Match play handicap1/19/2024 ![]() I tell people who want to get to single figures not to bother if they want to play in any comp because hackers always win. ![]() ![]() If you want to win comps then get lessons and work for it, I did but now it’s not worth it. I personally now don’t play in my club comps because as a low single figure golfer there is no way I can compete with above average golfers because the handicap system is unfair. I mean, what’s the point in having club pro’s giving lessons when no one wants to get better because they have a pocket full of shots. Half and three quarter handicap allowance was fairer for the better player because it stopped bad players and cheats winning comps by default. What system do you think should be in place when it comes to singles matchplay? Vote in the poll below… To put it simply, in many cases, higher handicappers just don’t use the strokes they are given. Also, according to the EGU, an average of one in three strokes given in matchplay scenarios do not figure in matches either because the hole is won without the stroke or lost in spite of receiving it. If you take into account the awarding of strokes according to the stroke indexes of the course, some one-sided matches will be over long before the higher handicapper receives a number of their strokes. Revert back to the higher handicapper’s side of the argument however, and you could also take into account the issue of unused strokes. In my opinion, it’s far more feasible that a 24 handicapper could go out and shoot, let’s say, 16 over par, than it is for a 4 handicapper to go out and fire it round in 4 under. Low handicappers will also argue that it is more difficult for them to go out and shoot significantly lower than their handicap than it is for the higher handicapper. ![]() Lose a hole by 1 shot or 5 and the bearing on the match is the same…you simply lose the hole. Put yourself in the lower handicapper’s shoes though and you might argue that the 7s, 8s and 9s that you might expect to see on a high handicapper’s strokeplay scorecard don’t mean anything in matchplay. The higher your handicap, the more shots you lose when you take a quarter of it away. ![]() If you look at it from a mathematical point of view, you can understand the higher handicapper’s concerns. Needless to say, in most cases the lower handicapped golfer will miss the “good old days” when the ¾ allowance was in place in singles matchplay, while higher handicappers are obviously going to enjoy the full difference afforded to them as of 2008. This means in fourball matches, the lowest handicapped player will concede shots to the other three based on ¾ of the difference between the full handicaps in foursomes ½ of the difference between the aggregate handicaps of each side is to be used, and in singles, FULL DIFFERENCE!įull difference in singles matchplay has become something of a talking point in golf clubs up and down the country, with in general, two sets of players either arguing for or against it. While golf clubs are free to employ whichever handicap allowance they see fit during matchplay competitions, the English Golf Union does strongly urge clubs to comply with their handicap allowance guidelines which were changed as of January 2008. When it comes to matchplay on the other hand, things become slightly more complicated, with golfers of varying abilities seemingly in favour of either a ¾ allowance being employed, or the full difference between the two handicaps in question. One of the best things about golf is that, no matter your ability, the handicap system – banditry aside of course – allows all golfers, no matter their ability, to compete on an even playing field.Īs far as strokeplay is concerned, the handicap system is simple. ![]()
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