Cheaters at Four-Man Scramble Tournaments

[MATTEO]

They say that if "you're not cheated you're not trying". I would like to think that saying excludes the game of golf and the majority of it's golfers.

Let's be honest, if you really wanted to win a FOUR-MAN SCRAMBLE for your local charity it's not very hard; just fill out the entire scorecard at the first hole...lol

Played in a charity event on Monday, we shot -19... Our team consisted of 4 single digit players and a mulligan package..lol.. We all played well, everything was going in. We are very competitive but at the same know how to have fun on the course, it evens itself out.

We had decided to donate the prizes back to the charity, thinking that they could raffle them off. Come to find out that another team came in at -20.. The team was a 65 year old man (using persimmon woods), the local "bookmaker", town drunk and his teenage son....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WHAT CAN YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has this happened to you

[Huffy2k]

Oh yeah, it's happened to everyone I'd imagine.

Here's the deal, if your -19 had won, there would have been a team sitting at -18 figuring that you guys had cheated too!

[MATTEO]

@huffy2k

Good Point

BASTARDS........................lol

[Harmonious]

The thing is - a scramble tournament is very easy for people to cheat, as there is no one to attest their score.  Add to that mulligans that can be purchased, string used to count short tapins, other silly rules.  These tournaments are just for charity, if you enter them with the intent to actually win, you'll generally be disappointed.

[TN94z]

  MATTEO said:

Originally Posted by MATTEO

They say that if "you're not cheated you're not trying". I would like to think that saying excludes the game of golf and the majority of it's golfers.

Let's be honest, if you really wanted to win a FOUR-MAN SCRAMBLE for your local charity it's not very hard; just fill out the entire scorecard at the first hole...lol

Played in a charity event on Monday, we shot -19... Our team consisted of 4 single digit players and a mulligan package..lol.. We all played well, everything was going in. We are very competitive but at the same know how to have fun on the course, it evens itself out.

We had decided to donate the prizes back to the charity, thinking that they could raffle them off. Come to find out that another team came in at -20.. The team was a 65 year old man (using persimmon woods), the local "bookmaker", town drunk and his teenage son....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WHAT CAN YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has this happened to you

Don't count out the drunks!!   I know a couple of drunks that are hella players!  I also know an old man (around 65 ish) that gets to hit from the senior tees.  In good health and hits the ball as far as any of us from our tees.  So when he gets to move up to the seniors, he is a major asset!

But yeah, it has happened to me before as well.  It's easy to know what happens when you know the guys on the winning team.  But its all in fun...most of the winners around here turn out to be the ones that are willing to buy the most mulligans.  You never have a clue how many they bought and they are constantly using them.

[mdnz]

Does anyone know exactly how string works?? Played in a 4 man scramble, yes for charity. The goal is to raise money, I understand that. However, what is string?  I've playing in a lot of these tournaments and love them. I just have never played with string. It was a dollar per foot buy as much as you want. This is how we played. Example-Par 5 on in two, 25 footer for eagle, lag up our putt to 5 inches. Cut 5 inches of string off and mark down a 3?? Really? It was a blast, my team won. But really? Btw, my index is 6 and I was our D player and NO I'm saying what we shot.

[Matt Gawley]

  mdnz said:

Originally Posted by mdnz

Does anyone know exactly how string works?? Played in a 4 man scramble, yes for charity. The goal is to raise money, I understand that. However, what is string?  I've playing in a lot of these tournaments and love them. I just have never played with string. It was a dollar per foot buy as much as you want. This is how we played. Example-Par 5 on in two, 25 footer for eagle, lag up our putt to 5 inches. Cut 5 inches of string off and mark down a 3?? Really? It was a blast, my team won. But really? Btw, my index is 6 and I was our D player and NO I'm saying what we shot.

It sounds like you figured out what string is!!  I'm guessing your team bought the string for $5/foot or something like that.  Money goes to charity, that's what's important in the end.

[bplewis24]

  MATTEO said:

Originally Posted by MATTEO

They say that if "you're not cheated you're not trying". I would like to think that saying excludes the game of golf and the majority of it's golfers.

Let's be honest, if you really wanted to win a FOUR-MAN SCRAMBLE for your local charity it's not very hard; just fill out the entire scorecard at the first hole...lol

Played in a charity event on Monday, we shot -19... Our team consisted of 4 single digit players and a mulligan package..lol.. We all played well, everything was going in. We are very competitive but at the same know how to have fun on the course, it evens itself out.

We had decided to donate the prizes back to the charity, thinking that they could raffle them off. Come to find out that another team came in at -20.. The team was a 65 year old man (using persimmon woods), the local "bookmaker", town drunk and his teenage son....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WHAT CAN YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has this happened to you

I love that there are still places in this country that have a "town drunk."  That's awesome .  Was the old guy really using persimmon woods?

On a more serious note, this "4 man scramble" cheating thing really is disturbing to me.