What is the lowest handicap player in your club?

big_drive

Saw this on another forum. In our club the lowest is 1, after that is a guy off 3

Creasy_bear

+3

Myksyk

0

mike12

Scratch then a couple of 3's.

slave1

Lad off +1 in Moate

galteeboy

0,then a couple of 3's

Russman

2 then a couple of 5s

matt-dublin

2 in Druids heath.

Think he shot an 81 recently......

irishtoffee

Couple off +1 and a few off 3 and a good lot of 4 and 5 Wexford GC.

mag

four scratches

Hacker111

3 Wicklow...never seen a 2 in my time there..... blainroe has a +1 and loads of 2/3s

Dr_Colossus

3 in Tulfarris and a few then on 5.
Would be beneficial to list the club to see where all the low and + players are based.

charlieIRL

slave1 wrote: »

Lad off +1 in Moate

just saw that, what happened JS? he was off 1 or 2 - not listed for moate anymore.

Can you check a club's member handicaps that's not on howdidido?

chalkie 501

We've got 3 lads off 1,3 or 4 2's and 5 or 6 3's

aster99

I've found the low lads are usually either dead sound guys or else guys who know their good and wouldn't be slow to let you know how good they are. I've found its one extreme or the other.

Hacker111

:D:D:D

Just checked Portmarnock.... 20 scratches or better...wtf?

Whyner

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

3 in Tulfarris and a few then on 5.
Would be beneficial to list the club to see where all the low and + players are based.

They seem evenly spread. You can see all the best players in the country (who entered, and internationals) who were at the recent East of Ireland here

http://www.gui.ie/leinster/championships/championships/entrants.aspx?champid=53&hash=e103f526b1cfc9525c2e225f73b3712819ba907d4b51b5549d24af1df8ffc05e

irish bloke

Guy works with me in his 50's off 1, used to be scratch a few years back. Best thing abt this story is that he only picked up the game in his 40's, never played before this.

Hope for all of us yet!

Benicetomonty

+3 in Lucan. A recent winner of and a very recent runner-up in the East of Ireland

slave1

The best player I ever played with was (and there's no other PC word for it) a brute of a woman off +5.
Her driving was not massive, plenty of lads I've played with would out drive her (although she did win a fair few longest drives in work outings because of the forward tee), but sweet Jazuz anywhere and I mean ANYWHERE from 100 yards and it was like she had a string on the ball, all within birdie distance of the hole and she'd either putt it in or shave the hole.
As we've heard time and time before it's all in the short game.

Whyner

irish bloke wrote: »

Guy works with me in his 50's off 1, used to be scratch a few years back. Best thing abt this story is that he only picked up the game in his 40's, never played before this.

Hope for all of us yet!

Eh, that's difficult to believe, wow...What a hero

Whyner

slave1 wrote: »

As we've heard time and time before it's all in the short game.

It is if you're off +5 but for most people the most important shot is their tee shot. Why practice your short game if you can't keep a ball in play

Did she not turn pro off that handicap? Poulter turned pro off -4, although that's cause he couldn't afford the comps.

blue note

a +2, a +1, two scratches, two 1s, and a few off every thing else. That's Tramore.

blue note

Hacker111 wrote: »

:D:D:D

Just checked Portmarnock.... 20 scratches or better...wtf?

Can that be right? It's insane! I'd feel so inadequate there.

U.P.O.

Two +2s, two or three +1s and a handful of scratch players and then me at the other end of the scale

slave1

Whyner wrote: »

It is if you're off +5 but for most people the most important shot is their tee shot. Why practice your short game if you can't keep a ball in play

Did she not turn pro off that handicap?

She played amateur for Ireland for over 10years as far as I can remember.

Dr_Colossus

slave1 wrote: »

The best player I ever played with was (and there's no other PC word for it) a brute of a woman off +5.

+5? That has to be the lowest in the country, what club does she play from. I believe Lisa and Leona Maguire are +3 (+3.1) and +4 (+4.3) respectively and thought they were the lowest both amongst the men and women of Ireland.

irish bloke

Whyner wrote: »

Eh, that's difficult to believe, wow...What a hero

Thats a genuine story, he plays out of Limerick golf club. not going to say his name as its not my business to, but anyone who plays there would probably know him.

PS, he was 6 under after 10 holes there recently only to finish 4 under. The course record held by none less then Tiger Woods is 8 under par.

charlieIRL

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

+5? That has to be the lowest in the country,

I think Shane Lowry was off +5 when he turned pro

fullstop

blue note wrote: »

Can that be right? It's insane! I'd feel so inadequate there.

No it's not right. 10 of those have an exact handicap of 0.0. We have a lot listed as that in our club too but it's just an error in the list. They also have Noel Fox on the list and he's a pro. Still a mighty impressive amount of + handicaps.

charlieIRL wrote: »

I think Shane Lowry was off +5 when he turned pro

But he's not now, he's on tour! McIlroy was +5 as well, as was Wayne Telford last year, +4 now

charlieIRL

fullstop wrote: »

But he's not now, he's on tour! McIlroy was +5 as well, as was Wayne Telford last year, +4 now

thats why i said "Was!!";)

He's still listed as a member of Esker Hills as far as i know.

U.P.O.

fullstop wrote: »

But he's not now, he's on tour! McIlroy was +5 as well, as was Wayne Telford last year, +4 now

McIlroy was actually +6 :eek:

"Rory was a scratch player by the age of 12. His handicap now is plus six and he is a two-time Irish amateur champion and current European amateur champion".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/6907629.stm

Kace

aster99 wrote: »

I've found the low lads are usually either dead sound guys or else guys who know their good and wouldn't be slow to let you know how good they are. I've found its one extreme or the other.

I think this applies to every member in my club

Mr. Larson

+5/+6 is absolutely sick, Lowry was a +5 in Esker Hills alright, before he turned Pro. I heard Sergio hit +7 but could be wrong. Must have been a Micky Mouse golf course

neckedit

Jabberwocky wrote: »

+5/+6 is absolutely sick, Lowry was a +5 in Esker Hills alright, before he turned Pro. I heard Sergio hit +7 but could be wrong. Must have been a Micky Mouse golf course

I always thought, +6 was as low as you can go, but I stand Corrected,
There is a guy in Sydney, Australia that plays off an amateur handicap of +8 at Castle Hill Country Club.

A buddy I play a bit with got to +5 a few weeks ago, for a week or so, back to +4 now......:P

link_2007

neckedit wrote: »

I always thought, +6 was as low as you can go, but I stand Corrected,
There is a guy in Sydney, Australia that plays off an amateur handicap of +8 at Castle Hill Country Club.

A buddy I play a bit with got to +5 a few weeks ago, for a week or so, back to +4 now......:P

What a slacker!

fullstop

Jabberwocky wrote: »

Must have been a Micky Mouse golf course

They host a European Tour event ever year so hardly.

flanzer

Hacker111 wrote: »

:D:D:D

Just checked Portmarnock.... 20 scratches or better...wtf?

blue note wrote: »

Can that be right? It's insane! I'd feel so inadequate there.

It's probably to do with them poaching the best players from other clubs. When I was in Howth and I remember Royal Dublin poaching Liam Brady's 2 nephews of us, Liam and Eamonn. A long time ago, but I think Liam was off scratch and Eamonn was +2 at the time. There was war over it

matt-dublin

so if you've a + handicap, do they actually add shots onto your score in strokes and remove points on stapleford?

how does it work on a card then, do they make you add a net shot on index 1 or 18 if you're off +1?

Mr. Larson

matt-dublin wrote: »

so if you've a + handicap, do they actually add shots onto your score in strokes and remove points on stapleford?

how does it work on a card then, do they make you add a net shot on index 1 or 18 if you're off +1?

As far as I know it's no shots anywhere & minus on your... ah here it's too hard to explain without example. Stableford, on Index 18 & 17 you've minus a shot if you're off +2. So it's Birdie for 2pts and Par for 1pt on those holes.

Does anyone know how the Fourball works if you're off +2.6 let's say and it's 3/4 handicaps? Do you go to +1.95? In that case so in effect you could be better off?

matt-dublin

My Goal is now never to exceed scratch.....

Denis Horan

In ballybunion golf club, Kerry
One on 0
Two on +1
Three on +3
About ten on +5

Seves Three Iron

Denis Horan wrote: »

In ballybunion golf club, Kerry
One on 0
Two on +1
Three on +3
About ten on +5

I'd imagine the Island have a rake of low men. Have a terrible rep for hovering up the promising young players, two of which I know and had no links to the club beforehand.

Lowest in black bush is scratch.

Dr_Colossus

Denis Horan wrote: »

In ballybunion golf club, Kerry
One on 0
Two on +1
Three on +3
About ten on +5

By +5 do you mean a 5 handicaper? Hard to believe there are that many +5 handicapers in Europe not to mind in one Irish club. Is there not a standardised format where players the other side of scratch are deemed + players, some places however seem to list them as - players.

Denis Horan

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Denis Horan wrote: »

In ballybunion golf club, Kerry
One on 0
Two on +1
Three on +3
About ten on +5

By +5 do you mean a 5 handicaper? Hard to believe there are that many +5 handicapers in Europe not to mind in one Irish club. Is there not a standardised format where players the other side of scratch are deemed + players, some places however seem to list them as - players.

Yes, I meant 5 handicappers

Denis Horan

Sorry about the misunderstanding, I meant -5 handicap. I just realised now

Rikand

1 +2
1 +1
1 scratch at present

Athlone

Seves Three Iron

The former Down football midfielder Conor Deegan is supposed to have some outrageous handicap like +3 or +4. Big man. Hits it a good trip by all accounts. Open to correction on the handicap.

sector

1 off +2
2 off +1
4 off scratch
5 off 1
6 off -2
6 off -3
9 off -4
16 off -5

won't bother with the high handicappers lol!! (only j/k)

Redzah

irish bloke wrote: »

Thats a genuine story, he plays out of Limerick golf club. not going to say his name as its not my business to, but anyone who plays there would probably know him.

PS, he was 6 under after 10 holes there recently only to finish 4 under. The course record held by none less then Tiger Woods is 8 under par.

Yes, although Woods only holds that record as they decided to DQ stuart appleby for using a range finder. Yes woods hit his playing partners wooden club on 1 hole and it was deemed ok. Suspect rules decision to ensure the have the marketing power of tiger as their course record holder.

In relation to the bloke your talking about i have no idea who it is and i've played numerous senior cup and barton shield matches against limerick. Is it DG?

irish bloke

Redzah wrote: »

irish bloke wrote: »

Thats a genuine story, he plays out of Limerick golf club. not going to say his name as its not my business to, but anyone who plays there would probably know him.

PS, he was 6 under after 10 holes there recently only to finish 4 under. The course record held by none less then Tiger Woods is 8 under par.

Yes, although Woods only holds that record as they decided to DQ stuart appleby for using a range finder. Yes woods hit his playing partners wooden club on 1 hole and it was deemed ok. Suspect rules decision to ensure the have the marketing power of tiger as their course record holder.

In relation to the bloke your talking about i have no idea who it is and i've played numerous senior cup and barton shield matches against limerick. Is it DG?

Didn't realise that. Not DG. PC