handicap

[gasfreak]

I have been golfing since the beginning of this year,used to golf when I was younger but never got a handicap.I know about what mine would be but dont have one established yet,was wondering if someone could tell me how to get one without playing 5-18 hole rounds without cheating myself or others.My course has several torneys and scrambles coming up sooner than I could play that many rounds.No intentions to sandbag or cheat in any way.........

[Pinseeker81]

You can't get an official handicap without playing. But if you joined a club you could use your last 5 I think.
http://www.usga.org/playing/handicap..._handicap.html

[gasfreak]

How do you get a GHIN number from your course,what I was thinking of doing is to get 5 scorecards from my club next time and fill them out as honest as I can and tell them I have been saving them up and turn them in.Like I said I will fill them out right,I guess I would still be kinda cheating but I really have gotten back in to golf with a passion and would love to play in some of these torneys........Has anyone ever done this or am I just stupid

[Pinseeker81]

  gasfreak said:

How do you get a GHIN number from your course,what I was thinking of doing is to get 5 scorecards from my club next time and fill them out as honest as I can and tell them I have been saving them up and turn them in.Like I said I will fill them out right,I guess I would still be kinda cheating but I really have gotten back in to golf with a passion and would love to play in some of these torneys........Has anyone ever done this or am I just stupid

Sounds like a bad idea to me. If you don't have 5 cards already, I'd wait till you do.

[unc879wins]

If you are back into golf with a passion; just play the 5 rounds. You could knock 2 out on a sick day Monday.... knock two out on Saturday... get the 5th in on Sunday. Got your 5 rounds in one week, had an absolute BLAST golfing on a "sick day", and you'll not have cheated.

Remember, with the golf "passion" comes the golf "integrity".

Also, a lot of executive courses have USGA ratings so I am pretty sure you could play 5 of those and get your handicap calculated... they play faster and you can get a round in probably around 2 1/2 hours.

In Henderson, KY it looks like there are a variety of executive style courses that may work for you.

[gasfreak]

OK I will just wait and play the rounds first,I played 18 today and by the way I shot a 75 which I am very proud of,par for my course is 70.Should I save all my cards and turn them in at the same time or give them to them as I play them

[Dent]

You started up again this year and shot a 75?

[gasfreak]

Yes I did,back when I was in my teens I was very good and it's all starting to come back to me.I guess I am lucky or whatever but I have a pretty natural swing that helps a lot,and I practice everyday in my yard.Listen I have nothing to prove to any of you guys because I will probably never have the pleasure of playing with any of you,that being said I dont get on here to lie to you so believe me or not I could care less but some people are just better at it than others.My brother has been playing for about 6 years and is pretty good and it kills him because I just picked it back up (from his coaxing) and can already beat him on a regular basis SORRY DENT.......

[Dent]

Awsome, how old are you now?

[gasfreak]

I turned 39 this past feburary

[Dent]

If you keep shooting like that, then I guess you'll start off with a good handicap.

If im correct did you mean just filling out scorecards simulating what you think you would get on the course to get a handicap? IF so, that is basically cheating. Because you can never really guess what you'd get.

i used to go twilight golfing and would only finish 14 holes. I used to simulate the last 4 Holes and see what I got because I wanted a final score soo bad, but I never used it for my handicap.

[gasfreak]

Yea I know it's cheating a little,so I am going to just wait until I can get one for real.I have saved the score cards for my last 2 rounds so all I have left is 3 more rounds to turn them in to get one anyway so I am going to do the right thing.Thanks for changing my mind I probably would have screwed it up anyhow

[Dent]

I screwed up my handicap once too. I put my regular scores in wrong somehow, So at my home course my handicap came up as -25.

So when i went to the handicap leaderboard, I was always #1.

I didnt mean to do it though.