Hey Jen; Good to hear (read) from you.
TFlan BTW; doing anything later? > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 07:57:34 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Handicap > > I haven't posted in years but this thread has held my interest. > > I've never belonged to a private club, I've been a public player with a > handicap for about 15 years. I think overall the handicap system is > fairly effective, and like most things its the bad apples spoiling the > lot for the majority of us that know and play by the rules. > > The weakness of the handicap system is not the way a club/course is set > up (tees forward/back etc.) but it's mostly human issues. I think Don's > post hits one major problem on the head. A little education would go a > long way, particularly around the equitable stroke control. I would > like to see the systems force people to post hole by hole scores since > the system could then calculate ESC by itself. People could still cheat > of course but at least even inflating their scores the ESC score would > still be the basis for handicap. > > I would love to see more basic education available to players - basic or > common rules that are often misunderstood and how to adjust your score > to post it. > > I play with a lot of friends, none of whom have a handicap nor do they > want one. I don't play anyone for money unless I've seen them play > before to know their ability (and truthfulness on the course). I also > ignore my friends when they tell me how they just broke 80, 90 or > whatever, when I know they play mulligans at will and don't know how to > deal with lost balls & hazards properly! > > Jen > > > Don M wrote: > > I've belonged to 3 clubs. In each one, members entered their own scores, > > and there was never any effort to police the system. No education was > > given to the golfers about score entry either. It was all totally > > self-service. If someone wanted to sandbag, they could. The clubs didn't > > do any handicapped tourneys, so it never really came up in a setting where > > the club could do something about it. > > > > I think this is fairly common. That's why I think the handicap system is > > untrustworthy. > > > > -Don > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1
