robinthehood
Hacker
Why bother with keeping a handicap then?
Pathetic Shark
Tour Rookie
Handicap cut but I'll happily take any prize that comes along with it so long as it's nothing to do with socks.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Given that my handicap is pretty much correct it has to be a win.
I do like winning best gross in our senior comps just for the kudos and they do not always mean a handicap cut.
I do like winning best gross in our senior comps just for the kudos and they do not always mean a handicap cut.
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.
This for me ðŸ‘ðŸ»
robinthehood
Hacker
For those wanting a cut over a win, why do you have a handicap at all? Seeing as the point is to enable you to compete in competitions.
rksquire
Head Pro
A win without question - a win is an indication that on that day with your handicap you played the best golf (comparatively) out of everyone in the field. Plus, it's easier for others (non golfing colleagues!) to understand... "I won the comp at the weekend" vs "Played golf, wasn't in the prizes, but got a nice cut to my handicap"
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
That sleeve of balls and bottle of wine will be gone in couple of bad holes for the balls and 38 minutes for the wine, the Cut? now that might last a few months
Your handicap is an indication of where you are at. If you reach a point where you are proud of your h/c or you believe you can get no better then a win would take more meaning. Until that point, I am striving to improve my handicap as that is a better test of my golf than beating the other people around me. If I score 40 points, get a cut and come 3rd in a comp that means more than 32 points and winning. I'm playing against myself first off, the other people in the comp second.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Win every time. Who gives a rats about handicap
A cut. Enough cuts will include a number of wins. People don't ask you how many wins you've had, they ask you your handicap.
robinthehood
Hacker
But you don't need a handicap to measure your progress. You'd be better of spending the entry fee on a bucket of balls....
robinthehood
Hacker
If I play in a comp my friends and family will ask if I won . No one has ever asked if I got a cut....
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
And after about 5 years of asking, will give up. 150 odd guys, minimum enter the comps at my place. It is ridiculously hard to win one, so the answer will be no, every time.
My wife is the same.
My daughter will ask how many points I got. Less than 36 results in her rolling her eyes.
For me, everytime I play I hope to get cut. If I get down to scratch comps (I won't) then I would rather the win.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I dunno, if I texted my wife that I scored 40pts I'm pretty sure she'd reply asking if that meant I'd get a cut before she'd ask if I won (but then she knows how much I want to get cut)
A bucket of balls doesn't tell you anything. I'm a single figure golfer at the range
. Your handicap tells you exactly where you are at. If you play often enough it doesn't lie.I'm amazed family and work colleagues ask about people's golf results. No one at my work cares about golf, they would glaze over if I ever started to talk about a weekend comp. Even family are disinterested. My wife wants a simple, 'I played okay' and me to smile. She really doesn't care any more than that so that is all I ever say. The rest never ask, ever.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Did you win? Did you win more ******* glassware?
Thats all my wife has ever asked when I come back from golf lol
So a win if the prize is not glassware, otherwise Ill take the cut
Thats all my wife has ever asked when I come back from golf lol
So a win if the prize is not glassware, otherwise Ill take the cut
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Deleted member 21258
Guest
Exactly that.That's funny.
aka You failure, you have let me down again Dad
Most of us are usually impressed when we watch the pros lag a monster putt or knock a chip to inches on the TV.
Not Isabelle. If it isn't in the hole it's rubbish! 😂😂
robinthehood
Hacker
Not really, maybe under uhs it will, but the current system moves to slowly to be a real barometer of your game.A bucket of balls doesn't tell you anything. I'm a single figure golfer at the range
I'm amazed family and work colleagues ask about people's golf results. No one at my work cares about golf, they would glaze over if I ever started to talk about a weekend comp. Even family are disinterested. My wife wants a simple, 'I played okay' and me to smile. She really doesn't care any more than that so that is all I ever say. The rest never ask, ever.
