People having lower hcaps in Ulster

liam12989

When me and friends of mine used to play in championships at boys youths and even senior.there always seemed to be more ulster players than anywhere else.
All the ulster players hcaps seem to be way lower than everyone else.
Is there a reason for this or is it just they maybe more talented.
But they definatly seem to be able to get more players lower than any other part of the country.
They have more tour pros than the rest of ireland.
Ulster must have the most tour pros per head than anywhere else.




*I used ulster as i dont want it to be a ireland verus north thing.

stockdam

I don't know if there is a different percentage but having played a lot all over I haven't noticed any difference in players of the same handicap........people in the ROI are not better than NI and vice-versa if they have similar handicaps.

Yes there are more god pro players for the size of the population but that's probably just luck and may change through time.

stockdam

Thinking about it again.

The cost of playing in NI is cheaper. The yearly and entrance fees are cheaper (comparing Belfast to Dublin) for the "good" courses. Maybe that helps get a broader spectrum of people playing?

Some schools have golf teams and some clubs have a lot of young players.......maybe people play golf at a younger age? Ballyclare has a strong emphasis on teaching kids - that's where Gareth Maybin came from.

I'd guess that if anything, then it must be that more young people are playing - they have a much better chance of going low than a player who starts as an adult.

LostPassword

At a guess, I'd venture that as there are lots of areas where puritanism is strong, there's little to distract the teenagers from healthy outdoor pursuits such as golf.

Mister Sifter

All to do with the protestant work ethic.












** I jest, of course!

Russman

I don't know what the full reason(s) is, but I remember when I was playing in boys events, for some reason it always seemed that the lads from the south would nearly always be in a tent in the car park/field and the lads from up north would be in B&Bs paid for by their clubs and wearing club clobber provided for them !:D Raymie Burns always won but I think we had a better time !

Its probably a lot of things, including that work ethic thing alright, attitudes towards juniors in clubs down here, funding, attitudes towards practice itself (its almost regarded as cheating in some places ), facilities etc etc.

downthemiddle

Russman wrote: »

Raymie Burns always won but I think we had a better time !

I doubt if you had a better time than Raymie

Russman

downthemiddle wrote: »

I doubt if you had a better time than Raymie

True enough !!