I've read a few semi-pertinent threads on here, but I'm looking for general feedback and opinions on this.
Short-ish story - I didn't play for a long time. I was a non-golf athlete, and then a contractor, and injuries from both kept me from wanting to swing a club. Then my wife accidentally stoked the flames of a long forgotten addiction, and I decided to give it a bit of a go this year. Didn't think I'd be near as good as I was in my youth with the damaged body, and was fine with that. Just liked playing again. Turns out you can actually play pretty well with a couple torn knee ligaments you don't have time to fix, a torn rotator and labrum you gave up on years ago, and a torso mostly held together ("stabilized") by a impressive array of medical hardware. Go figure. :confused2: Well enough even to get a little too excited and push it too far. So I tore a couple muscles and some of rib hardware underneath them. I had planned on playing some end of summer tournaments (obviously not happening now), and when I was talking to a friend recently I said something along the line of 'Well, maybe I'll get to post some mid 80's rounds and bring the handicap back up.' He replied with a sandbagging comment, and the conversation rolled on. It's been bugging me though.
I usually post any round where score is actually being kept. Right now I can manage about a 45 yd wedge without feeling like I've just been shot. If no infections or anything weird happens I'm hoping to be able to swing at around 80% in another month? Who knows though? Well there's no way I'll be able to play to my current handicap when I start playing again. So I feel like playing to my abilities at whatever percent I'm at is being honest so those scores should post. Takes longer for it to go up than down, and for all I know I might never get to really let it go again if I want to keep playing. That's what got me in trouble.
So, would you post all the scores? Post no scores until you feel like you're as healed as you're going to be, whatever that is? Just kick your friends *ss for implying you're not an honest golfer? Any and all feedback is welcome.
Short-ish story - I didn't play for a long time. I was a non-golf athlete, and then a contractor, and injuries from both kept me from wanting to swing a club. Then my wife accidentally stoked the flames of a long forgotten addiction, and I decided to give it a bit of a go this year. Didn't think I'd be near as good as I was in my youth with the damaged body, and was fine with that. Just liked playing again. Turns out you can actually play pretty well with a couple torn knee ligaments you don't have time to fix, a torn rotator and labrum you gave up on years ago, and a torso mostly held together ("stabilized") by a impressive array of medical hardware. Go figure. :confused2: Well enough even to get a little too excited and push it too far. So I tore a couple muscles and some of rib hardware underneath them. I had planned on playing some end of summer tournaments (obviously not happening now), and when I was talking to a friend recently I said something along the line of 'Well, maybe I'll get to post some mid 80's rounds and bring the handicap back up.' He replied with a sandbagging comment, and the conversation rolled on. It's been bugging me though.
I usually post any round where score is actually being kept. Right now I can manage about a 45 yd wedge without feeling like I've just been shot. If no infections or anything weird happens I'm hoping to be able to swing at around 80% in another month? Who knows though? Well there's no way I'll be able to play to my current handicap when I start playing again. So I feel like playing to my abilities at whatever percent I'm at is being honest so those scores should post. Takes longer for it to go up than down, and for all I know I might never get to really let it go again if I want to keep playing. That's what got me in trouble.
So, would you post all the scores? Post no scores until you feel like you're as healed as you're going to be, whatever that is? Just kick your friends *ss for implying you're not an honest golfer? Any and all feedback is welcome.