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I should add that this guy is a nice guy. I
enjoy golfing against him in league. He is very respectful and very
complimentary to playing companions. It absolutely shocked me that he
is doing this. If he was a jerk, it would be easier to really get angry
about it. He is a completely good, nice guy. It really gives me
mixed feelings and makes it hard to know what to do. I hope to talk to him
one-on-one about it. It is only right that I talk to him and not just talk
about him to the Pro and/or others.
We don't appear to have a committee. It is
possible that we do, but they haven't broadcast who it is. I'm worried
that it may be a guy who is the father of the course superintendent (they are
not related to the owner's). He was the handicap chairman at the course we
used to play, so he may be doing the same thing. The tournament committee
is the Pro. In fact, a couple of us were talking to him about ideas, and
he is interested in getting a member's tourney committee formed to help promote
the event (and other events). This course is only in it's 4th year, with
around 300 members. Oddly, most members are very interested in
tournaments, even though they are good golfers. We need some time to build
up the interest and comraderie that other older courses have.
-Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:11
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Handicaps
question
Andy,
I think you have observed all the pertinent facts and
have drawn the correct conclusions. The kid is cheating and the Pro
works for the cheater's dad. I would just boycott anything the kid
enters and ask your fellow members to do the same. I would find it
intolerable if I were forced to play in competition with him under the guise
of using a legitimate handicap system. FWIW.
Al
Ps. don't
you have a tourney or rules committee?
At 08:35 PM
8/28/2004, you wrote:
Hi
all. I just played in our annual club tourney today. It isn't a
big money thing. The course owner's son, who is also an employee of
the course, shot 77, on an 18 handicap. I have played against him in
the past. He is a single digit. I checked the handicap
computer. He has not entered a score since September 2002! Heck,
he plays at least 4-5 times per week. His men's league handicap (which
is kept separately for our 9-hole league) is 4.4. I went to our Pro
and asked him about this. He said he can't "force" him to enter his
scores. In fact, the son's team didn't get to advance in the Buick
Scramble because they reviewed the handicaps and disqualified them. I
told the Pro that nobody will want to play in the club championship with a
"cheater".
Is there anything
else that can be done to put pressure on this guy with the USGA or
something? (I don't want to get him mad. He's built like a brick
outhouse and could kick the crap out of almost every one of us. Heck,
I think his girlfriend could kick the crap out of me!) I am not
complaining because his cheating hurt me. I was not in his
flight. I'm bugged because of the integrity of the situation. I
was absolutely shocked to learn that he has not posted scores. I think
the Pro is probably afraid of getting fired if he crosses the owners.
-Andy
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