At no point is one "great big Differential" going to be one of your best eight. If it ends up counting, it's because your other rounds are equally bad and worse. Either way it's not adversely affecting your handicap.
Because nobody ever misses a 4 footer........
More than that, it makes the assumption that I only play that format once every 20 games.
My partner sticks their second shot stiff, and they have a tap in birdie with a shot. Meanwhile, I chip my second out of a bush and still have 150 yards to green. After my 3rd I am 20 yards from the green, in the bunker. I'd really love to just pick up now, let my partner finish out, and we can move on. However, do I really need to keep playing until I've had at least 6 shots (assume I get a shot as well)?
No, at no point do you need to continue playing any given hole when your partner has it covered. MLS specifies how many strokes should be added to those already made. In your example, you'd simply pick up and add 3 or 4 strokes depending on the difficulty of your bunker shot and your general ability (or you'd have picked up earlier and done the same).
Surely 4BBB rounds could never be included as WHS qualifiers as only the best ball is recorded...and the other might be no reflection whatsoever of the ability of the player.
They already are included in many jurisdictions, including USGA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand (and Ireland).
There seems to be some misunderstanding of what gets recorded, so let's try it this way - only your actual scores for completed holes, and MLS scores where you have picked up, get recorded for you; i.e. none of your partners hole scores get recorded for you and the resultant score is entirely your own.
Even though you could hole the bunker shot or get up and down for a 5..but, because your PP is already in for a 3, you get penalised, potentially, 2 or 3 shots..
Even though you could hole the bunker shot or get up and down for a 5..but, because your PP is already in for a 3, you get penalised, potentially, 2 or 3 shots..
Sounds perfectly fair to me........
It called "Most Likely Score", not "Almost Certain Score" or "Fantasy Score".
I think you were right 2nd time...
I've never been a fan of "Most Likely Score". I've played fourball better ball plenty of times where my partner (or even me sometimes) have only contributed once or twice in the entire round. I've played games were my partner has been absolutely woeful (or I've been very steady). I've also had other rounds where my partner has had a high handicapper and been unbelievable on many holes, getting onto greens in regulation with an extra shot on nearly every hole. It makes my round pretty much meaningless, and probably means I go round in 5-10 shots more than I need to because I just pick up very early in hole, or don't need to concentrate on a chip or a putt, etc.
If you could try and express yourself without resorting to insults, that would be grand.
