This Guy Is Blatantly Sandbagging!

[reidsou]

On 7/18/2024 at 5:26 PM, NZ Golfer said:

A blight on Competition Golf with HC.. bigger the prizes more sandbagging goes on ...sometimes I feel like if I don't sandbag somewhat your going in with a massive dis-advantage ...the best prized Comp I play in each year $5k+ top price(latest LED TV) each player is a local Courses classic two-day two-man team comp $80 entry last year the winners local father son team the son hadn't played for years we were told only recently starting playing again and had a 10 under NETT 62 after he played to par the first day!! he was a so called 22HC !!!! utter BS IMHO I think the next closest was 65 .. I played some of my best GOLF of the year NETT 71 + 70 

Great argument for not playing in handicap events with big prizes.  

[reidsou]

On 4/29/2024 at 7:05 AM, saevel25 said:

Since this was a legit reason for not playing one or more holes, and if you guys got to the acceptable # of holes played. Then the rest of the scores are filled in per the USGA Handicap Rulebook. I couldn't find it, but I think they get par on a hole they do not get a stroke, and if they get a stroke, it should be the par + strokes on the hole (per handicap). 

Fyi. New this year,  if 10 to 17 holes were played, you are supposed to post hole- by-hole the holes played. Then software will compute the Score Differential for the holes played plus an "expected Score Differential" for the holes not played to produce an 18-hole Score Differential. 

See details here: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/handicapping/world-handicap-system/2024-revision/10-17-hole-scores-FAQs.html

[NZ Golfer]

On 8/1/2024 at 7:06 AM, reidsou said:

Great argument for not playing in handicap events with big prizes.  

Yeah we come 7th walked with $275 in local shop voucher so can't complain for a $80 entry and that included meal final day..