A Sad Day for Golf, No More Stableford
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From: Alan Murphy on 25 Feb 2007 10:19 "Pat Williams" <jpwil(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:45e18773$1_3(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... > > I'll let the Yanks answer that one. Over to Peter! He will lose the > majority in the use of English language, if he chooses to answer. > > JPW > I'll second that :-) Alan
From: The LHC on 25 Feb 2007 10:35 Paul Schmitz-Josten <alossola(a)web.de> wrote in news:erplt2$jdi$00$3(a)news.t-online.com: > The LHC in <45df0d54$0$28981$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>: >>>>So from that point of view the German system is understandable. >>> Thank you for your understanding. Now you got my point: >>> A foreign system is not ridiculous only because it's different ;-> >>No, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be improved upon; I'd suggest, >>after your beginners have had their ten lessons and test with the pro >>(or whoever it is), it wouldn't be too difficult to ask them go out >>with another member, play one round of medal and then take a rough >>handicap from that, at least that way they'd get an initial handicap >>more indicative of how they actually play. > That sounds good - please send your proposal to the German Golf > Association DGV at info(a)dgv.golf.de Please feel free to advance the idea to them if you like it, I think I'll be staying out of other nations regulations now, lesson learnt! :-) LHC.
From: Crispin Roche on 25 Feb 2007 15:15 On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:33:43 +0100, Paul Schmitz-Josten <alossola(a)web.de> wrote: >Pat Williams in <45deb406$1_4(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>: > >>>> Have you forgotten the purpose of handicapping? >>>> The purpose is to create To position where EVERYONE has an equal chance of >>>> winning >>> >>> I take this as your personal opinion - I don't think that _that_ is the >>> basic purpose of handicaps. Perhaps you can give us an official quote? >> >>Paul, >> >>Will these help? >> >>The first is the very first sentence of the USGA handicapping site. >> >>1. The USGA Handicap System� enables golfers of all skill levels to compete on >>an equitable basis > >This is quite close to Crispin's statement - I regret that I didn't inform >myself better. > >The Germans have slightly different objectives though basing their system >on the �EGA Handicap System�: > >(translating the gist of chapter 1.2 of the German handicap system) >****** >Objectives: >- expand the number of players with HCP 36 or better, >- achieve a large extent of comparability and parity, >- (allow EDS scores) >- (use Stableford) >- (apply a system of courserating and slope for the courses) >- achieve a maximum of simplicity for players and officials. >****** > >I considered the second one, "a large extent of comparability and parity", >when asking Crispin for a quote featuring his statement. > >To me, this is another example that things may be different abroad without >a distinction between "better" or "worse", the only difference being that >now I got caught in the trap. > >Ciao, > Perhaps a point of clarification is needed, the orignal poster who seems to have become me is in fact Denis Cary:-) Crispin Roche
From: mike short on 25 Feb 2007 19:20 Pat Williams wrote: > Not true my self-characterisation as the archetypal Englishman (even > inadvertently) for I speak one European language fluently, one quite > passably and one reasonably. How can you say that when your self-effacing, modesty is just so characteristically English (though with names like Pat and Williams perhaps I should say British)
From: Paul Schmitz-Josten on 26 Feb 2007 02:04
The LHC in <45e1acd0$0$22111$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk>: >> That sounds good - please send your proposal to the German Golf >> Association DGV at info(a)dgv.golf.de > >Please feel free to advance the idea to them if you like it, I think I'll >be staying out of other nations regulations now, lesson learnt! :-) <tinygrin> Love and peace, Paul |