Excuses for being a dirty SANDBAGGER!!!!!

[Sean2]

I post all of my rounds, good, bad or indifferent, even the one's where I occasionally get the, are you sure you want to post this score message. I won't know my true handicap if I don't post all scores.

[sciggs]

We used to have a guy like that before they implemented that you could not post a score when playing by yourself. He was a 1-3 handicap, and would routinely post scores in the 80s during the week when playing by himself, and then always shot 68-76 on the weekends in the money games. That got shutdown pretty quickly....

[C6 Snowboarder]

In one of the clubs in which I belong - we are talking having a Our Club only competition handicap for our events. We would capture all our event scores using Golf Genius -- figure everyone handicap based on scores posted at our club only. So we would not care what they do at other courses or recreational rounds. This all because of one guy who joined LAST YEAR.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

Some people play better under pressure. Lol

You could suggest that his practice putts should come AFTER he holes out.

[sciggs]

Yeah, this guy has been accused of doing this for 30 years (I'm only 32 years old). He's so worried about losing his $5 Nassau that he would just sandbag his scores during the week to get his handicap right for the weekend rounds for our points style dogfight. Really a shame. For me, my handicap is a personal pride thing where I post every score and my end goal is to get it as low as possible.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

It’s funny, but winning $5 Nassau from one’s buddies means more to some people than earning a million a year.

[Jonr44]

I have a buddy who either sand bags or when he is having a great round takes one or twin mulligans.

[nsxguy]

Not that a -8 net isn't an exceptional round but what was his differential for the round ?

That's what really determines an "exceptional score".

We had a regular at our club some 20 years ago that was a 13. He played almost every Sunday and we knew his handicap was legit. One Sunday he shot an even par round. Kind of unbelievable. He never approached anything near that again.

[nsxguy]

LMAO

What about substituting "open heart surgery" for "coronavirus" ? Would that work ? LOL

I happen to be in that exact situation right now. My 1st 20 rounds when I started up again almost doubled my handicap, 5.1 to a high of 9.3. I may have been the first ever under the new WHS to have the soft cap applied.

Now I'm getting much stronger and my 'cap is dropping almost every time I play (currently 7.5).

[Shilgy]

It is still called peer review. Do you point out to your handicap committee or even your pro about these unposted rounds?

[lchang]

Seems like a pretty raw deal for the 12. (and the 10!)

[HatsForBats]

Rating and slope? https://ncrdb.usga.org/

[Londoner]

They're happy. We throw the balls up and play better ball matchplay as the main game with a small individual side bet. The money goes round in circles.

[lchang]

Well that's what matters (that people are happy).

That the team matches are mostly a wash makes sense. That the individual side bets of the 12 vs the 7 are anywhere close to even is shocking.

[nsxguy]

Just curious. When the 10 & 12 are partners, what percentage of the time would you say they win ?

[Londoner]

Not often. Maybe 1 in 4 or 5. They have to dovetail well and one of the singles be off. Rarely much in it though they're "good" 10 &12 just prone to the odd error.

Tee distances very close.

[lchang]

Personally, I’d hate to be in a position to lose 80% of the time. But as long as they’re “happy” about it...

[Londoner]

I'm the 10 and I'm happy. My pal is the 8 and if it's just the 2 of us we play scratch.

If its medal or stableford then shots apply. We've all been single figures so have the shots in our locker. Just harder to find these days. ?