Comments on: All About Handicaps http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/ My Quest to Become a Golf Pro Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How To Quickly Use Your Golf Handicap To Determine Who Won The Golf Game http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/comment-page-1/#comment-13109 How To Quickly Use Your Golf Handicap To Determine Who Won The Golf Game Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:48:39 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/#comment-13109 [...] All About Golf Handicaps – Through the USGA Handicap System, golfers of all skill levels are able to compete on a level playing field. Let’s look at the basics. [...] [...] All About Golf Handicaps – Through the USGA Handicap System, golfers of all skill levels are able to compete on a level playing field. Let’s look at the basics. [...]

]]> By: Double Eagle http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 Double Eagle Wed, 21 May 2008 04:38:54 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/#comment-2055 John, I can't tell exactly where the odds lie, but my unscientific observation is that the mid and high handicappers have a *chance* to go low, because they tend to have larger swings in their average scores. That means if one of them gets hot and shoots a 75 gross with a pile of strokes, then they can go pretty low. Still, I think the odds are kind of low for that to happen because the odds of those players shooting a good gross score is pretty low. In your tournament, things are evened out some because your play both net and gross skins. The better players are generally going to be valuable in winning the gross skins. The higher handicappers are going to benefit from the net skins, but the net and gross probably nullify each other some of the time. It's a complicated situation, for sure. John, I can’t tell exactly where the odds lie, but my unscientific observation is that the mid and high handicappers have a *chance* to go low, because they tend to have larger swings in their average scores. That means if one of them gets hot and shoots a 75 gross with a pile of strokes, then they can go pretty low.

Still, I think the odds are kind of low for that to happen because the odds of those players shooting a good gross score is pretty low.

In your tournament, things are evened out some because your play both net and gross skins. The better players are generally going to be valuable in winning the gross skins. The higher handicappers are going to benefit from the net skins, but the net and gross probably nullify each other some of the time.

It’s a complicated situation, for sure.

]]> By: John http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/comment-page-1/#comment-2052 John Tue, 20 May 2008 18:45:18 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/04/25/all-about-handicaps/#comment-2052 I play in an event every year that is handicaped and has ABC and D players round out a team. We play net and gross skins (all must participate) and a team game. Its my contention as a low handicap my odds of doing well are severly dimisished compared to a B or C player that has the ability to win a skin with out hanicap and more stokes to afford him the chance to win with it. Further more I thing the A players 1-3 handicaps have lttile effect on hte team compared to the mid caps that seem to really be able to improve upon thier game. If some one were to shoot a net 60 I dont think I would ever play in the tournament again. Am I being logical can you explain where the odds lie here? I play in an event every year that is handicaped and has ABC and D players round out a team. We play net and gross skins (all must participate) and a team game. Its my contention as a low handicap my odds of doing well are severly dimisished compared to a B or C player that has the ability to win a skin with out hanicap and more stokes to afford him the chance to win with it. Further more I thing the A players 1-3 handicaps have lttile effect on hte team compared to the mid caps that seem to really be able to improve upon thier game. If some one were to shoot a net 60 I dont think I would ever play in the tournament again. Am I being logical can you explain where the odds lie here?

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