Would you have carried on....

[Smiffy]

Bet I wasn't the only one that thought it was you.

I think one of my rounds at Highwoods last year was about forty over gross, but 70 over????????

 

[Banchory Buddha]

We play 5-over-par-pickup for medals and it works fine.

That literally isn't how medals work

 

[IanM]

That literally isn't how medals work

....it can work, if that's the way they want it to work, but "it's not no medal!"

 

[SteveJay]

That literally isn't how medals work

But it should work, as clearly this guy is not going to be in the running for a prize, and for WHS his 18 would only be treated as a net double bogey, so why shouldn't he have picked up sooner, recorded an NR for that hole and gave his partners, and those behind him, a chance to enjoy their round too.

 

[Oddsocks]

I didn’t know @Bratty was off 20?

He was recently cut

 

[Baldy Bouncer]

Think the guy should be looking to play a different sport/pastime with those nightmare scores.

 

[Smiffy]

His scorecard read...
8,18,6,5,9,6,9,10,5,8,7,11,5,6,12,6,5,6.
Total 142, par 72.
Not one par, (or birdie come to that)...
????

 

[Oddsocks]

I think he deserves a cuddle and a beer for having the determination to carry on. Fair play but I feel for the guys in his group.

 

[Bratty]

I didn’t know @Bratty was off 20?

I'll have you know I had 21 points for the front 9 in this morning's stableford. 14 on the back though, so rather average overall! But it's coming.
To the OP's question, I would have nr'd after the 2nd highest score, but carried on playing, picking up on every hole I was out of in stableford format.

 

[Golfnut1957]

That literally isn't how medals work

Why?

 

[Sats]

Tell the poor bloke to join the snooker club instead, I get you sometimes have a blow out on medal, but 70 over's ridiculous, how bad is he?

 

[Blue in Munich]

His scorecard read...
8,18,6,5,9,6,9,10,5,8,7,11,5,6,12,6,5,6.
Total 142, par 72.
Not one par, (or birdie come to that)...
????

I'm waiting for the bit where you come back & tell us he was DQ'd for signing for a score lower than he took Rob...

 

[Marshy77]

Even in medal is there any point carrying on being in the comp after scoring an 18 on the 2nd hole? Carry on with the round but surely you're just dragging the round out for everyone in that group.

 

[garyinderry]

Imagine being behind this guy.

This person probably isnt ready for competition golf but the powers that be encouraged this by handing out ridiculous handicaps.

 

[Jigger]

if you'd taken 51 shots over 4 holes.....
Made up of an 18, 12, 11 and 10.
Playing off 20, finishing with a Gross 142, that's 70 over.

I remember being 40 over by 14 off 22 and I never hit another shot, walked the remainder, marking my partners card. I then never touched a ball for two weeks and had a weekly lesson for 4 beforI played again.

 

[Backache]

If I was playing and particularly marking a card I would not walk in or give up.
However for the sake of everyone's sanity I would probably just play each hole no further than net double bogey.

 

[BrianM]

Maybe give him some guidance and encouragement , I’m pretty sure he’s in a hell hole already and trying to save some sort of face.

 

[4LEX]

Is this G-Mac in the latest LIV Tour Event?

 

[Banchory Buddha]

But it should work, as clearly this guy is not going to be in the running for a prize, and for WHS his 18 would only be treated as a net double bogey, so why shouldn't he have picked up sooner, recorded an NR for that hole and gave his partners, and those behind him, a chance to enjoy their round too.

How do you know? He's off a 44 handicap, he shoots 5 over on one hole, that's not a big deal with that many shots in the tank, indeed it'd be expected of someone that poor. A medal is a medal, but all means pick up on a duff hole, but you're posting an NR

 

[Banchory Buddha]

Why?

You can't pick up, unless you're posting an NR. You can't just go "oh that's a quintuple bogey".