A Sad Day for Golf, No More Stableford
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From: Colin Wilson on 14 Feb 2007 15:01 John van der Pflum wrote: > So, the golfer would have to know how many shots he/she was getting on > a particular hole in order to "pick up" when he was out of the hole, > yes? Yes. That's what the Index on the card is for. -- Cheers Colin Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com Barnbougle Dunes: http://publishing.kyneton.net.au/barnbougle ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Paul Schmitz-Josten on 14 Feb 2007 17:43 Howard Brazee in <vbj6t2dlln2qj2qcukmkm5v7j71dtaqs38(a)4ax.com>: >>>I once read of a score of 57 points somewhere in France which I thought was >>>outrageous but I subsequently discovered that the chap was playing from a 54 >>>handicap. > >Many organizations cap how high a handicap can be. My bet: All of them do. The German golf federation caps at 54, and I don't know of any higher, unlimited handicap. ;-> >>I witnessed a prize ceremony last year where a guy (HCP 54) won, having >>played a gross score of 90, 18 gross points (4 pars, 10 bogeys, 3 double >>and 1 triple bogey), equalling 77 Stableford. >> >>His fellow club members cheered heartily and I heard that he had practiced >>for about two years before ever playing a tourney. > >There's a word for that. "Waiting to be prepared"? I know some more 54ers doubting that they are ready for tournaments even if they play like 40's. In fact, I regularily win a beer or lose one playing with or against such a person (today I won ;-> ) In addition, I think that you can win more than a monthly medal with intentional sandbagging. No, this wasn't the point. It's more like "the fellow members were reliefed (sp?) that he eventually joined a competition and mutated from a rookie to a golfer." Ciao, Paul
From: Ron Todd on 14 Feb 2007 18:33 On 13 Feb, 23:42, Colin Wilson <publ...(a)removethis.kyneton.net.au> wrote: > The highest score I've seen in Stableford was by my daughter, who began > her golf on a handicap of 45. On a par-4 (index 8), she hit two 3-woods > to within a foot of the cup, sank the putt and walked off with a nett > zero for 6 points! Sister of sister-in-law, plays off 3, holed her 2nd shot at a SI 1 par 5. Not a nett zero, but still those same 6 points. Also played morning & afternoon rounds at Slaley Hall with a plus 2 golfer. He birdied both of the holes where he was giving the course a stroke, morning & afternoon. 4 birdies "on demand" was quite impressive.
From: Ron Todd on 14 Feb 2007 18:39 On 14 Feb, 17:25, Paul Schmitz-Josten <aloss...(a)web.de> wrote: > I witnessed a prize ceremony last year where a guy (HCP 54) won, having > played a gross score of 90, 18 gross points (4 pars, 10 bogeys, 3 double > and 1 triple bogey), equalling 77 Stableford. Surely a mere 72 points?
From: Kev Nurse on 14 Feb 2007 19:02
I once had a 10ft putt for 5 points. Par 5 with an index less than my handicap (12), hit ball onto green with 2nd stroke. I missed the putt. I don't know if I will ever have another chance to score 5 points on one hole :-( |