Golf Battle Report - Page 2

I was just confused and surprised when micronesia said he didn't have any handicap yet plays on courses that I assumed required you to have a hcp, IE be a registered player. This is how it works in Europe anyway..

On May 02 2010 09:32 L_Master wrote:
I would say I shot a 73, as that is the score I actually shot. However, it is accurate to say I shot a 71 for handicap purposes.

For actual tournament results and scores there is definietly no ESC, for the purposes of the competition.

What I was unsure of is whether you would enter a different score, due to ESC, than the actual one you shot in a tournament, for a tournament round. I should know this, but most tournaments I play they automatically post your scores for you.

Ah ok... so I guess you'd write the 8 on the scorecard... add it all up... then figure out how many strokes you are entitled to get back due to ESC and subtract them from the final score of 73?

On May 02 2010 09:24 L_Master wrote:


You want to think about swinging flatter, because it helps you swing better with the slope the ball is on. It doesn't need to be dramatic, but thinking about being more rounded helps keep you from getting steep here, which is an absolute no no. As far as bending knees, this is because changing spine angle radically alters your normal swing plane, which is just a bad idea, and you can't choke up on the club much so the only way to get your club into a normal address is to bend a bit more from the knees.

Basically the idea is to be setting your body up so that you naturally swing on the same plane as the slope.



But of course. You usually need handicaps to play in amateur events though, even if it is a torunament played at scratch (without handicaps).