Joe S posted in another thread about his disdain for par comps. [QUOTE=JoeS;]Par can be a sh1t of a game, I avoid it most times when it comes up[/QUOTE](nothing against you Joe, its a common refrain)

Despite hanging around golf clubs most of my life, I've never really understood what the problem was. I liked them from the start because they were generally quicker and I never had a handicap where I was "denied a double plus".

I was involved in doing the fixtures at the club and wanted to introduce a par comp at least once a month, the captain said, "they will lynch you". Clearly many are in Joe's camp.

Educate me Ozgolf, is "par is shite" a furphy, if not what am I missing?