Chop Leagues

[mustangbryk]

Anynoe play in a league where everone are chops? Any idea's how i can make it fun and more of a challange for me. I justed moved to the area and thought it would be good to meet other golfer. But man are they BAD!!!!!. My first week i golfed with three 20 handicapers. Hard to stay focoused when playing with hackers.

[jimbo2007]

Anynoe play in a league where everone are cops? Any idea's how i can make it fun and more of a challange for me. I justed moved to the area and thought it would be good to meet other golfer. But man are they BAD!!!!!. My first week i golfed with three 20 handicapers. Hard to stay focoused when playing with hackers.

Wow...didn't know as an 18 that I was BAD and considered a hacker. Given your tone/ego/view of the larger golf community I'm pretty certain that neither I or any of the other bogey golfers out there would be interested in playing with you, so you better stick to onesomes from now on...

[iacas]

Anynoe play in a league where everone are cops? Any idea's how i can make it fun and more of a challange for me. I justed moved to the area and thought it would be good to meet other golfer. But man are they BAD!!!!!. My first week i golfed with three 20 handicapers. Hard to stay focoused when playing with hackers.

Going to assume you didn't mean to say "cops" but rather "chops" like your subject.

It's one of the reasons I quit. I got tired of giving a guy 8 strokes on nine holes only to have him shoot a once-in-a-year round of 39 or something. I was supposed to play against the #1 player on each team, but sometimes that guy was a 22 handicap and sometimes the #1 player would get a sub for him... who was a 22 handicap. The few times I got to play a lower handicap player, they were usually jerks. I joined the league to meet people, and even the high handicappers weren't very social, so after two years I got out. Plus nine holes would take over 2 hours, guys were usually late... the works.

[jimbo2007]

Going to assume you didn't mean to say "cops" but rather "chops" like your subject.

Eric,

Your point is a good one in terms of what a low handicaper can run into playing higher handicap in a non-flighted competition. I sure hope you don't subscribe to the idea though that a 20 is BAD!!!! and a hacker as Mustang suggests...

[iacas]

I sure hope you don't subscribe to the idea though that a 20 is BAD!!!! and a hacker as Mustang suggests...

I have no problem with people being bad at golf.

We were all there at one point and other people have different priorities in life. But I'm probably pretty "bad" to a pro golfer, and a 20 is pretty "bad" to me. It's all relative. I don't know what a "chop" is, but anything 20+ seems like a good definition to me.

[mustangbryk]

Actually the average USGA handicap is 15. So a 20 is past the normal average. Most of the guys i image fudge there handicap any ways. But the point was any idea's on making it more fun and a challange. Besides giving more than a stroke a hole for the most part.

[Lemay427]

I just joined one this past week with my Dad. Its a Wednesday night league. Our nine hole scores were: 37(me), 47(dad), 45, 54 (other team). I had a great time. Ya, the other golfers are not that good but it was still fun. If you are looking for competition you need to get into some tournaments. If you are an 8 handicap you are probably not ready for any amatuer or state tourns. but you could probably find something. golf leauges (unless noted as competitive) are more about hanging out after work and drinking beer.

[wolverine318]

I play in one every Tues (9 hole) and I had to give this guy 10 shots this past week. Really what makes it not fun is having to watch 9 shots in between each of your shots. The 3 I played with shot 60, 65, 69. I shot 43 which was awful to my standards but still, a lot of waiting around, and waiting around. Its worse when I shoot avearage or better than average.

And no offense to the worse players, I enjoy the guys I play with, but it really takes you off of your game. Its nobodies fault its just how it is. I dont dislike you or think less of them because they are worse at golf, its just not really fun to me when I get into this situation.

[mustangbryk]

Hope it's not the same tuesday league i am talking about. Thanks i am glad you and i are on the same page. It is hard to keep focous and have fun.

[Dent]

This may sound really harsh and horrible of me, but I like playing against weaker golfers, it kind of boosts my confidence and makes me play better. I'm not the one to focus on how they are playing So in my eyes they could be a pro and I wouldn't notice, I just know on the green when they tell me their score, and I know mine was better.


Yes it sounds harsh, but its just how I feel, and No, im not a jerk.

[mustangbryk]

Thanks for all the advise. I seem to play down to my competion in this league though. Kinda has me worried, i don't want bad habits to form.