declaring a practice round HC question
I'd posted this in the spring opening thread where a discussion broke out regarding the merit of entering rounds into the HC system played in very poor conditions, or specifically, in poor conditions early in the season...
"My cap is at an all time high since I started recording it. Ironically I've played some of the best golf the last two years, especially tee to green. Problem is I've played far too many rounds in the cold sprng and fall and on punched greens. Both the last two summers I've managed to not play much through the mid summer months, but got more than my share of 12 degrees and drisiling rain rounds in.
It's not so much the humility of seeing my cap rise, but part of the point of a cap is to play competitively in AM events, where I feel like a sandbagger if it get's out of hand.
Maybe if theres reasonable evidence to do so you should be able to declare a practice round on the first tee? Isn't there a provision to do something like that anyway as long as you do so before the round?"
It does make me think, there's certain rounds you don't card, like if you decide to play a round with just two clubs etc...so isn't there some kind of existing loop hole that can be implemented BEFORE you tee it up to not card the round?