Tron gave Neil three strokes, it said it at the very beginning, and yes in the initial episode there was a lot of talk about that, because folks gave @Soly crap about supposedly saying his handicap was higher than it actually is.
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Okay thanks, I remembered that from the first episode just missed it here in the last one. Thanks!
One might say so…
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He’s got to get through the big man first and I’m not ready to write off a post-Gankas @Randy. Can’t wait.
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Nobody puts Randy in the corner!
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I suppose you’re filming on something besides an iphone, will anything add a tracer effect in editing? Would love to see where the shots go on the club drop swings.
Really pulling for the Big Guy next episode because, with all due respect, I’m not sure I can stomach watching 3 more matches of @Tron’s scrapey downswing action. (Says me, the guy who was terrified to post in the Roast My Swing thread)
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Pacific grove didn’t video well I thought. The greens looked like flat circles. There was a good drone shot of the back nine but the beauty didn’t carry over on the ground. I’m aware that this course is a budget option at the luxury golf capital.
This is kind of an embarrassing question, but how do you actually give people 3 strokes. Is it the 3 hardest handicapped holes you get to subtract one from you score?
Somehow I never knew Tron and Neil were brothers until this episode???
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yes…and it’s ok…I mean, Neil Schuster and Tron Carter? One has hair, one doesn’t. One built like a linebacker, one isn’t. The names threw me off at first too.
Me: Hey, I’m Guy.
Him: Nice to meet you, I’m Tron.
Me: Tron…like the movie? Parents are my age somehow?
Him: No, long story, my real name is Todd
Me: ok, here we go
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oh, and yes, 1 shot on each of the 3 hardest handicapped holes. And the 3 is determined by taking the two players handicaps and determining the difference, rounded to nearest number.
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The green complexes at PG aren’t exactly wild and exciting. May be just a tough course to capture on film well when its grey and gloomy.
Yes on the handicap questions. If I am a 0 handicap, and you are a 3, on the three toughest holes, you get to subtract 1 stroke from your score, for your net score.
Ok that’s what I thought. So how does it work when you have a tournament with like 30 people? Do you take the best handicapped golfer as the baseline?
By handicap, you all mean course handicap right? Your course handicap is a combination of your GHIN handicap and the course slope. You figure out the course handicap of each player and then the difference is the number of strokes you get.
Typically two different ways…
- Everyone plays off their handicap, so if you are a 5 you get a stroke on 5 hardest holes, and 18 gets a stroke on every hole.
- They add flights by handicap (0-5, 6-10, etc) and everyone plays scratch.
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in addition, most tournaments reduce a handicap by 10-20%, - I forget why. In tournaments where matches are played, the low handicapper will play off zero, just like in the ones mentioned before, and it will change based on your opponent each match.
@DeadMan yes, course handicap, of course. Index would only be used if the course didn’t have a rating or a slope (like Sand Hills)
I’ve actually never played a match play tournament before, which is really just sad.
They had awesome shots on the 12th tee but the weather just rolled in on them. Can’t control that and gray, gloomy weather is pretty normal for that area.
Most of the front 9 looked to be blue skies when the played so I’m sure it’s a bummer that didn’t hold for the better part of the course.
Super sad. Nothing beats match play tournaments.
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The front 9 looked just awful, like really, really bad.
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smooth little 73 last night at Island View - 35-38
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