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  • #1

    mis-scoring playing partner

    hi folks.

    Every week i play in a 4 ball with 3 work collegues. 1 of them in paricular seems to lose count of his shots and always claims a 4 or a 5 when in reality he actually scoring a 7 or an 8.
    To make matters worse , in the clubhouse, he blatently brags about what a good round he as had.

    I don't want to embarass him by confronting him but it is getting out of hand now.

    what can i do ??????????
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  • #2
    Re: mis-scoring playing partner

    First of all you need to ascertain whether or not his actions are deliberate.

    At my home club there are a couple of those who also can't count. In the first couple of holes they are corrected by the marker and no doubt if they were cheating, they get the message they are being watched.

    If the person is a good mate of mine - I'd pull them aside and bring it to their attention.

    If the problem doesn't rectify itself - as a last resort the marker shouldn't sign the card.

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    • #3
      Re: mis-scoring playing partner

      the rest of our four ball know he is mis-counting but nothing is ever said to him.

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      • #4
        Re: mis-scoring playing partner

        Originally posted by tpg1965
        the rest of our four ball know he is mis-counting but nothing is ever said to him.
        I used to play with a guy like that in a sunday fourball. Off the course he was a good mate but he would regularly claim a 5 when we knew he had an 8.

        On one round we took it upon ourselves to delibately tell him before we started that we knew he was cheating and he was just deluding himself more than anyone else. We also said we would all keep a check of his score. So between holes when he claimed a low score we would humiliate him by actually replaying the last hole he played and asking him how he got a 5. He soon got the message and has since stopped

        Tough love I think they call it. If he is doing this in a medal though and you are scoring him you should put down what you believe he had. If he refuses to accept the card I would then have a word with the secretary and get one of your playing partners to back you up

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        • #5
          Re: mis-scoring playing partner

          thanx pnearn.

          some good and useful points raised.
          cheers .....Terry

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          • #6
            Re: mis-scoring playing partner

            easier said than done when its a work colleague
            but its so annoying when he wins the 4ball by a couple of shots and you know he's shaved a least a dozen off his round!

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            • #7
              Re: mis-scoring playing partner

              hi slater
              exactly my point. even more annoying is he checks all our scores at halfway so he as an idea how many shots to shave off on the back nine.


              regards ....terry

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              • #8
                Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                Originally posted by slater170
                easier said than done when its a work colleague
                but its so annoying when he wins the 4ball by a couple of shots and you know he's shaved a least a dozen off his round!
                As stated, as long as he's not winning anything but 'bragging rights', I wouldn't worry about it too much. Once there's something more tangible on the table, I'd go over the hole with hime, stroke by stroke, and ask him to check his math.

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                • #9
                  Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                  Hi low

                  good point.

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                  • #10
                    Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                    Originally posted by tpg1965
                    hi slater
                    exactly my point. even more annoying is he checks all our scores at halfway so he as an idea how many shots to shave off on the back nine.


                    regards ....terry
                    think we are talking about the same person here! ha ha
                    will advise him this week that im not scoring my round its just a practise or ill force the is issue by shaving shots myself and see how he reacts!

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                    • #11
                      Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                      hi slater

                      you wicked person hehe.
                      I was thinking of keeping an extra score card in my bag and marking his true score and the give it to him when he sets off on his lap of honour of the clubhouse.

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                      • #12
                        Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                        thats a good idea!
                        ill get in work 10 minutes earlier on monday morning and show the card to his mates before he starts hollywooding!
                        and let them work the discrepancy out between em!

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                        • #13
                          Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                          TPG,
                          This guy is seriously out of order! Does he not realise that he is gambling with his club membership? If he is reported I am sure he will be taken to task by the comittee, and I have seen guys expelled from my club for this carry on. It may not be easy for you, but you may save him from serious embarassment by pulling him on this. He will only appreciate your interest when he realises the seriousness of his behaviour.If he does not, I would remove him from my playing partner list.
                          Regards,
                          Robert

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                          • #14
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                            haha we got someone like that, the other week he hit his shot on a par 3 waaaaaay left, then hit it over the green into the woods, me and my dad were already done....tired of waiting, he says screw this hole and when we were on the tee for the next hole he said, oh i just gave myself a four on the last hole...it was hilarious

                            yeah he always has 5s on 8s

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                            • #15
                              Re: mis-scoring playing partner

                              I always seem to play with people like this. It really is embarresing but its very hard to confront them of 'cheating'. A guy that i played with last week in a competition was 3 off the tee after losing his first drive. he ended up hacking it in to finaly get an 8 and as we walked off he goes jus giv us a 5 for 1 point yeah? unfortunatly i was not marking his card and the person who did gave him a 5. I wispered to the markerer that it was not right and just as we were going to ask him about his score he quickly changed the subject.

                              Anyway later in the match we told him that he got it wrong and he was convinced that he didnt lose his first drive and we could do nothing!!!

                              Really annoying aswell as this person ended up beating me by 1 point in the stableford competition and won a cobra driver for 2nd place.

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