Old Timers Competition 2024

[BradTheDad]

Hi Guys,

just watched Juan's Rd 1 against Sundance's and what a good contest it was. Nothing in it until the last few holes. Well worth having a look at.

I then watched Sundance's Rd 4. All I can say is, I don't know how those putts lipped out; I thought they were in. Really good front nine and a back nine probably worth forgetting, given some of the pin placements. I did warn you.

Cheers

Brad

[Sundance]

Finished round 1 at Mcall Cumman. I believe Del went by the nickname Breezer. Been a long time since I played one of his courses. Nice layout but some tricky trees you can't see.

[BradTheDad]

Hi Guys,

here's the revised scoreboard for Rd 1 at McCall Cumhann with Sundance's score included.

As you can see Steve, the handicap system works very well at keeping everybody competitive. Juan unfortunately had a few problems in this round, but more than made up for it in Rd 2.

Cheers

Brad

[BradTheDad]

Hi Juan,

now that Bill has given you a list of Don McFarlane's courses, do you want to select two, or were you wanting me to do it for you? I'm not sure what you wanted to happen.

Cheers

Brad

[Sundance]

Hi Guys,

here's the revised scoreboard for Rd 1 at McCall Cumhann with Sundance's score included.

As you can see Steve, the handicap system works very well at keeping everybody competitive. Juan unfortunately had a few problems in this round, but more than made up for it in Rd 2.

Cheers

Brad

Brad, I really don't understand the scoring. The handicap is what we shot? and the Stableford is the result of our handicaps?

[Sundance]

Second round at Mcall Cumhann GC.

[tarheel]

Round 4 at Riverdale

[tarheel]

And welcome aboard Steve !!!!!

[Sundance]

And welcome aboard Steve !!!!!

Thanks for having me!!!

[BradTheDad]

Hi Steve,

the handicap system works off a rather complicated formula I developed, applied to your Stroke scores. As you play your first eight rounds it is calculated on the average score across the rounds you have played. After you have played eight rounds your handicap is based on the best eight Stroke scores from the rounds you have played. Once you have played twenty rounds, the handicap going forward is based on the best eight Stroke scores of the previous twenty rounds you have played. Your handicap is added to your Stroke score to determine your Handicap score. The calculations are similar to the way actual handicaps are calculated, adjusted for the fact that some players are regularly hitting in the fifties (which are unrealistic scores), to give you a more realistic outcome compared to par and taking into account the differing abilities of all players.

A far as the Stableford score goes, depending on your handicap, you get additional shots added to the par of the hardest holes, as determined by the handicap for each hole set by the designer of the course. For example, if your handicap is twelve, you get one extra shot on each of the twelve hardest holes. For example, if the fifth hardest hole is a Par 4, it would now have a handicap par of 5. Depending on what the handicap par is, you are then allocated Stableford points (1,2,3 and so on) based on the Stroke score you shot on that hole against the Handicap par (eg, 2 points for a par, 1 for a bogey, 3 for a birdie). The better you score against the handicap par, the more Stableford points you get.

Hope that all makes sense.

Cheers

Brad