Speaking of long-lost correspondents, has anyone heard anything from Cub? And how is RK doing?
Regards Ron from rainy Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Flanagan To: shoptalk Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Handicap 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. Try Bing now.
