Scratch Cups 2014

ratzy wrote: »

was off 19 i was 3 under after 3 holes ...played it again a week later moate can be very tough with some of the pin positions.

I don't think a course can ever be defined as tough , if somebody got 49 points on it.

I was thinking that anybody can be 9 shots better than their handicap. This would be a less than 1 in 100 event. Like a pro having a 63 - but we are not pros so the event should be even more rare. As a tour pro is in reality at a handicap +5 - so it is a tour pro having a 58.

So 36 + 9 = 45. That is what I'm saying should be feasible.

So if you score 45 = 45 = (1) is removed from your handicap - new handicap 18
etc.
so if you score 49 = (5) your new handicap should be 13.

It is hypothetical - but we can't have lads scoring over 45 unless it is a 1 in 100 sort of event. I'd be saying 1 in a 1000 in reality.

It can happen - but should be very rare.

Did you score over 45 ever again ?
Did you get cut soon after ?

Well done by the way - was it an eagle - birdie
Birdie - Birdie - Birdie
Albatross - ?

yettie1701 wrote: »

Are scratch cups not stroke play? So 49 points should be a different comp.
scratch cups in Gowran Park this year are Intermediate scratch cup Sunday 13 July, senior and junior scratch cup Sunday 14th of September. All would be very welcome.

Thanks for bringing the scratch cup thread back on topic

Senior scratch in dungarvan golf club
April 6th
36 holes
Played in a fourball b/ball format off scratch.
Great event last yr (except the storm and deluge rain)

Have a look at the link below for anyone interested in a senior scratch cup.
Brilliant event on a good course
http://www.irishgolfdesk.com/news-files/2014/3/5/greene-and-gorey-team-up-for-another-dungarvan-birdie-blitz

mike12 wrote: »

Am i correct,
Senior usually less that 5.
Junior 5 to 9 or 10
Intermediate 9 to 18
Junior 18+

I've generally found:

Intermediate 11/12 to 18
Minor 18+

Might give clody a dart myself. Chattin to the pro here at a wedding right now lol

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I was thinking that anybody can be 9 shots better than their handicap. This would be a less than 1 in 100 event. Like a pro having a 63 - but we are not pros so the event should be even more rare. As a tour pro is in reality at a handicap +5 - so it is a tour pro having a 58.

No it would in fact be much more common from a basic probabilities POV. As handicaps and scoring averages get lower so will the variance. It is statistically much more likely a higher handicap will shoot 9 under their handicap than a Tour Pro.

36 hole Junior & Senior Scratch Cups at Royal Curragh (formerly The Curragh) on Sunday 27th April
Handicaps
Senior + to 4
Junior 5-9

Entry fee €30 which includes a meal

Unfortunately Senior clashes with Dundalk on the same day

Greens are very good at present and now that the sheep are gone it should be a good test of golf.

Curragh JSC €30 with meal and Lucan JSC €30 with soup and sambo.
Castle JSC today was €40 just for golf. It was a Top Golfer event. Is it my imagination or are Top Golfer pushing up the prices for Scratch Cups?

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

No, that €40 fee for the Castle is down to the club rather than Top Golfer. I played a good few Top Golfer events last year including the Castle (hadn't played the course before so wanted to try it) and there was some good value among the events including 36 holes at both Beaverstown and Blainroe for €30 (no lunch however). As far as I'm aware Top Golfer attract larger numbers, organise prizes through sponsorship and the event itself on the day for which they charge the club a fee and in return the club retain the green fees which they set themselves. The Castle charging €40 for a scratch cup on a Fri did not entice me to return this year.

any word from the castle today?

mag wrote: »

any word from the castle today?

72 won it

mister gullible wrote: »

That's a very good score (2 over). Conditions were perfect and the course is short enough but the fairways are tight and the greens/pins tricky. Was it a member of the Castle who won?

Yes, a 9 handicap juvenile player from the Castle so presume his handicap will be plummeting. Full results here:
http://www.topgolfer.ie/events/event/castle-golf-club-jsc-5-9/#.U0mY8041jbV

Roslare hammered Borris 5-0 in the Bartin cup at the weekend. Now a good few of the guys playing for Borris and they are really good golfers so Roslare must be pretty strong.

levitronix wrote: »

missed lucan am raging

Regarding Lucan, could be worth ringing the proshop, although the timesheet for the JSC is full there are loads of spaces on the timesheet for the SSC. It's the same course, day and times for both just a different starting tee so don't see why they can't mix the slots since the JSC has such a wider handicap range.