Would You Rather…?

[ChetlovesMer]

On 3/7/2020 at 5:50 PM, nevets88 said:

You Would You Rather… #21: Shoot 74 85 65 83 or shoot four rounds of 77? 

This is a good question. 

I am going to give the very definitive answer of "It depends".

If I'm just playing golf for fun or with friends or maybe these are the 4 rounds I play on a golf trip, then it's a no brainer. I take Option 1. My lowest round to date remains a 76 (which I've actually done a few times.) So, to break my low round ever and shoot a 74 would be awesome. Then to shoot a 65... well, that's like dream land. The 85 and the 83 are within my current realm of possibilities anyway, so they wouldn't bother me at all. 

Now, if these are the 4 rounds I shoot in a tournament, then that changes things. 

If I went 74, 85 in a tournament and somehow still made the cut to get to play the next two rounds. I'd be excited. I'd have to assume that since I made the cut, the course must of played abnormally difficult on day 2. My 85 must have mixed in with a bunch of high scores. Maybe it was really windy or a slog-fest, something. Then on day 3 of the tournament I fire a 65... I'd have to assume that got me into contention. To then blow it on the final day with an 83 would bum me out. Unless you told me it was another tough day and everyone shot high scores... but I feel that's unlikely. Finishing on the 83 after getting into contention with the 65 would bring me down. I think I'd rather have just shot a consistent group of 77's. 

 

 

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I am going to give the very definitive answer of "It depends".

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On 10/19/2019 at 11:13 PM, iacas said:

The additional Rules are simple:

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Bad Chet. Bad.

[Double Mocha Man]

It's about perspective. To some of us a 77 looks high; to others it seems low.  It's all relative.

[ChetlovesMer]

20 minutes ago, iacas said:

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Bad Chet. Bad.

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[pganapathy]

On 3/7/2020 at 5:50 PM, nevets88 said:

You Would You Rather… #21: Shoot 74 85 65 83 or shoot four rounds of 77? 

Hands down option 1.  As much as there is a huge variation in score, it shows me that when I string it together, I am capable of good scores.  Four rounds of 77 may well be the cap on your scoring

[mcanadiens]

On 3/7/2020 at 5:50 PM, nevets88 said:

You Would You Rather… #21: Shoot 74 85 65 83 or shoot four rounds of 77? 

At my particular ability level, all those scores sound pretty good. I'll have to mentally add some strokes to consider the real question.

I'll take No. 2.

A 20-stroke swing from one round to the next would be a difficult thing for me to handle mentally.  God forbid if the 85 came immediately after the 65. Even the other way around, I'd be thinking the whole time, "What the ---k was yesterday all about?"

 

 

[ChetlovesMer]

Okay, I'm a big fan of these "Would you Rather" questions.

Let's pretend you are on your country/continent's Ryder Cup Team. 

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

 

[dennyjones]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

I would prefer to be on a winning team.  

[boogielicious]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

Team win would be better for me. I was an average runner/discus thrower on a track team that was undefeated my four years. It was still a lot of fun even though I didn’t contribute to the wins that much.

[ChetlovesMer]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

 

I want to say I'd rather have the team win. But if I'm honest. I'd sleep better at night if I played well and we lost.

Whether or not they actually would isn't the question. But I'd feel like every time my teammates looked at me they'd be like "There's our dead weight." 

[DaveP043]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Okay, I'm a big fan of these "Would you Rather" questions.

Let's pretend you are on your country/continent's Ryder Cup Team. 

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

I think I'd rather be part of a team win.  Watching the other team popping the champagne corks would make my own good play seem pretty inconsequential.

[Double Mocha Man]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

Because it's country vs. country, region vs. region, continent vs. continent and spy vs. spy I choose the first option.  And I'll be a good sport and cheer on my countrymen.

[gbogey]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

 

If I'm honest, since golf is a singles sport and the Ryder Cup ends with a day of singles matches, then on that Sunday I'd probably prefer to play well since the victory may feel hollow if you play poorly.  But for the next day and the next 40 years I'd rather be on the winning team.

[bkuehn1952]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

 

Team win.  The team winning washes away all my individual sins.

When your team loses, one gets some solace if one played brilliantly.  Still, it never makes up for the team losing.

Edited March 12, 2020 by bkuehn1952

[iacas]

3 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

Team win, duh. That's an easy one.

[billchao]

4 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout?

Team win, absolutely. That’s kind of the whole point of being part of a team, isn’t it?

[David in FL]

7 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

 

Would you rather...? #22:

Win the Ryder Cup as a country/continent but you, personally, played like crap.

Or your country/continent loses the Ryder Cup, but you played historically brilliant throughout? 

 

Team win, hands down

[snapfade]

Id take the win. At the 2012 Ryder Cup we are standing by the walkway between a green and the next tee box, I don't remember which hole. Im 2 feet from the players as they walk by. As Jim Furyk walks by some dude screams right in his face. "You suck Furyk". I felt a little bad for him. In Ryder Cups, he kind of does, but jeez that was brutal.