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TRUCKER Well Established Member

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Played in a scramble Thursday. Winning team of 6 shot a net 49. There gross score beat the 2nd place net score of 59. People were yelling out "CHEATERS", and other insults. But they still won...🤦‍♂️

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A six person scramble WITH handicaps?

49 doesn’t seem at all out of the question.

I mean I’ve shot 53 playing with four and no handicaps.

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  • iacas changed the title to Sandbaggers in a Net Six-Man Scramble???
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1 minute ago, iacas said:

A six person scramble WITH handicaps?

49 doesn’t seem at all out of the question.

Agree.  But how the hell do you handicap a scramble?!

 

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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I’ve seen it done where players get 10% of their handicaps and it adds up to the team handicap.

So a 20, 15, 12, and a 6 get 5.

But yeah … generally not handicapped and almost never SIX.

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TRUCKER Well Established Member

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8 minutes ago, iacas said:

A six person scramble WITH handicaps?

49 doesn’t seem at all out of the question.

I mean I’ve shot 53 playing with four and no handicaps.

Yeah, you're a pro though. This is the 4th year I've played this tournament. All the other years the winning score has been mid to high 50's. This was a new group.

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Just now, TRUCKER said:

Yeah, you're a pro though. This is the 4th year I've played this tournament. All the other years the winning score has been mid to high 50's. This was a new group.

I played that round with 6 to 11 handicappers.

No string, mulligans, etc.

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David in FL Incredible Member

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5 minutes ago, TRUCKER said:

Yeah, you're a pro though. This is the 4th year I've played this tournament. All the other years the winning score has been mid to high 50's. This was a new group.

The power of 2 extra players in a scramble is huge.

6 decent (single digit players) can certainly birdie every hole and shoot 54 gross, without too much drama.  Throw in an eagle or two on the par-5’s, and whatever handicap strokes they get and 49 seems very doable.  Hell, maybe not even all that extraordinary...

 

Edited by David in FL

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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David in FL Incredible Member

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1 minute ago, TRUCKER said:

🤷‍♂️...I guess so. It seems like a lot of eagles to get that low on a long course. 6500 yards.

Assuming par 72, you don’t need any gross eagles at all.  All birdies and 5 handicap strokes does it.  

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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10 minutes ago, iacas said:

I played that round with 6 to 11 handicappers.

No string, mulligans, etc.

How many times you think your shot was used? Lol....

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NM Golf Super Member

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Good god a six person scramble?! How long did that take to play? While I have seen very very few handicapped scrambles they do exist, its like adding stealing to the cheating. 49 is not that bad though I once shot 50 (-22) in a four person scramble gross. Mind you it was 4 scratch golfers.

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Driver:   :pxg: 0311 Gen 5  X-Stiff.                        Irons:  :callaway: 4-PW APEX TCB Irons 
3 Wood: :callaway: Mavrik SZ Rogue X-Stiff                            Nippon Pro Modus 130 X-Stiff
3 Hybrid: :callaway: Mavrik Pro KBS Tour Proto X   Wedges: :vokey:  50°, 54°, 60° 
Putter: :odyssey:  2-Ball Ten Arm Lock        Ball: :titleist: ProV 1

 

 

 

 

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ChetlovesMer Incredible Member

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I once played in a 4 person scramble. My team was all guys playing on our home course. We were 10 under after 9 holes (totally legit). Here's the kicker, we finished the round at 8 under, in 5th place. 

There may have been alcohol involved. … just staying. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Double Mocha Man Super Member

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34 minutes ago, NM Golf said:

Good god a six person scramble?! How long did that take to play? While I have seen very very few handicapped scrambles they do exist, its like adding stealing to the cheating. 49 is not that bad though I once shot 50 (-22) in a four person scramble gross. Mind you it was 4 scratch golfers.

The longest scramble I ever played in was something called a "One Man Banked Scramble".  They only allowed threesomes.  You got one extra shot each time you hit the ball.  If you didn't use it you could "bank" the extra shot and use it later on the hole, but it didn't carry over to the next hole.  On a par 5 you could conceivably end up on the green with 5 attempts at that birdie!  That round took forever!  I will not play in one of those again.  If you think about it each player can average taking 8 or more shots per hole, except on par 3's.

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19 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I once played in a 4 person scramble. My team was all guys playing on our home course. We were 10 under after 9 holes (totally legit). Here's the kicker, we finished the round at 8 under, in 5th place. 

There may have been alcohol involved. … just saying. 

Not sure if it's a scramble if alcohol isn't involved.😀

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7 hours ago, NM Golf said:

Good god a six person scramble?! How long did that take to play? While I have seen very very few handicapped scrambles they do exist, its like adding stealing to the cheating. 49 is not that bad though I once shot 50 (-22) in a four person scramble gross. Mind you it was 4 scratch golfers.

5 hrs. It wasn't a full field. 

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