3-ball individual Stablefords are usually more sociable, and less likely to be held up all the time than a 2-ball following a load of 3-balls!
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3-ball individual Stablefords are usually more sociable, and less likely to be held up all the time than a 2-ball following a load of 3-balls!
PhilTheFragger
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3-ball individual Stablefords are usually more sociable, and less likely to be held up all the time than a 2-ball following a load of 3-balls!
Ideally Del, in a perfect world, But........
fundy
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Stop digging and give up Del, its getting quite boring you trying to backtrack. No reason why 3 ball or 2 ball for stableford comp hence no issue with the withdrawal from OP. Maybe in future think more about your first post on a thread if you intend to continually defend it
North Mimms
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Totally irrelevant.3-ball individual Stablefords are usually more sociable, and less likely to be held up all the time than a 2-ball following a load of 3-balls!
I'm still trying to undertand your statement that a 3 ball has to have at least 2 players in it. Where i come from, 2 players is a 2 ball
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I'm on our current comp committee
Start sheets are easily manageable by the clubs Preffered electronic booking system
So what you suggest involves a lot is actually easily done now
And there is certainly never any issues with someone pulling out 3 days before and only issue with someone pulling out in the morning is if they were a 2ball already - then it's just a case of moving things around a bit
Totally irrelevant.
I'm still trying to undertand your statement that a 3 ball has to have at least 2 players in it. Where i come from, 2 players is a 2 ball
If I enter a 3 ball Individual Stableford, I rather expect to be in a 3-ball playing group. If I end up in a 2-ball, I have one less companion to talk to, and will generally have to wait to play every shot, as 2-ball groups are, or should be, faster round the course than 3-balls.
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If I enter a 3 ball Individual Stableford, I rather expect to be in a 3-ball playing group. If I end up in a 2-ball, I have one less companion to talk to, and will generally have to wait to play every shot, as 2-balls groups are, or should be, faster round the course than 3-balls.
Tough. So if someone wakes up on the morning and is ill and can't play you'd still expect them to haul their carcass to the club just so you can have a third person to play with and it doesn't spoil your fun....Really?
NorfolkShaun
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If I enter a 3 ball Individual Stableford, I rather expect to be in a 3-ball playing group. If I end up in a 2-ball, I have one less companion to talk to, and will generally have to wait to play every shot, as 2-balls groups are, or should be, faster round the course than 3-balls.
To be honest we play 3-balls in medals and Stablefords, quite common to see two balls. Have never had a problem playing in either 2 or 3 balls. Only issue was when a friend of mine had both no show.
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If I enter a 3 ball Individual Stableford, I rather expect to be in a 3-ball playing group. If I end up in a 2-ball, I have one less companion to talk to, and will generally have to wait to play every shot, as 2-balls groups are, or should be, faster round the course than 3-balls.
And ? I reckon I would feel more sorry for your FC if you had to be in a 2 Ball
North Mimms
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Advantage of paying in a 2 ball- no-one for my FC to whisper to during my backswing!
AmandaJR
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If I enter a 3 ball Individual Stableford, I rather expect to be in a 3-ball playing group. If I end up in a 2-ball, I have one less companion to talk to, and will generally have to wait to play every shot, as 2-ball groups are, or should be, faster round the course than 3-balls.
It's not unusual for the entries to not be divisible by three though...what then?! We often have a couple of 2 ball groups at the front...as should happen tomorrow.
AmandaJR
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:rofl:
In one recent comp I had a late tee time. It was a wet day and a lot of players had pulled out. All the earlier starters had been regrouped and sent out, so when I arrived at the club, about 15 minutes before my starting time, I found I had nobody left to play with or act as marker. This was a bit disappointing, but at least I didn't get wet! 
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In one recent comp I had a late tee time. It was a wet day and a lot of players had pulled out. All the earlier starters had been regrouped and sent out, so when I arrived at the club, about 15 minutes before my starting time, I found I had nobody left to play with or act as marker. This was a bit disappointing, but at least I didn't get wet!
Lovely story - no use what so ever to the OP
In one recent comp I had a late tee time. It was a wet day and a lot of players had pulled out. All the earlier starters had been regrouped and sent out, so when I arrived at the club, about 15 minutes before my starting time, I found I had nobody left to play with or act as marker. This was a bit disappointing, but at least I didn't get wet!
Says more about your members and club organisation.
North Mimms
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Aw, that's not right! (Even if you were secretly glad)In one recent comp I had a late tee time. It was a wet day and a lot of players had pulled out. All the earlier starters had been regrouped and sent out, so when I arrived at the club, about 15 minutes before my starting time, I found I had nobody left to play with or act as marker. This was a bit disappointing, but at least I didn't get wet!
Someone should have been "kept back" to play with you
North Mimms
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Don't diss BPGC Homer!
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
In one recent comp I had a late tee time. It was a wet day and a lot of players had pulled out. All the earlier starters had been regrouped and sent out, so when I arrived at the club, about 15 minutes before my starting time, I found I had nobody left to play with or act as marker. This was a bit disappointing, but at least I didn't get wet!
The moral of that story is get to the club more than 15 minutes before tee-off time.
And it has little to do with the OP...AJ gave more than 3 days notice of withdrawal.
That should be enough for any competition at any club and if they can't cope with it then they are idiots and, as I alluded to earlier, should be taken out and shot.
How much notice do you want people to give..?
North Mimms
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I admit that if I was playing late in dodgy weather, I would turn up extra early in case they wanted to close up the field
NorfolkShaun
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How much notice do they want then Amanda?
