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Golf 2016 - I Phil we'll never hear the Rory of the Tiger again.

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unofan said:
No one is going to care as long as you don't sandbag and you aren't using it to get into lower flights for things like your local publinks tournies.

Just enter the scores.

But I'm also someone who has never played strict rules. I generally don't improve my lie unless "winter rules" are in play, but I also always play OOB as a lateral hazard and don't give a crap about things like grounding a club in a trap or hazard.
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So, you cheat at golf.
 
bigblue_dl said:
So, you cheat at golf.
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By the technical rules, sure. But I've yet to meet a single person that ever plays strict rules when they're just getting 9 in after work with a beer or two and aren't playing for money.

I'll also say that playing OOB as a lateral hazard is a pace of play thing that frankly everyone should do unless you're on a professional tour. Hell, I played in high school tournaments where that was the rule.
 
Re: Golf 2016 - I Phil we'll never hear the Rory of the Tiger again.

unofan said:
By the technical rules, sure. But I've yet to meet a single person that ever plays strict rules when they're just getting 9 in after work with a beer or two and aren't playing for money.

I'll also say that playing OOB as a lateral hazard is a pace of play thing that frankly everyone should do unless you're on a professional tour. Hell, I played in high school tournaments where that was the rule.
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Personally, I am one of those people who try to play strictly by the rules of golf (I know, big surprise, right). But I do it for two reasons.

First, I'm the head of our local handicap committee, and I've served on that committee for a long time, so I feel some pressure to apply the rules to myself pretty strictly. Second, I play enough handicapped events that I want an accurate handicap for myself. Skirting the rules for whatever benefit in a practice or casual round primarily hurts that golfer only (and perhaps his future teammates) by creating an artificially low handicap.

But I generally agree with you. Most people aren't going to follow the rules to a T in a casual round, and I don't get real bent out of shape about it. The most important thing is that people have fun playing the game.
 
Re: Golf 2016 - I Phil we'll never hear the Rory of the Tiger again.

unofan said:
By the technical rules, sure. But I've yet to meet a single person that ever plays strict rules when they're just getting 9 in after work with a beer or two and aren't playing for money.

I'll also say that playing OOB as a lateral hazard is a pace of play thing that frankly everyone should do unless you're on a professional tour. Hell, I played in high school tournaments where that was the rule.
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I belong to a private club that has 25% of it's members with single digit handicaps. If you are out, even for fun, and are observed cheating, your reputation is shot. If you ALWAYS play by the rules you won't make slips.
 
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SJHovey said:
Personally, I am one of those people who try to play strictly by the rules of golf (I know, big surprise, right). But I do it for two reasons.

First, I'm the head of our local handicap committee, and I've served on that committee for a long time, so I feel some pressure to apply the rules to myself pretty strictly. Second, I play enough handicapped events that I want an accurate handicap for myself. Skirting the rules for whatever benefit in a practice or casual round primarily hurts that golfer only (and perhaps his future teammates) by creating an artificially low handicap.

But I generally agree with you. Most people aren't going to follow the rules to a T in a casual round, and I don't get real bent out of shape about it. The most important thing is that people have fun playing the game.
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If you're submitting your score towards your handicap, you should always play strictly by the rules. If you don't, you're cheating in the next handicapped event.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
If you're submitting your score towards your handicap, you should always play strictly by the rules. If you don't, you're cheating in the next handicapped event.
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Well, technically if you are playing you should be submitting your score towards your handicap. That is one of the problems that we've had to address over the years -- players going out and playing a round of golf, then not submitting it. An occasional practice round where you hit a couple of balls of the tee, or chip shots around the green may pass muster. But if you do it regularly, you're cheating if you don't post your rounds.
 
Re: Golf 2016 - I Phil we'll never hear the Rory of the Tiger again.

How many golfers maintain a USGA handicap out of all that play the game? Just curious.
 
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RaceBoarder said:
How many golfers maintain a USGA handicap out of all that play the game? Just curious.
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I think a pretty small percentage.

A couple of years ago I saw some statistics that there were about 2 million people signed up through GHIN, which is the site that maintains the USGA handicaps. The big question is how many total golfers are there? Who knows. It probably depends upon who you count. But I've seen estimates that there are maybe 25 million golfers in this country, which means it would be less than 10% who sign up for and maintain a handicap.

Edit: According to the GHIN site, it currently sits at about 2.3 million, but it covers more than just the U.S.

http://www.ghin.com/
 
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So, basically he's out for 2017, then.
 
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John Daly won his first tournament since 2004 today. Complete with a champagne bath and garish red, white, and blue slacks.
 
joecct said:
Police report link at bottom of twwet. How many can recite the national anthem backwards??

@JasonSobelESPN: Police report for Tiger Woods: https://twitter.com/JasonSobelESPN/status/869556310320312320/photo/1
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He would've been asked to recite the alphabet backwards. The line about the national anthem is his response, which is why the officer then explained it to him again several times.

And the .000 field breath test means it wasn't alcohol. Whether it was actually prescription drugs or not, who knows.
 
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