Yeah, you're right, they can cheat on their scorecards as well. >From the sounds of it, the British system is better. As I understand it, they >only use tournament scores.
-Don --- On Wed, 8/5/09, Tom Flanagan <tflans...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Depends upon the way the club/course deals with it. And > most of all, it depends upon whether or not the golfer is a > thief, an unprincipled lout who should be banned from the > game. > > On the other hand, whether the computer is available at > your home course or not, it's pretty easy to write down > wrong numbers on scorecards. At our course, the > computer's available but in 90% of the cases golf shop > staff enters scores from cards that are picked up from the > bar/restaurant. There's no way to verify what's on > the card(s). > > Golf's a game of honor. If a guy's a cheater he > doesn't deserve the time of day from his fellows. I know > damn well I've refused to play with, or make bets with > known baggers. I'll play golf with them but I won't > bet with them. Nor will I allow baggers in any of the > tournaments or matches for which I'm responsible. When a > guy tells me, after having won money in a tournament "I > play better under pressure", I tell him "don't > bother signing up for another event with me, unless you can > play at scratch. > > Near as I can tell, the only way to control baggers is by > self-policing, whether it be a club or individuals. This of > course doesn't apply to "vanity handicappers". > Bring them boys on. > > TFlan > > > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:13:29 -0700 > > From: d...@mcluckie.net > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Handicap > > To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com > > > > > > I've belonged to 3 clubs. In each one, members > entered their own scores, and there was never any effort to > police the system. No education was given to the golfers > about score entry either. It was all totally self-service. > If someone wanted to sandbag, they could. The clubs > didn't do any handicapped tourneys, so it never really > came up in a setting where the club could do something about > it. > > > > I think this is fairly common. That's why I think > the handicap system is untrustworthy. > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 8/5/09, Ed Reeder > <e_ree...@mailup.net> wrote: > > > > > > > -- > > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ > > Express your personality in color! Preview and > select themes for Hotmail®. Try > it now. > -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
