pbrown7582
Money List Winner
I would personally withdraw and leave the trophy not won this year, theres no satisfaction in winning without actually playing a single match.
Winning a Knock out comp without playing a single game
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Rooter
Money List Winner
Nah, i would take the trophy and would be all over twitter and here with pictures of me spraying champagne everywhere, drinking from the trophy, going to bed with it. All without saying a word about how it was won. Only chance i will ever have of winning one, so i would bask in the glory of being club knockout champ!
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Excellent !!!! 
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
Nah, i would take the trophy and would be all over twitter and here with pictures of me spraying champagne everywhere, drinking from the trophy, going to bed with it. All without saying a word about how it was won. Only chance i will ever have of winning one, so i would bask in the glory of being club knockout champ!
After you got pelters at presentation evening as no doubt everyone would be aware of how you won it.
Rooter
Money List Winner
After you got pelters at presentation evening as no doubt everyone would be aware of how you won it.
Not my internet friends, they would bow down toward me as some kind of demi god.
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
I dont play in them for the same reason . to hard to organise most of time .. We had no matchplay comps this yr , scratch or handicap because of things like this ,
people didnt adhere to dates, over 50% didnt even pay because they didnt insist on payment upfront, so when they got knocked out they didnt bother , the 2014 scratch final was played March this yr ( mainly due to all 4 semi finalists being on a team that did really well in 2014 & were involved in that right up to Oct ) IMO they still should have had to stick to comp rules tho .
You'd find a way to get yourself DQ'd in the final anyway
Bigfoot
Tour Rookie
We always have to pay for entry and it pays for the winnings but I have not had any difficulty arranging singles ever. We only had a bit of trouble with our pairs semi final as it was at the end of August/start of September. All four of us had holidays booked that overlapped.
I did know of one person who emigrated without telling anyone. He was dq'ed when he could not be contacted after the round closure date, so not much of a problem but it took a long time for us to work out what had happened !
I did know of one person who emigrated without telling anyone. He was dq'ed when he could not be contacted after the round closure date, so not much of a problem but it took a long time for us to work out what had happened !
Old Skier
Tour Winner
That's our rule. Pay before the draw or no entry. (Refunds are not available)
ChrisB0210
Assistant Pro
As someone that has won a club knockout this year, I'm glad that I won it without any walkovers as I think it would have lessened my achievement.
In the pairs knockout, my partner & I received a w/o due to one of our opponents being injured, but promptly did the decent thing and lost our tie in the next round!
We do charge an entry fee for all knockouts at our club and as far as I know very few ties end in w/o's, although I'm aware that some of the more particular members have claimed ties rather than seek an extension where their opponent has been unavailable to play by the deadline.
In the pairs knockout, my partner & I received a w/o due to one of our opponents being injured, but promptly did the decent thing and lost our tie in the next round!
We do charge an entry fee for all knockouts at our club and as far as I know very few ties end in w/o's, although I'm aware that some of the more particular members have claimed ties rather than seek an extension where their opponent has been unavailable to play by the deadline.
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Did one of ye injure your oppo on purpose or something ? I don't understand the highlighted bit otherwise ..
ChrisB0210
Assistant Pro
No, didn't injure him on purpose, I was meaning doing the decent thing by losing after having had a walkover...
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Deleted member 15344
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Sorry did you lose on purpose because you had a walkover in your previous tie ?!
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Sorry mate shoulda stuck a smiley face in there .. I wouldn't say there was any expectation on u to lose on purpose , it was not ur fault that you won that way ..
Totally up to ye tho & if that what u wanted to do , not anyone elses place to tell u otherwise
ChrisB0210
Assistant Pro
Hell, no! Lost on the last, we had a putt lip out that would have taken it to extra holes had it dropped 
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Had my finest season in the knockouts this year. Got to round 3. One bye and one walkover. Result 
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Didnt make it to round four.
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Old Skier
Tour Winner
Part of the problem - always make it clear when matches are played by and that there are no extensions right from entry then everyone knows where they stand.
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
Personally I see this approach as creating the problem!
The minute you take any personal assessment of the situation out of the core equation (who goes through) you open up the situation to manipulation.
The whole idea of such events at club level is to meet people and play golf; manipulating your availability around a fixed set of rules in order to progress to the next round becomes common place in the absence of appropriate flexibility and the existence of judgement calls on who goes through (based on 10+ years committee work at 2 completely different clubs).
Common situations such as players away for 2 weeks each over a 4 week slot but able to both play the first available date into the next round, should be played not coin tossed. (Note there should always be 5 weekends available in my opinion as well - start earlier and finish later, or limit entry otherwise).
The only reason for finals not to be played are death or leaving the club.
Old Skier
Tour Winner
Fortunately for our club it solved the problem.
