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04-15-2009 05:04 PM #1
2009 Handicap Season
The 2009 Handicap Season starts today, so start entering those scores!
When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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04-15-2009 05:05 PM #2
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04-15-2009 06:46 PM #3
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"A life lived in fear of the new and the untried is not a life lived to its fullest." M.Pare 10/09/08
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04-15-2009 06:55 PM #4
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04-15-2009 06:56 PM #5
You are such a 'bagger.
I have your coin if you're looking for it.Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-15-2009 07:15 PM #6
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04-15-2009 07:41 PM #7
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04-15-2009 07:43 PM #8
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04-15-2009 07:48 PM #9
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04-16-2009 11:40 AM #10
Yep, I know. Not really sure it is fair to enter the scores for conditions we currently have. The greens at Le Sorcier were like shag carpets, so it is not really reflective of my actual score. On a par 3, I was on in 1 shot and 4 putted for a double (be quiet Indio & Noback). The course was in good condition, fairways were very dry, greens will be nice once they cut them. They had the 90 degree rule as well for the power carts. Overall I was very impressed with the shape of the course.
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04-16-2009 01:22 PM #11
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I agree Craiger, this HC stuff has to be more regionally based. Who knows what kind of conditions we can face in early April and late October. Those greens at Sorcier were something else.
Lefty Lucas
I am abidextrous, I once golfed right-handed and now I shoot left-handed just as badly!
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04-16-2009 03:13 PM #12
C'mon guys, really? Why should your handicap validity be related to the quality of one course's greens? Everybody is playing the same course. It's not like the greens were just bad for you and no one else. And you chose to play that day, you weren't forced.
I've played different courses in mid-season where the green speeds varied wildly, and where some were even shaggy. Should I get a "do over"? I don't think so.When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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04-16-2009 03:23 PM #13
I hear you Rich and I know that everyone is in the same boat....I am just saying that it is not a true sense of ones game...I am just saying that for this time of year, it is too early to start counting those scores towards handicaps, should be more like May 1, 2009.
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04-16-2009 03:29 PM #14Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-16-2009 03:33 PM #15
But the line has to be drawn somewhere. Some years the courses are ready to go before April 15th. There's no book on what constitutes "ideal" conditions. You always have the choice to start playing later if you don't think the conditions are to you liking.
I've been out to hit balls a couple of times, but I haven't played yet because I know that there's still a chance of "less than ideal" conditions.When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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04-16-2009 03:34 PM #16
Yep, you should enter your score from playing courses with bad conditions and ones with good conditions from April 15 on. I just really wanted to say that I find the date too early in the season to start.
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04-16-2009 03:34 PM #17
Wouldn't those scores be eliminated once you started entering more scores as conditions improve? That is assuming your scores improve. Just means a slightly bloated handicap for the time being.
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04-16-2009 03:37 PM #18
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04-16-2009 03:38 PM #19
Yup. However if you only play 20 rounds or less a year, it can have a more long term effect.
Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-16-2009 07:06 PM #20
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I agree. Last year courses were not even open on April 15th. In fact, I would say that course conditions are consistently better on November 15th then they are on April 15th - plus you have the advantage of playing for a full season - and yet the April scores are entered and the November ones aren't.
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04-17-2009 06:21 AM #21
I don't think the intent is to have handicaps recorded only in good conditions. Playable condition seems to be what the dates are based on.
Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-17-2009 06:34 AM #22
Agreed
BUT
I have been playing a long time now and some april conditions have been brutal at times. Never the same at the begining of the year. As someone mentioned we didint even play until mid april last year. A soggy fairway from winter thaw is not the same as a soggy fairway from a rain fall during peak season. The ground is bumpy. semi frozen and WET as oppose to just wet.
I enter all my scores no matter what and accept that they are higher from mid october to mid may at best. Then my cap will level out for the season (mid may to mid october)
Just my 2 centsI've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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04-17-2009 07:02 AM #23
A line must be drawn somewhere. In average years courses in this area are mostly open and playable by mid April.
If it were up to me the season would be May 1 to Nov 15.Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-17-2009 08:00 AM #24
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I dont think I was asking for good conditions to play. I was trying to point out that conditions on April 15th can vary greatly from one region to another and that I would prefer that a HC season maybe go from May1 on to the end of Oct. I am not sure if the HC season is the same for all regions in Canada but if they are then we are better off than some areas and we are worse off than others.
Lefty Lucas
I am abidextrous, I once golfed right-handed and now I shoot left-handed just as badly!
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04-17-2009 08:14 AM #25
They are set for each region by the provincial associations.
Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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04-17-2009 08:16 AM #26
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Well, I guess the only way to counter act these type of conditions is to play more golf in nice weather in good conditions, I am IN!! After all its for my H/C, My wife will understand, I think.
Lefty Lucas
I am abidextrous, I once golfed right-handed and now I shoot left-handed just as badly!
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04-17-2009 08:22 AM #27
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04-17-2009 08:26 AM #28
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Its all in how you present it you know.
Lefty Lucas
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04-17-2009 11:27 AM #29
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04-17-2009 10:49 PM #30
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Geez, what does it take to make golfers happy???? We've been playing for a few weeks now, yet now we complain about having to put in our scores......Can't have your cake and eat it too. What would you rather have? Not playing until May???
I'm just poking fun lads."A life lived in fear of the new and the untried is not a life lived to its fullest." M.Pare 10/09/08
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