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    Competition wins!!

    It is my second year at Queensbury GC. I have entered 6 tournaments, won 5 and came second in 1. My name has started to go up in the clubhouse and i'm loving it.

    I wanna start entering regional and national tournaments but don't know how to go about it. Any ideas would be most grateful.
    Last edited by James Keeling; 06-27-2005, 11:09 PM.
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    Re: Competition wins!!

    Do you hold a handicap? Are you playing to scratch or do your current tournaments add in your index? Are they 18, 36, 54 or 72+ hole tournaments? Are you winning all these tournaments on 1 course or several different courses? If only 1 course try to enter different tournaments other than your local course which you know like the back of your hand. Tournaments are a lot harder if you go to course you know nothing about a week prior to and tee off on the following Thursday. I know that here in the US there are mini-tours that you can pay to enter like the Hooters(http://www.ngahooterstour.com), Grey Goose, Nike/Buy.com ... and the list goes on, sorry I don't know much about mini-tours or the SSS handicap system in Europe.
    Last edited by bparker; 06-28-2005, 04:33 AM.

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    • #3
      Re: Competition wins!!

      I hold a handicap of 10 so the wins aren't anything major. Thanks for the insight about the tournaments i think that would be better for experience if i enter many other tournaments to see how miserably i fail

      What are you playing off and how is your competition results if you don't mind me asking?

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      • #4
        Re: Competition wins!!

        Yes 15 is correct. Congratulations on your wins especially the County Championship, that is quite a success. Don't worry about maybe not being noticed as much yet because it is good to come down in level of play and sneak up on the others quickly.

        I am quite the same really, i started the year on 17 and was cast to the back, it is coming down quite drastically and i feel myself that i am playing to 6/7 now but i need a couple more cards in to get pulled.

        I hope your handicap drops a vast amount as i am sure it will and i hope you get to acheive what you are hoping to acheive.

        Do you have any aims and objectives for this year, if so i would be interested in hearing them if you don't mind me asking.

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        • #5
          Re: Competition wins!!

          ''We probably have the right handicaps for us but i know alot of juniors who have handicaps like 4 and 3 and 6 and stuff and play to thier handicap like once every 2 months or something.''


          Rick, handicaps get low because they play consistently well and have played under their original handicap. You can't just change a handicap to a low one, if you then play badly.. it will go up. The people in the county champs will be more likely to shoot their handicap than people above 10.

          I disagree that people should compete against low handicaps with high handicaps. They should only compete together a few times a year. In our county champs you have to have a handicap of less than 5 otherwise one of the handicappers could have a 'fluke' day and shoot 5 or more under their handicap.

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          • #6
            Re: Competition wins!!

            Yes that is a good observation i didn't pick that up. That is absolutely true! I got pulled to 20 a while ago and couldn't cope and then soon rose again to 22.

            I think Rick, you miss understand the point of a handicap. It is to try and level out players so that a 28 handicapper can play a 4 handicapper.

            If you don't play to your handicap, then it isn't the right handicap for you!

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