Classification of Player by Handicap

[The Rambler]

I think I'd be in the higher end of 5-10. I really worked on my greenside manner and my putting has been pretty good as of late. I am leaving my "team golf" aspirations behind though. I'm playing somewhere around NYC this weekend so I'll really put my skills to the test.

[lamebums]

I'd be in the 5-10 in some categories, and 10-20 in others (Such as putting). But there's no column for blowup holes.

[iacas]

Personally I think it is mildy insulting and wildy inaccurate.

I think, as others have said, you simply have to lighten up a little bit.

I, for one am in the mid to high 20's handicap range and yet I generally hit 85 to 90 percent of my fairways (not long, to say the least - 180 to 210yds) and once I get to the green I rarely 3 putt.

So you're an exception. Get over it?

Your wild generalizations are insulting. That's what we have a problem with. I know my deficiencies as a golfer, and I don't need you to belittle my game. When you were a high handicapper did you appreciate low handicappers insulting you?

Ditto what I said above.

[Dent]

I think after my round today ill have to catagorize myself in the 10-20 range

[immts007]

I think, as others have said, you simply have to lighten up a little bit.

I will, if you will

Ok, I apologize for being a whiner and have untwisted my panties.

[JSC924]

If anyone has ever had a 4-putt it means you 3-putted in a hula hoop. I don't know any players out there, not even Tiger Woods, that have never 4-putted.

It's just the vocabulary used for the high handicap category is much funnier.

[ugapug5150]

That's the problem with the Internet. Would you crack on a complete stranger's game on the course? No, you wouldn't (unless they were walking and you were driving by in your car :D )

As for telling folks to lighten up: I laugh at myself all the time. (It keeps me from crying). I think I just perceived the chart as laughing AT golfers with a high handicap rather than WITH us. Perhaps I was overreacting. It's just the teacher in me. Beginners of any activity don't do well when others emphasize their flaws without offering advice on how to fix said flaws.

[sonicblue]

That's the problem with the Internet. Would you crack on a complete stranger's game on the course? No, you wouldn't (unless they were walking and you were driving by in your car :D )

Agreed, internet speak can be hard to interpret, but that's where I try to give the benefit unless I REALLY know otherwise. And, to answer your question, after 9 holes with anyone, strangers alike, yes, I'd take a friendly jab at anyone. I consider the people on here closer than that random stranger, though, because you know the people here are lovers of the game and trying to improve. Again, I believe part and parcel of that is, you better learn to laugh at yourself a little. No hard feelings, yah?

[ugapug5150]

No hard feelings - it's ok. I know you didn't mean anything by it.

[iacas]

That's the problem with the Internet. Would you crack on a complete stranger's game on the course?

No, that's YOUR problem. You're choosing to see this as someone "cracking" on you.

Perhaps I was overreacting. It's just the teacher in me. Beginners of any activity don't do well when others emphasize their flaws without offering advice on how to fix said flaws.

My wife's a teacher. My mom's a teacher. I've taught college classes.

C'mon, dude, teachers get generalized charts like this all the time. They may not share them all with their students, but the whole act of grading is basically no different than the chart that he's produced. Heck, the chart has more help on "how to fix the flaws." Just look one level above and see how much you have to improve to get to the next level. Without knowing YOUR specifics, of course nobody can help you. But the chart could help you to HELP YOURSELF. Instead, you chose to get offended at a chart. A chart you could have also chosen to ignore. Sorry, but you go visit a pro and tell him you're a 25 and you want to become a 15, and he's going to form a chart very similar to the one posted in his mind, and work with you on all of those things. He'll know the specifics, of course, which you've not shared here with us, but the chart's fairly valid and pretty accurate. There are exceptions to every rule. Maybe you're one. If you are, that's yet another reason not to get so upset about it. P.S. As for "laughing at" vs. "laughing with" and "making fun of," again, how do you make fun of a scratch golfer as someone else put it?

[ugapug5150]

P.S. As for "laughing at" vs. "laughing with" and "making fun of," again, how do you make fun of a scratch golfer as someone else put it?

I'm sure I could find a bunch of things to make fun of

[ERC7.5]

Just look one level above and see how much you have to improve to get to the next level.

That's pretty much what I did with it....and it nailed what I feel I need to address next.

[sonicblue]

That's pretty much what I did with it....and it nailed what I feel I need to address next.

That's pretty cool to hear. Not sure whether you already knew it and I just got it right, or the chart actually helped you figure it out. Either way, thanks!