Win or Handicap cut

[Deleted member 21258]

What would you rather see at the weekend comp.

You win with a 'poor' score and no handicap cut(as say the weather conditions are terrible and your 34 points or net 76 is enough to win)

or

Not a win but a handicap cut due to everyone else scoring well

 

[Imurg]

Handicap cut.
Apparently many prizes aren't worth winning....even 50 quid

 

[Slab]

Said it for ages, at the end of year prize giving I'd rather win 'Most Improved' rather than 'Club Champs' (nett obviously)

I'll take the cut any day

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Handicap cut every time. I can't control what others score but want to shoot the best score I can every time I play

 

[Deleted member 21258]

I went with win.

 

[hacker_al]

Handicap cut for me

 

[Springveldt]

Win for me. Simply because I've won 1 competition in my 4 years of membership but I've had numerous handicap cuts.

In reality though, there is no way of winning at my place without getting a pretty good handicap cut. Most weeks the winner is at least 5 under par or over 40 points.

 

[Coffey]

Handicap cut for me.

Thats what I play for, to improve.

A win is lovely but its not like im gonna turn pro off the winnings.

I practice hard to see improvements and that pays off through getting a nice cut.

 

[bobmac]

Cheque please

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I went with win.

So shallow .

A cut for me but then i'm a high h/c and that is the priority. If I was a better golfer then I would probably go win.

 

[Garush34]

Went with the handicap cut, would rather get the handicap as low as possible. Wins are nice but not something I set out to do.

 

[TheJezster]

I make no bones about it, I am competitive, I play sports to win. If by doing so, I get cut then great. I step out onto the field of play wanting to win, not simply take part.

Wanting to win isn't something to hide behind, there is no shame in it. I get the impression sometimes that some people think it is or there is something wrong with saying so. It isn't, there isn't anything wrong with it.

I love a good competition and to come out on top is the sweetest feeling.

 

[Coffey]

I make no bones about it, I am competitive, I play sports to win. If by doing so, I get cut then great. I step out onto the field of play wanting to win, not simply take part.

Wanting to win isn't something to hide behind, there is no shame in it. I get the impression sometimes that some people think it is or there is something wrong with saying so. It isn't, there isn't anything wrong with it.

I love a good competition and to come out on top is the sweetest feeling.

I feel like getting a handicap cut is a win.

It is a win against myself to show I am improving.

One of the beautiful things about golf. Not beating the field does not mean you haven't won. You can beat the course that day, get a lovely cut and be delighted about it.

 

[robinthehood]

Why enter a comp if you dont want to win? I'll take the W thanks.

 

[IanM]

Win.

Any cut will take care of itself.

 

[gojrno1]

I'll always enter a competition with the aim of winning it, however, it is also about improving your handicap

 

[TheJezster]

I feel like getting a handicap cut is a win.

It is a win against myself to show I am improving.

One of the beautiful things about golf. Not beating the field does not mean you haven't won. You can beat the course that day, get a lovely cut and be delighted about it.

Actually, it very much does. Beating the field means you HAVE won. Don't get me wrong, playing well and getting cut is very satisfying, but it isn't winning. Only winning is winning ;-)

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I make no bones about it, I am competitive, I play sports to win. If by doing so, I get cut then great. I step out onto the field of play wanting to win, not simply take part.

Wanting to win isn't something to hide behind, there is no shame in it. I get the impression sometimes that some people think it is or there is something wrong with saying so. It isn't, there isn't anything wrong with it.

I love a good competition and to come out on top is the sweetest feeling.

This is a bit corny but when you aren't that great, I'm not, then you are playing against yourself each week, you really are. What the rest do is irrelevant to me, can I beat my handicap is my own test.

No issue with your stand. In my previous 2 sports I would have trampled over my gran to win a game, not really gran but I'm trying to make a point , but golf is more social for me and I don't worry about what anyone else is doing. If I was a proper golfer I would be in your camp

 

[USER1999]

Taking pride in winning a handicap comp is a bit weird. So you played better than every one else? Not really. So you played better relative to your handicap than everybody else played relative to theirs? Yes.

Also, you can play your best ever golf, and lose, or play some bang average stuff, and win. It is a strange game. It's not like tennis or such, where you play the guy at the other end of the court, and can influence their game with yours.

Cut for me.

 

[Slab]

This is a bit corny but when you aren't that great, I'm not, then you are playing against yourself each week, you really are. What the rest do is irrelevant to me, can I beat my handicap is my own test.

No issue with your stand. In my previous 2 sports I would have trampled over my gran to win a game, not really gran but I'm trying to make a point , but golf is more social for me and I don't worry about what anyone else is doing. If I was a proper golfer I would be in your camp

Actually quite liking the sound of Granny Trampling as a sport, not suggesting your Gran but there must be a few out there looking for a day out. But it would probably just end up behind a Paywall and wouldn't attract new players at grassroots level (prob have a daft dress-code too)