I'm fascinated by everyone here's thought on the handicap system that I've read in previous threads, so I thought I'd run what happened today by you guys. My partner and I qualified for our club's 4 ball match play, and we had our first match this morning. Here's how it played out.
My team: my course hcp is 10, and my partner is a 1, which means I get 8 pops.
The other team: one guy gets 15 pops, and the other gets 19.
Through the front 9, my partner is even par, and I'm +3, and we're down 4. Through 12 holes, my partner is still even par, I'm +4, and we lose 7&6. The 20hcp player shot 41 on the front, and shot 84 overall. Most of the damage on his back 9 came after the match was closed out... he was even on the back through 12. The 16hcp shot 42 on the front, and 84 overall... he was actually -1 on the back through 12. All Todd and I could do was laugh. They were net -7 at the turn and net -10 by the time they closed us out on 12. We just ran in to a buzzsaw of pops and there was nothing we could do about it. 3 birdies total between my partner and I through the 12th... all were either halved or lost holes.
Now I'm not trying to say they were sandbagging. I know both of the guys we played against. They both actually play in my normal Saturday group (the 20 every Saturday, the 16 hasn't played with us in a while.) The 20hcp guy literally shoots mid-high 90s every week. The 16 is questionable as I seem to remember playing him even a couple years ago, but that's for a different discussion. It just sort of made me think about whether or not the handicapping system actually makes things even, or really favors the higher handicapped golfer.
What do you guys think?
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My team: my course hcp is 10, and my partner is a 1, which means I get 8 pops.
The other team: one guy gets 15 pops, and the other gets 19.
Through the front 9, my partner is even par, and I'm +3, and we're down 4. Through 12 holes, my partner is still even par, I'm +4, and we lose 7&6. The 20hcp player shot 41 on the front, and shot 84 overall. Most of the damage on his back 9 came after the match was closed out... he was even on the back through 12. The 16hcp shot 42 on the front, and 84 overall... he was actually -1 on the back through 12. All Todd and I could do was laugh. They were net -7 at the turn and net -10 by the time they closed us out on 12. We just ran in to a buzzsaw of pops and there was nothing we could do about it. 3 birdies total between my partner and I through the 12th... all were either halved or lost holes.
Now I'm not trying to say they were sandbagging. I know both of the guys we played against. They both actually play in my normal Saturday group (the 20 every Saturday, the 16 hasn't played with us in a while.) The 20hcp guy literally shoots mid-high 90s every week. The 16 is questionable as I seem to remember playing him even a couple years ago, but that's for a different discussion. It just sort of made me think about whether or not the handicapping system actually makes things even, or really favors the higher handicapped golfer.
What do you guys think?
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