It. doesn’t. matter. They don’t need to be comparable. It works with almost ANY scorecard. EVERY time an 18 cap gets a gross par, he loses 2 points to what he would have gotten in a net stableford game. Every time he gets a true double bogey, he loses a point.
The fucking question is not whether the two scores are the same, it’s whether the high capper would be better under any other stableford system.
@BaxterMSP has a vanity cap but you don’t hear him complaining and talking about how unfair the math is. Just play better next time guis.
It’s not good to use a single specific example to back up a statistical argument. Typical lawyer “trick”, right @anon47037505?
“Fallacy of defective induction”
I will bet you every single round played by an 18 and up would have been better compared to every single round played by a scratch in this tournament under net modified stableford than quota. Anyone wanna take it?
Guise what happened to good excuses like I could not make any putts?
Ah, we’re arguing two different things. I’m not comparing stableford to quota. Yeah, obviously modified quota helps vs regular stableford. That’s the modified portion. I’m saying that a 20 HC is going to do better more often than not than a scratch in the quota game we played. That’s just empirical fact, and not just from this sample size of one.
Higher handicappers get a bigger advantage in a non-linear stableford game over a linear quota game… but also, high handicappers have an advantage in a linear quota game over lower handicappers, and a linear stableford game also favors higher handicappers.
Another way of saying what @Ballgame just wrote.
Edit: Non-linear: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8. Linear: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 for double, bogey, par, birdie, eagle.
PIC. Playing Inebriation Calculator.
This thread RN
No more quantum physics talk, I want to hear about the backstopping!
No one had to grind for double bogey, we finished 36 holes + lunch in time both days, and we got a deserving winner. The format worked out perfectly.
Phenomenal
It’s not empirical fact. It’s highly contextual. On a day with 40mph gusts, will a 36 HCP beat a scratch nearly always? Yep. Because the 36 doesn’t need to do anything to hit quota, and the scratch is going to struggle. But on a calm day at a 7,000 yard course, I’ll take the scratch against a 20 HCP every day and twice on Sunday. I don’t think you understand that 20+ HCPs make almost NO birdies. They are likely to reach their quota very, very rarely.
Sorting through about 300+ photos that I’ll link to soon. In the meantime, wanted to get these beauties out to you all. @ChickPhilA @JCO @JamesHCard @MrVinegar206 @bmasters @mintbucket @RonniepND @AirMailWedges @CSquared07
You could create the argument that guys that came from snow, were at a severe disadvantage.
Perhaps we should try for earlier in the fall next year?
Same problem, it would still be 100* and you’d be at a disadvantage. It’s probably better to wait for temps to calm down. Plus it’s not a great idea to schedule a huge event in the middle of hurricane season in Jax.
I had a blast meeting so many of you guys (and gals @ChickPhilA ) this weekend. Wish I could’ve been there for more than just a day! It is so cool to be apart of such a cool community, with so many amazing people!
Hope to see y’all again soon!
Looks 17+ HCs they made their quotas 38% of the time vs. 10.1% of the time for 6 and better.
HCs make a lot of triples or worse and the variance of their scores is higher which helps them in a large field, winner-take-all.
You’re overly focused on the upside of birdies and missing the downside protection HCs have in a game like this which is far more common.
Really bad job by me not holding the trophy the right way. I regret the error.
