Hi all
This post is a bit of a brag but also I want to seek opinions before I raise something with my club.
A bit of background - I’ve played really crap for the last several years and and one point had blown all the way out to 30. I decided to put up or shut up and have had many sessions with the club pro and worked hard on my game. Prior to last week I was back down to a daily of 23 on our slope 129 rated course.
We had the club 4bbb Stableford Championship last weekend and the one before. All one grade. I had my two best rounds ever on the course - 88 and 87 off the stick. We went 51 and 49 Stableford points to win the title by three.
This morning the results went up on the club website. We aren’t listed as the champions. The champions were declared on gross points-ie without handicap. We are the “nett” winners but not champions.
Now in the club championships I get gross wins - but that is stroke and there are three grades. This is Stableford and one grade. Every other Stableford comp the winner is on Stableford, not gross, points. If it was a gross event I wouldn’t enter - the winning team has a guy that plays off +1. I can never compete.
So my question is - is this normal? Before I say something I wanted to see if this is universal across clubs, but it seems ridiculous to me that a Stableford Championship with one grade is decided on Stableford points without handicap.
One further piece of info - the team winning the gross and declared champions contains the club captain.
Would greatly appreciate input based on your club experience.