Iâve seen a few tweets/stories the past week or so about how Tiger would hit a whole bucket of wedges without taking a blade of grass. Hit shots of putting greens with no fear of taking divots, etc.
Every time I see those stories, I just think of @soly.
After a round this past summer I grabbed a drink with @Snellspace and @Billy_Baroo (great time fellas, genuine highlight of the summer) and we talked about the awful purgatory Low Handicaps are in. Not good enough to play in any meaningful Amateur events and not bad enough to be scooping matches/Net Score event titles. This quote is basically our thesisâŚ
Iâd say it disputes the 50% marker someone mentioned above. Which is what I thought it did.
It doesnât. Itâs perfectly in line with the 53% expected win rate per match. Thatâs 47% of the time, the low cap loses. How many times out of ten would you expect âone of the five lowest capsâ to win?
And getting it mansplained to you by higher caps to top it off 
. Just play better!
Couldnât watch the premiere live, so I just caught up.
This season has been great yâall. Itâs so much fun to watch and learn about these places and people in this format.
I caught myself, several times, during that video trying to figure out if (and how) we could move and I could play there regularly. Maybe itâs early winter / pandemic escapism, or maybe itâs just really compelling content. Whatever the case, cheers and thank you!
(also, Iâm with Soly match play when youâre giving up a pile of strokes is hard)
If only there was a stretch of 8(!!!) consecutive holes without strokes in which to overcome this pile of charity!
I will say though that MDV moving up the tee on 13 was a tough blow in a match where he was already down and @Soly was very gracious to do so. 
Haha when I saw you stroked the first 3 I was like âDJ is fuckedâ I play off a 4 against a +2 all the time and when we are at a course where I pop early and then late with a gulf of straight up golf in between he smokes me almost always. All that said, some of this talk in here is very âsome of you have never played a match giving up 4 a side and it showsâ
It must really suck being good at something you love. You should probably stop trying to get better.
The exposure has definitely increased since the pandemic, starting with Derek Duncanâs march madness twitter exercise most. But itâs still off of most peoplesâ radars. I talk to people all the time, while playing golf, who have never heard of it, and itâs not that far from where I live.
And I totally get the unpopularity of the guest fee increases (unaccompanied has gotten really pricey), and the cottages have gotten prohibitively expensive for me if Iâm there by myself. I still think you get a pretty secluded feel if youâre there overnight. Theyâve had to walk a fine line of generating revenue without alienating the membership in the early years, and theyâre navigating some different waters now, and itâs not always perfect for everyone. I donât love all the changes but I understand them. There are more local members than people realize because a lot of people spend all summer up there.
To the staffâs credit, theyâre trying to make it more member focused, and the quality of service has not decreased a bit. I love the whole vibe, but I really fell in love with the golf course, and that hasnât waned a bit.
Sigh. Iâll bite. It does suck sometimes. Itâs hard as shit to win a net event as a 4. I have to go shoot 69 or better. Thereâs always a 65 net (at least). Same for the gross tourneys, gotta go fire under par, which to be fair Iâve done so it is possible to career it, but if you want to play tourneys it is a tough spot. Sorry not sorry
Itâs hard as shit to win a net event for any index. Because only one person can win, and they probably have to shoot well under their net CH. Winning is hard. You have to beat all of the other people playing.
Cool story but I used to win when I was a 12-15 cap. I dunno
Like I said, you should probably just stop trying to get better then. Iâm sure that would be more fun.
You guys also had an easier pin there for a move up (no disrespect to an epic two). Dan should have given you a back left pin. That would have been fun! But anything right of that top shelf makes the hole really interesting from a strategic perspective.
That gut punch of strokes one 1-2-3 is tough though.
I guess Iâm saying itâs easier for a higher cap who is getting better to fire off career rounds. Thatâs literally the phase youâre in while getting better. When you reach that 3-4 zone itâs a plateau of very similar scores. For me at least
Absolutely true. Because in a large field inevitably one or more mid to high handicap is going to go low. That theory doesnât hood up in 1:1 matches.