Et Tu Brute?;n8881780 said:From a statistics viewpoint, you might say that our handicaps suffer from being one dimensional. The one dimension is "average" potential scores. A useful second dimension would be how variable our "potential" is from round to round.
I know guys with about your handicap who are, frankly, a little boring to play with. Lots of 80's and 81's, the occasional 78 and a sprinkling of bad rounds like 85-88. Then there are others with the same index who might shoot in the 70's three rounds in a row and then struggle to break 90 for the next month.
The more-variable guys like PapaJohick certainly make for more entertaining rounds and post-round drinks conversation!
haha yep one of my buddies and i joke about it all the time.
Im an 8, hes a 12. we typically play straight up for the most part, but I always give him a hard time about hes the best 12 Ive ever seen. He will consistently stay between 83-89 with an occasional 79/80 but never above 90. He posts rounds as he should as I am our club handicap commissioner on the Grint. He beats me plenty due to my variance, but I tend to show off from time to time with some shots that I hit or the times im firing on all cylinders and shoot 77 or so