MattStub
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Went out last night to try and catch 18 before dark, playing as a single and walking. Tee'd off a little past 5 so was going to have plenty of time, but was more concerned with the wife being pissed if I ran too late. Was cruising around the front 9, where the course was pretty empty so I wasn't getting hung up by any groups. There was a pair in a cart (CPO today) coming off the green on 9 when I came around the corner so figured I would have to play through one group at worst (parking lot was pretty empty). Course has been super wet as of late since we've had record rainfall this year (one of the 2 courses being closed indefinitely until the water levels recede).
I catch up to the pair on the tee of 11 where I played with them on a Par 5. As we were coming down the fairway I saw a foursome on the Par 3 in front of us so now I start to wonder how I'm going to make this work as I don't have all night to watch these guys hack around from behind, and trying to pass a group when you are walking and are a 20 handicap is never a fun situation. So I decide the smartest thing to do is to skip the Par 3 12th, and the Par 4 13th, as the foursome is barely off the tee box with a couple guys as I come up to the box.
So I go jogging down the path to the Par 3 14th to get around both groups, so I can make a decent time and get home before the wife severs my week night golf rounds. The layout of this course puts the Par 4 13th at almost the back of the property, so there was no way I was going to be able to loop back around and play the 12th & 13th again. I finish up the Par 5 17th and Par 4 18th with some of the best up and downs of my life, thinking I probably beat my personal best of 93, by a couple of stroke, but not expecting what I actually shot.
The way GHIN defines scoring an incomplete round is:
The Par 3 12th is the easiest hole on the course and the Par 4 13th is the 4th hardest hole on the course, so with that being said and a 22 handicap, my scores would be an X-4 (Bogey) on 12 and an X-6 (Double) on 13. This would put my score at 86. I was talking to my buddies when I left, trying to see how best to justify all of this, seeing as I've never made worse than a double on 12 but have also par'd in more than enough time. However I have had a couple of blow up +4's on 13 before, and only recently have started posting pars/bogeys on the hole.
All things considered, this was some of the best golf I've ever played in my life consistently and luckily my misses fit very well with pin locations today. Left a lot of things short off the green, that still gave myself easy chips and a lot of 3ft to 6ft clean up putts. Usually my misses compound quickly and I will +4 or triple three or four holes lately that keep me up in the 90s.
Would you post it as an 86, or post it as an 89 (taking worst case scenario into play)?
I catch up to the pair on the tee of 11 where I played with them on a Par 5. As we were coming down the fairway I saw a foursome on the Par 3 in front of us so now I start to wonder how I'm going to make this work as I don't have all night to watch these guys hack around from behind, and trying to pass a group when you are walking and are a 20 handicap is never a fun situation. So I decide the smartest thing to do is to skip the Par 3 12th, and the Par 4 13th, as the foursome is barely off the tee box with a couple guys as I come up to the box.
So I go jogging down the path to the Par 3 14th to get around both groups, so I can make a decent time and get home before the wife severs my week night golf rounds. The layout of this course puts the Par 4 13th at almost the back of the property, so there was no way I was going to be able to loop back around and play the 12th & 13th again. I finish up the Par 5 17th and Par 4 18th with some of the best up and downs of my life, thinking I probably beat my personal best of 93, by a couple of stroke, but not expecting what I actually shot.
The way GHIN defines scoring an incomplete round is:
For handicap purposes, the player must record a score of par plus any handicap strokes normally received for the holes not played or holes not played in accordance with the Rules of Golf. These scores should have an “X” preceding the number. For example, player A is not able to play holes 16, 17, and 18 due to darkness. Player A has a Course Handicap™ of 12 and holes 16, 17, 18 are a par 5, 3, 4, and are allocated as the number 4, 16, 10 handicap holes, respectively. Therefore, player A will record an x-6, x-3, x-5 on holes 16, 17, and 18, respectively.
The Par 3 12th is the easiest hole on the course and the Par 4 13th is the 4th hardest hole on the course, so with that being said and a 22 handicap, my scores would be an X-4 (Bogey) on 12 and an X-6 (Double) on 13. This would put my score at 86. I was talking to my buddies when I left, trying to see how best to justify all of this, seeing as I've never made worse than a double on 12 but have also par'd in more than enough time. However I have had a couple of blow up +4's on 13 before, and only recently have started posting pars/bogeys on the hole.
All things considered, this was some of the best golf I've ever played in my life consistently and luckily my misses fit very well with pin locations today. Left a lot of things short off the green, that still gave myself easy chips and a lot of 3ft to 6ft clean up putts. Usually my misses compound quickly and I will +4 or triple three or four holes lately that keep me up in the 90s.
Would you post it as an 86, or post it as an 89 (taking worst case scenario into play)?