Could a 4 cap beat Lydia Ko?

[Tasals]

If you enforce pace of play penalties on Ko id take her by like 20 shots.

[Shilgy]

8 hours ago, ThinkingPlus said:

The first 3 rounds this past week, Lydia played equivalent to a +2.5.  How many of the +2s here on WRX think they are going to lose to a 4?

How long’s the course? 😂

 

Funny how all of a sudden that question sounds stupid when it’s male vs male. 
 

I have never understood this thread, or more accurately the previous version, but it’s always worth a laugh.

[Shilgy]

3 hours ago, GunGun said:

This is so funny how many men think that girls play worse golf. A solid 0 would lose to a LPGA pro 9 out of 10 times. A 4 hcp would lose to Lydia even if she was using irons only... 

 

I have played with pro women players and they are not any worse than the best men I have played with. Personally I think there are few LPGA players that could do fairly in some PGA events. Any PGA player would be proud to have the short game Lydia Ko showed on Sunday.

I know high school girls the 0 is not going to beat. 
 

Some guys just don’t think clearly when they use little brain.

[andrieddle]

Yes, if Lydia is playing left handed.

[JungleJimbo]

16 hours ago, m d g said:

Yes.

 

When she turns 60, but not a day before : )

@cardoustie: If not Lydia Ko... would you have a chance against 51-year-old Annika?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_Sörenstam

[jomatty]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

@cardoustie: If not Lydia Ko... would you have a chance against 51-year-old Annika?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_Sörenstam

A better question and still a solid no..didn’t she just shoot -1 over 4 rounds at lake Nona?  Math says a 4 cap can’t do that.  
 

as to the wrestalmania question, ko would clearly not get disqualified.  She is  an honest competitor and would use her wrestling skills to defeat all three mini Ditkas...

[BombinJim]

Perhaps if Lydia was hungover and the 4 cap played the best round of his life on his home course which Lydia has never seen, he might win 1 out of 10 times.

[CDLgolf]

The 2 ladies that finished in last at T70 shot +6 for the week.

 

Would a 4 hdcp break +20  for the week ?

[Bad9]

19 hours ago, Kdaniel72 said:

On a shorter course I don’t see a 3 or a 4 capper beating her. On a 7,700 yard course I think it will be a toss if that 3 or 4 capper is legit.  I just have never played with a legit 3 or 4 handicapper. 

 

If you did then you would realize they still wouldn't stand much of a chance regardless of course length

[Bad9]

12 hours ago, GunGun said:

This is so funny how many men think that girls play worse golf. A solid 0 would lose to a LPGA pro 9 out of 10 times. A 4 hcp would lose to Lydia even if she was using irons only... 

 

I have played with pro women players and they are not any worse than the best men I have played with. Personally I think there are few LPGA players that could do fairly in some PGA events. Any PGA player would be proud to have the short game Lydia Ko showed on Sunday.

I have played with a US college scholarship player who never had any aspirations of turning pro. She's better than 99.99% of all the male golfers I have seen including a bunch that have finished highly in the Canadian Amateur.

[UncleJohn’sBand]

6 hours ago, CDLgolf said:

The 2 ladies that finished in last at T70 shot +6 for the week.

 

Would a 4 hdcp break +20  for the week ?

 

We talking two rounds, or four?

 

I'd bet the over on +20 for two rounds for the dreaded DFL-MC combo

[CDLgolf]

59 minutes ago, UncleJohn’sBand said:

 

We talking two rounds, or four?

 

I'd bet the over on +20 for two rounds for the dreaded DFL-MC combo

 

You're probably right. They finished +6 for the week. 4 rounds.

[cardia10]

Have played with a former 125ish ranked LPGA pro who still plays about 4 tournaments a year. Played Valhalla from men tees and she shot 72 first time playing the course and lipped out or burned the edge on 5 putts. Next best player in our group was scratch and he shot 84. The consistency in any pro's game is sickening. I did beat her at finding balls in the rough and woods though as I spent all day there. I count that as a win.

[aenemated]

If we go by Ty Webb rules - I win every time. 

[farmer]

12 hours ago, BombinJim said:

Perhaps if Lydia was hungover and the 4 cap played the best round of his life on his home course which Lydia has never seen, he might win 1 out of 10 times.

If "Lydia was waay drunk".  FIFY

[buckI]

Maybe at bowling or stock picking!

[miamistomp]

 Maybe if she only played with 3 wood and a putter

[lchang]

On 4/5/2021 at 1:10 PM, TiScape said:

And I’d imagine a +2 here isn’t just .5 away from Ko or another +2.5 or better LPGA star. That’s a +2.5 in professional, internationally televised tournament golf with 100s of thousands of dollars at stake. Slightly different nerves involved there than a round at the club or a ‘club championship’. 

And remember, those first 3 of Ko's rounds would represent the average of the best 8 of the +2.5-capper's recent 20 rounds.

[Shilgy]

1 hour ago, lchang said:

And remember, those first 3 of Ko's rounds would represent the average of the best 8 of the +2.5-capper's recent 20 rounds.

Technically true....but.....a wrx certified tournament tested +2.5 would shoot -5 or better any round he plays. Even better if they move back beyond the tips.

 

 

I mean geez, has no one ever read the original thread for crying’ out loud?😳

[Aviador Naval]

3 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Technically true....but.....a wrx certified tournament tested +2.5 would shoot -5 or better any round he plays. Even better if they move back beyond the tips.

 

 

I mean geez, has no one ever read the original thread for crying’ out loud?😳

 

Same question I've been asking for 3 pages...  Quite a few folks have clearly missed the intended connection or need to do some serious work on expressing sarcasm in their writing.

 

[mosesgolf]

A male 4 has ZERO chance of ever shooting a 62 at Mission Hills under the same conditions in which Lydia did it..   Lydia is a former #1 and currently #11. So a male 3 or 4 would be the 11th best female on planet earth?  LMAO

 

Its so comical the level of ignorance I see here every week. 

[cardia10]

7 hours ago, mosesgolf said:

A male 4 has ZERO chance of ever shooting a 62 at Mission Hills under the same conditions in which Lydia did it..   Lydia is a former #1 and currently #11. So a male 3 or 4 would be the 11th best female on planet earth?  LMAO

 

Its so comical the level of ignorance I see here every week. 

I’d say a 4 person male team of scratch to 5 handicaps would do well to shoot 72 as best ball under tournament conditions. 

[NetBogey]

 Isn’t the intent of the handicap system to neutralize the playing field regardless of gender, how far one hits the ball, length of course etc. so if the two are playing the same course and conditions. No way, I found an article online saying Lydia was a +6.5 at one time. No chance a 4 handicap competes with her. 
 

what’s the lowest score this 4 handicap has ever posted? 

Edited April 7, 2021 by bryceyf

[ThinkingPlus]

18 minutes ago, bryceyf said:

 Isn’t the intent of the handicap system to neutralize the playing field regardless of gender, how far one hits the ball, length of course etc. so if the two are playing the same course and conditions. No way, I found an article online saying Lydia was a +6.5 at one time. No chance a 4 handicap competes with her. 
 

what’s the lowest score this 4 handicap has ever posted? 

Be careful.  That +6.5 was most likely a woman's handicap index (in fact almost impossible not to be).  Mixing the index basis brings confusion to the discussion.  Most of the time in these idiotic threads we try and stick to the men's index basis to keep it easy for all you guys. 😉

[UncleJohn’sBand]

40 minutes ago, bryceyf said:

 Isn’t the intent of the handicap system to neutralize the playing field regardless of gender, how far one hits the ball, length of course etc. so if the two are playing the same course and conditions. No way, I found an article online saying Lydia was a +6.5 at one time. No chance a 4 handicap competes with her. 
 

what’s the lowest score this 4 handicap has ever posted? 

 

He probably shot a 69 once, and then came to WRX and asked how good you had to be to make it on tour 😂

[MtlJeff]

1 hour ago, cardia10 said:

I’d say a 4 person male team of scratch to 5 handicaps would do well to shoot 72 as best ball under tournament conditions. 

 

Just so both of you guys understand, this was a joke thread that Cardoustie started he is not legitimately asking if a 4 could beat Lydia Ko. There is a famous thread from 5-6 years ago that talked about 4 indexes versus LPGA players that ended up going like 100 pages long LOL...We still make jokes and reference it a lot

 

But to your comment above , if 4 players with indexes of 0-5 can't shoot a team best ball 72 at an LPGA course in tournament conditions they are lying about their handicaps! I do this every year in a 2 person best ball on a course that is 6700yds with a 74.5/140 rating in a qualifier

[golfandfishing]

25 minutes ago, UncleJohn’sBand said:

 

He probably shot a 69 once, and then came to WRX and asked how good you had to be to make it on tour 😂

PGA Tour?  You have to be a +20 minimum. 
 

LPGA? Single digits should do it.  
 

*source: GolfWrx first time posters. 

[Long Shot]

According to the grint the average score of a 4 index is 78.9. Lydia Ko;s scoring average was 70.26  So I think you can compare that scoring average  to the scoring average of LK/LPGA and quantify the answer rather easily. 

[Dpavs]

Been here ... done this...

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[Obee]

On 4/5/2021 at 9:12 AM, Frankensteins Monster said:

Most 4 handicappers can't even win their men's club club championship.

 

Most? Hell, do you know ANY 4-cappers who have won their club championship??? LOL