Golf comp at the Vines

Ray Pua and myself took part in the Bartercard Golf Competition today.
It was a stableford competition.



I managed 3 pars but had 2 blowout holes. It is always a couple of blow out holes that is keeping my scores up.

Unfortunately, as Ray Pua and myself do not have an official handicap, we had to play off 18 for the competition. That is a huge challenge and probably why we did not win.

Maybe it is time to see a sports psychologist.

I finally managed to win money off Ray Pua though and it was more than satisfying. This is my game for the week. Perhaps next week, I will break 100 again.


Golf rule for the week:
What are Stableford rules?


To play Stableford, you need to know handicaps for each player.

You also need to use the Stroke Index (SI) on each hole of the course. The SI indicates the difficulty of each hole, 1 being the hardest, 18 being the easiest.

Combine the two factors; this means that if you have a handicap of 15, you get an extra stroke on SI holes 1-15. If you have a handicap of 19, you get two extra strokes on SI 1 and one stroke on SI 2-18.

Stableford points are awarded on the basis of this handicapping:

Two points for a par, one point for one over. If you do better than your handicap par you receive three points for one under, four points for two under, and so on.

Players who exceed their own par by two strokes receive no points and wipe the hole. The player has the option of picking up their ball and starting all over on the next hole. At the end of the round, all points scored are added for each nine holes and totaled for the eighteen. The player with the most points is declared the winner.

The stableford competition has one major advantage, it means you can have one or two bad holes, and compensate for them during the other holes. A good guide for stableford is that 36 points for 18 holes will mean you have played to your handicap.

Till I blog again, have fun.