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Golf is one of the few sports in which players of widely varying abilities can compete fairly with each other. A “rabbit” with a 28 handicap can enjoy competing with a scratch player with a reasonable chance of winning. However, there is a catch.
Handicaps were invented to reflect a player’s true ability. It’s fair to [...]
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1. Move Up
Having trouble achieving a mental breakthrough? Try playing from the forward tees, in order to alter your comfort zone and lower your scores. Playing a shorter course will instill a “go-for-par” or birdie mindset that will stick with you when you return to your accustomed tees. If you can’t score any better from [...]
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A handicap is a numerical measure of an amateur golfer’s ability to play golf over 18 holes. The 2 main formulas used in the game are stroke play (also known as brutto or medal) and match play.
The Stroke play formula is an individual way of playing the game as you are competing against the [...]
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A recent article on this page offered a way for those wishing to take up golf to break the vicious circle (no handicap, no golf: no golf, no handicap). The regular Thursday meetings which began seven years ago, offered the opportunity for newcomers to arrive at the Positive Golf Academy in Elviria for a group [...]
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No handicap, no golf. No golf, no handicap. Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Obviously, it isn’t, because there wouldn’t be millions of club golfers with official handicaps. But getting started isn’t easy, unless you know how. This is why several years ago, Golf Leisure Breaks established a special weekly event at the Greenlife nine-hole par three [...]
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It’s difficult to think of any other sport which operates a handicap system. At amateur level, I suppose snooker would qualify (I’ll give you five blacks start). But can you imagine pro golfers, playing on any of the major tours, agreeing to play from different handicaps? Tiger could probably give the field a shot per [...]
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Golf is one of the few sports in which players of widely differing abilities can compete fairly with each other, by dint of a handicapping system. That is the theory. For the system to work fairly, a player’s handicap should reflect his best game. From my experience of organizing competitions five days each week, it [...]
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