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Re: Reducing my Handicap

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Fri, Dec 21 2012 6:01 PM (6 replies)
  • Tonethebone1
    36 Posts
    Tue, Dec 18 2012 11:27 PM
    Come on guys, I have shot a couple of rounds at 5 under as a TM and have NOT had a reduction of any sort to my ave of 61.24. At this rate I will NEVER make the Legend tier. What is going on with this handicapping values?
  • srellim234
    2,077 Posts
    Wed, Dec 19 2012 10:56 AM

    Without going line by line through your scores, if your  two rounds of 31 replaced two rounds of 33 within a total of 75 rounds your average would remain at 61.24. Your average probably went down when taken out to the third decimal place but it rounds out to the same hundredth.

    Keep shooting those 31s and you'll see the average go down but you won't see it every round or two.

  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Wed, Dec 19 2012 11:31 AM

    Yep,  those last few points of your average just before you make Legend are the toughest.

     

    Or,  just go beat a Legend in a scored matchplay, and you are there.  ;-)

     

     

     

    Here are a few memory lane threads on my journey to Legend during that last .XX of my average.   I read through it on occasion when I start to feel a bit burnt out on the game.

     

    http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/66618.aspx

    http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/66419.aspx

  • Tonethebone1
    36 Posts
    Wed, Dec 19 2012 3:44 PM

    Thanks for the response guys...Im off to beat a Legend....haha

    and those memory threads were good reading.

    Thanks again and Merry Christmas to all tiers.

  • alosso
    21,060 Posts
    Thu, Dec 20 2012 4:08 AM

    srellim234:

    Without going line by line through your scores, if your  two rounds of 31 replaced two rounds of 33 within a total of 75 rounds your average would remain at 61.24. Your average probably went down when taken out to the third decimal place but it rounds out to the same hundredth.

    Keep shooting those 31s and you'll see the average go down but you won't see it every round or two.

    Sorry to dissent, but one stroke over 18 holes takes off 1/50 = .02 for a TM which will be visible without a doubt.

    Two rounds of 31 count as 2*2*31 = 124, while two 33's are 132. The average would drop by 8/50 = .16...

    Having tiered up this week, I had two Legend match wins in my bag. The final step was a 31=62 replacing a 64, taking .04 off my 61.04 - ta-taa!

    Without those match wins which took off 35 strokes each, I suppose that there wouldn't have been any scores above 31=62 left in the "last mix". Therefore, probably only 61s or 30=60 will lower tone's average.

  • Steve442
    710 Posts
    Thu, Dec 20 2012 4:27 AM

    alosso is right you will need to shoot 30's for 9 holes or 61 for 18 to bring your average down.

  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 6:01 PM

    I seen the OP made Legend after all...

     

    Congrats!

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