Very nice score top stuff
Very nice score top stuff
agree 100%. i don't feel anymore pressure in a comp round then i do in a social round as i usually have some $$ riding on every social round that i play. i take more care and line up putts a little longer in a comp round, which can lead to a better score.
i think comps are somewhat b/s in general as handicaps come into play (although i still play every week). it's like giving someone a head start in a race and then having them turn around and tell me that they are faster.
it's the same dumbass argument that says a hole in one shouldn't count in a non-comp round. is it any easier? i think not.
good work on the 71.
Re: the comp issue... it only matters, if it matters to you. If it makes no difference to you, then that's cool. Congrats on the PB. Always satisfying. Well done.
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Its a nice score in a social round. Nothing more than that. It wont count for handicapping purposes. If you had a hole in one during that round then that would not count for anything either.
I would like to see you repeat it in an official competition round, then I may be somewhat tempted to go along with your humble statement of:
"My finest hour...I finally conquered this game "
Last edited by Webster; 22nd October 2007 at 07:40 AM.
Well done mate, fantastic effort.
Haven't done it myself, but it is a goal of mine.
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I don't get this whole belief that competition golf is the only golf thats counts BS. Who was the almighty one that decied that. I understand that I won't get my name on some board if I shoot the course record or get a hole in one, but that doesn't matter, all I care about is that I did it. It does count for something because I make it count, and thats all that matters, what I think. To me I played the game of golf by the rules of golf, and any score should count, whether your competing against other hackers or not.
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Was it off the plates ?
Just mucking around, I always think of social golf, off the yellows and about 50 in front of the normal tees
I always play off the back tees, however due to bad tee conditions they weren't 100% off the plates, but not much inbetween. Only a couple of metres on each hole. It's funny how they say social players must play off the whites....what a joke, they assume your going to be a hacker and hack up the tee box or something. It's just another one of the stupid members rules I ignore.
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I agree with the intelligent posts here ( and not with the obvious ones who are just sh*t stirrrers) What difference does it make if it is a comp round or a social round. It is still golf!!!!!!!!!!! Why doesn't it matter if it's not in a comp round. Does that mean that the pros could turn around and say to us - "oh that doesn't count cos it wasn't on tour".
He played by the rules -and on the day - he conquered the game. Doesn't mean he'll do it every time for now - but he acheived his goal and I say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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congrats scarfie.
I don't think comp has anything to do with shooting a PB. But I know shooting a PB in comp is better (You know you shot the best score of any person on that day). Its one thing to say I set a new pb but if the course rated 6 shot easier that day its not your best. In my case I have broken 80 twice once at windaroo of the social tees on a perfect golf day the other at nudgee in high winds when the comp CCR was 2 over. I know the nudgee round is more special.
As per the title he conquered a goal not the game. good luck reaching the next goal.
Last edited by peter_rs; 22nd October 2007 at 12:54 PM.
Whatever butters your bread I guess. I shot 29 the other day, playing a par 30 with my son, it means nothing to me at all (apart from watching my son).
If I was even par on my home track, playing comp, and had a 10 footer on the last for 70.... well to me that means something because I make it mean something to me.
So Scarfie1, if you make it mean something and get as much out of it as I would with my scenario, full kudos to you
golf is a game that is played on many differnt levels, by many people.
i have broken par in both comp events and non-comp events. i can't really say that one was more satisfying than the other. whenever i play, i simply play against par. if someone says "hey good round, net 70 is a good score", I say thanks, but I still look at it is being 3 over what I should have shot.
the only difference between shooting under par in a comp event is that i might get a $50 gift certificate to spend in my pro shop that has no stock in it whatsoever (although this usually won't happen because some 27 handicapper will have 46 points). I might win $15-$20 in a social round, or even nothing. However, the only thing that is important to me is having the satisfaction of breaking par, without the aid of course ratings or a handicap. The satisfaction of "beating" the game for just one day is all that I need to make me come back the next day, shoot 90 and wonder what the hell went wrong.
Well said Johnny
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If you were a yank you could have handed it in for handicapping! Go figure. Always disliked that about the US system. But then again, do they get the access to several weekly comps like we do here?
Great score, regardless of how it happened. My best mate had shot his best round at our home club in a social round with iain and I always gave him props on that.
You're a tough man Jackie boy
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