This whole thread confused the b'jesus out of me. How can a course that is rated theoretically as quite tough (72/131 and now 73/133) play under DSR in a back marker event?
Is it a flaw in the rating system similar to what Bruce pointed out with Cape Schank, where it is simply because of the placement of hazards in "rating" locations rather than actual difficulty of play that brings about the high slope?
I was a member at Bribie which in the old system was rated as PAR72/ACR73. A blue marker event would see ball run down out to 74/75 a lot of the time. Under the slope it is 72/130 off the blues and scores improved but handicaps have gone out a fair bit. Still DSR does not go down massive amounts from the limited amount I look at my Dad's GLink.
So what gives????
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These days, your handicap will be higher if you play in comps where the burglars are trying. It's sad how the play of others has a bearing on your hcp. I would prefer it to be me against the course. The cheats would then bother me less.
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Yes, 12.5%. Wild guess...7 years?
It was 10/20 a couple of years back. Getting 0.1 back for a bad round I'm guessing was 7 years ago.
Because burglars couldn't play well as often if they wanted to keep their hcp
Seems to me like you're enforcing the Ambrose rule because your handicap isn't as low as you think it should be. Maybe you're just not that good.
Under the current system, you could get 45 stableford pts every 4th round and not see a drop in your hcp. Under the old system, a c grader would lose 3.6 each time they scored 45 (assuming ccr=par) and only get 0.1 back for each bad round. Hence they couldn't “try“ as often.
This might be correct? Of course it's correct, we're talking manipulation. The system allows someone to play incredibly well quite often without dropping hcp. Why? Because bad scores count!
I can't believe all the BS in this thread.
The system is the way it is because that is what Golf Australia decided.
Like it or not every amateur golfer in the country is subject to the same conditions.
Yes there are cheats out there just like there is in every other sport ever played by mankind.
If you don't like it, don't play!
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Rodent your maths is shocking. You can not have 45 points every 4th round and not have it change your handicap.
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My comments refer to the current system being more beneficial to manipulators than the old system. They are able to try more often. This in turn impacts dsr at courses where manipulators are over represented. What's that got to do with my ability? Whether I'm off 6 or 4 won't change much. I'm just commenting on my observations. Some courses have realistic dsr and some don't. The ones that don't seem to have lots of blokes who dread losing a shot.
I am confused.
For this to occur you are suggesting that mathematically the other 4 counted rounds are going to be in the order of played to 32 for someone on a playing handicap of 22. I would like to see how many golfers would have 4 counting rounds of 45 (ie 13 under handicap) and their next best is 10 over handicap.
As a B grader I have 2 rounds under handicap and my worst of the remaining 6 is 2 rounds within 2 strokes of actual index. I would expect more variance in C grade but not the level you indicate.
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Hux it was just a hypothetical to show how the current system is much easier to manipulate. Under the old system, 1 good round could shave say 4 shots from a handicap. Then it may take 40 bad rounds to return to the handicap that yielded the good score. Not much fun for a manipulator.
Under the current system, a manipulator can win much more often than they could in the past. Now because good scores don't hurt handicaps like they used to, it is my contention that courses with lots of burglars have DSR's that are too low.
It doesn't affect me much any more because I elect to play where the DSR's are fair dinkum.
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