Golf world handicap system

[Returnofrros]

Gets on meh tits how folk abuse it.

Assssssholes

[BCram]

Glad to learn that something serious upsets you! Everything at Dens is hunky dory!

[Returnofrros]

Glad to learn that something serious upsets you! Everything at Dens is hunky dory!

By dens you mean the dilapidated sports arena that we don't own and which the club have decamped from?

Or Dundee FC whose temporary owners just couldn't give a flying **** about the fans or the footballing side

[BCram]

By dens you mean the dilapidated sports arena that we don't own and which the club have decamped from?

Or Dundee FC whose temporary owners just couldn't give a flying **** about the fans or the footballing side

Actually deliberately chose Dens to encompass what ever you wanted. I think the owners will be away and our team will still be playing at Dens. Saying that it sounds pretty wishful thinking but if we stick together we can see off these current custodians.

[BCram]

Wonder if we tried to help them get planning permission for Campy without the stadium if that might be a big enough incentive to disinvestment?

[islaydarkblue]

Gets on meh tits how folk abuse it.

Assssssholes

How does it work and why was it changed in the first place.

[Returnofrros]

How does it work and why was it changed in the first place.

So you can play from different marks at different courses......and so it was standardised world over.

Basically best 8 scores of last 20 but it jumps about a bit.

Gone are the days of going up 0.1

Imho it's exciting in that you can go up or down quickly but so open to abuse it's not true.

A cple of weeks ago my partner and I lost a club greensomes 3&2 to a 24 handicap and 33 handicap player

We played 6 under our greensomes handicap but lost to a team that played 12 under.🫣

I've never seen a 24 handicap and 33 handicap golfer go round a golf course without hitting 1 naff shot.

[islaydarkblue]

So you can play from different marks at different courses......and so it was standardised world over.

Basically best 8 scores of last 20 but it jumps about a bit.

Gone are the days of going up 0.1

Imho it's exciting in that you can go up or down quickly but so open to abuse it's not true.

A cple of weeks ago my partner and I lost a club greensomes 3&2 to a 24 handicap and 33 handicap player

We played 6 under our greensomes handicap but lost to a team that played 12 under.🫣

I've never seen a 24 handicap and 33 handicap golfer go round a golf course without hitting 1 naff shot.

These new rules certainly seems to encourage ‘bandits’ playing in match play golf competitions.
The simple solution in my opinion is to stop playing in match play competitions until this shambles gets sorted out.
The previous handicap system with people going up 0.1 or their handicap being reduced by 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 for each stroke under the Competition Standard Score (CSS) depending on their handicap category encouraged ‘pot hunters’.
It look a long time for golfers to get to their true handicap and in the meantime they won a lot of match play competitions.
Back then golfers could have their handicap reduced by reputation but it rarely happened.
I know of one member of Downfield GC who had their handicap of 18 reduced by reputation after this golfer qualified for the scratch section of the Craws Nest Tassie at Carnoustie.

[BP33]

These new rules certainly seems to encourage ‘bandits’ playing in match play golf competitions.
The simple solution in my opinion is to stop playing in match play competitions until this shambles gets sorted out.
The previous handicap system with people going up 0.1 or their handicap being reduced by 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 for each stroke under the Competition Standard Score (CSS) depending on their handicap category encouraged ‘pot hunters’.
It look a long time for golfers to get to their true handicap and in the meantime they won a lot of match play competitions.
Back then golfers could have their handicap reduced by reputation but it rarely happened.
I know of one member of Downfield GC who had their handicap of 18 reduced by reputation after this golfer qualified for the scratch section of the Craws Nest Tassie at Carnoustie.

Who was that?

[islaydarkblue]

Who was that?

His name was Kevin Egan.