Secretary & Vice-Captain admonishing me for failing to log-in before my round, with the inference I was cheating in doing so. I explained the above to them & scanned my signed card (attached) only for them to DQ me from the Comp & delete my round for handicap purposes!

Beware, the online Police are after us...

shouldnt you have got 3 points on the 3rd (SI3) hole with your par?? perhaps they DQ'd you for signing for a wrong score!

 

[Voyager EMH]

You had an etch a sketch . I am so envious all they gave us was chalk and a piece of slate.

Luxury!

 

[williamalex1]

Why are millions of voting ballot papers being counted within 12 hours, when golf score cards can't be touched/counted for at least 72 hours

 

[Tashyboy]

You had an etch a sketch . I am so envious all they gave us was chalk and a piece of slate.

We could swop the four yorkshiremen monty python sketch for the four golfers sketch ?

 

[NearHull]

Interesting issue occurred in our Wed Stableford at my club this week. I dashed to the tee swapped score cards with my playing partner (who wasn't in the Comp), declared that I was in the Comp & proceeded to play. Halfway round in a hailstorm we hid in the Halfway House where my playing partner told me I had 17 points on the front nine. I hadn't looked at my phone since leaving the car park so looked to see if I'd actually booked in on HDID. I hadn't!
My partner said it wouldn't matter as I declared entry on the 1st Tee & he had scored my round accordingly.
I received a snooty email from the Club Captain with a cc to the Secretary & Vice-Captain admonishing me for failing to log-in before my round, with the inference I was cheating in doing so. I explained the above to them & scanned my signed card (attached) only for them to DQ me from the Comp & delete my round for handicap purposes

Isn’t sheltering from weather an issue?

 

[Voyager EMH]

We could swop the four yorkshiremen monty python sketch for the four golfers sketch ?

The sketch was written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman and originally performed on their TV series At Last the 1948 Show in 1967.

Lived in Wakefield from 1967 to 1971 so perhaps I could play one of the parts of the four golfers.

 

[Tashyboy]

The sketch was written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman and originally performed on their TV series At Last the 1948 Show in 1967.

Lived in Wakefield from 1967 to 1971 so perhaps I could play one of the parts of the four golfers.

Golf Monthly’s Take on four Yorkshireman aka Four golfers.
1, Voyager EMH aka Obadiah.
2,
3,
4,
Insert name above, must have a Yorkshire link.
Choose your name Obadiah, Ezekiel, Josiah, and Hezekiah;
?

 

[BiMGuy]

Tablet at the back of every green. As you walk off, it knows it's you from your retina scan, you tell it how many shots you have taken. Anything over net double, it laughs at you. If appropriate, it tells you to get a "blankety blank" move on!! On the 18th it tells you how you did and updates the newly reinstated CONGU Handicap System. WHS of course was abandoned following the PCC/Course Rating riots of 2026.

It's the future. You heard it here first.

Nah. Every club and ball will have sensors that automatically calculate your score as you play.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Well, who would've thought, forty year ago, we'd be sitting here, talking about hand-held computers replacing scorecards?

 

[clubchamp98]

Nah. Every club and ball will have sensors that automatically calculate your score as you play.

Ball would self destruct as soon as you have used your shot allowance.
So long walk back from 15th.

 

[IanM]

Now you're getting creative!

 

[clubchamp98]

Balls that self destruct after 3 hrs 55 mins.
Just to speed things up.

 

[Tashyboy]

Balls that self destruct after 3 hrs 55 mins.
Just to speed things up.

My balls would blow up if I was still going after 3 hrs 55 ?

 

[BubbaP]

Balls that self destruct after 3 hrs 55 mins.
Just to speed things up.

I spot a flaw in your plan (for many golfers) ?

 

[clubchamp98]

My balls would blow up if I was still going after 3 hrs 55 ?

Think you have your forums mixed up Tash.

 

[Tashyboy]

Think you have your forums mixed up Tash.

Deffo, the other forum you get a good thrashing not an infraction. ?

 

[davidy233]

Well, who would've thought, forty year ago, we'd be sitting here, talking about hand-held computers replacing scorecards?

I'm sure we were promised jet packs by 2000 - they are late

 

[tobybarker]

Why is this a major problem?

If you are winning a football match 2-0 with 5 minutes to go, you can play conservative to see out time to win. In pretty much every sport you know what the score is. In professional golf there are scoreboards all over the course. In match play you know the score. I cannot fathom why knowing the score is a problem.

Because it's an advantage not open to those without a phone or the ability to use one? (If you see it as an advantage, of course)

 

[tobybarker]

I'm sure we were promised jet packs by 2000 - they are late

Not true...look them up on YouTube

 

[davidy233]

Not true...look them up on YouTube

I know they exist now - like smart phones for older golfers - but they aren't as available to the ordinary person