How bad can a plus capper play? AKA I played with a very delusional man today

Didn't you get the memo?  The asylum gives the patients day passes on Fridays.  Sponsored by Allstate, eh?

Maybe you should've told him his grip needs to look like this:

Not like this:

Originally Posted by Tomboys

Didn't you get the memo?  The asylum gives the patients day passes on Fridays.  Sponsored by Allstate, eh?

Maybe you should've told him his grip needs to look like this:

Not like this:

Originally Posted by hjimzaf

Played 18 today with my buddy who plays to a 5 and is LONG, can hit most par 5s in 2. On the 3rd hole we catch up to a single playing from the tips who was whited out from head to toe with the latest TaylorMade gear. R11 driver, woods, staff bag, Tour preferred MBs, etc. He asks if we want to join him and says, "I'm prepping for a tournament tomorrow so I'm playing from the tips." He then proceeds to hook his drive into the woods on his way to double bogey. I notice that he's playing a Callaway ball and I ask why he doesn't play the Penta since he obviously loves TM. He says, "I hate that ball. I used to play the Pro V1 but my swing coach suggested I play a better ball so I switched to the i(z)." He keeps talking about this tournament that he's playing in so my buddy asks him what his handicap is and he says, "plus 1.7", I almost spit my water out! He also said that he was sponsored by Allstate. This guy was hooking and slicing drives, missing greens left and right, missing multiple 5 foot putts, just bad. On the 6th hole he moves up and plays from the whites with us. I mentioned my buddy's handicap and length because I'm constantly in awe of his pure crisp swing and his power, I love playing with him. If this guy was really a plus 1.7, he should have been playing lights out, especially from the whites with a rating of 69 and a slope of 125.

Originally Posted by arogolf

He looked like a chopper but he scored only 3 over...in the us open.

With all due respect, Phil is probably a +9 handicapper and streets ahead of a +1.7. The problem here is that the average golfer thinks a +1.7 is as good as a tour player, when in reality he still has a long way to go. I know players from my local club that are + handicappers from the men's tees at my club, but can't break 80 anywhere else.

Originally Posted by hjimzaf

What made it even more funny is that he never once made an excuse for how bad he was playing. He just kept talking about tournaments he's played in and the low scores he shoots. "Last week I played in the Bremerton City Championship and shot a 69 and 73." If one of us mentioned a local golf course, he'd tell us the low score he shot there.

Originally Posted by hjimzaf

What made it even more funny is that he never once made an excuse for how bad he was playing. He just kept talking about tournaments he's played in and the low scores he shoots. "Last week I played in the Bremerton City Championship and shot a 69 and 73." If one of us mentioned a local golf course, he'd tell us the low score he shot there.

Originally Posted by The_Pharaoh

With all due respect, Phil is probably a +9 handicapper and streets ahead of a +1.7. The problem here is that the average golfer thinks a +1.7 is as good as a tour player, when in reality he still has a long way to go. I know players from my local club that are + handicappers from the men's tees at my club, but can't break 80 anywhere else.

Originally Posted by Gerald

Well OK, these tour players are very good, but most people are telling us all the time they are a +7 to +10 handicapper, but that is not really the case.

The best have maybe "only" a +4 or at best a +5 handicap, and of course they can play below at certain days, but that doesn't give them a +9 handicap.