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Handicap

• Golfguyfl 1 Posts

  Thu, Oct 24 2019 6:23 AM

  Why not have a tournament for the majority of the players online that don t score 50 adverage. Limit it to players that average above 67 or something like that. For most of us shooting in the 50s just ain't happening.. Right now there is no tournament that we can even complete in for prizes when the top 75 players are shooting 50-51 scores. With just a little programming you could even make it a handicap system. The majority of us would at least be able to compete. Right now there is no chance. Just a thiught.

• claremoreblue 2,322 Posts

  Thu, Oct 24 2019 12:31 PM

  Not gonna happen here, everyone can't get a participation trophy. You have to improve to win or just enjoy the game. I've made some awesome friends here and played irl with them, and also won some tournies. Have fun and good luck!

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Thu, Oct 24 2019 12:49 PM

  You may have some of this in CC tourneys - they may be limited to certain tiers.

  Some CCs even have handicap calculations - laborious, but some love it!

• DoctorLarry 4,310 Posts

  Thu, Oct 24 2019 11:21 PM

  WGT has tournaments by tiers and that is the best we will do in that respect.  If you want to win, you have to get better, and that usually involves playing and practicing a good bit.

  \GL

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Thu, Oct 24 2019 11:43 PM

  That won't be happening for sure....

  Don't feel bad though, that is about the 1000th time someone has made that exact same proposal here! So it isn't a bad idea, it just won't happen....

  BUT should they do that, you won't win it, or place in the money, because of the ball/clubs you play with anyway....try to improve ur game and don't worry about the tournaments

• HackWilson1930 1,437 Posts

  Sun, Oct 27 2019 6:19 AM

  An average/handicap system is fraught with so many dangers that you would quickly find that the ONLY way to be competitive is too join all the other average manipulators or ringers who will come out to play. Ask yourself why WGT allows only one account per person. WGT has no concern with multiple account holders other than the opportunity  provided for cheating.A handicap system would be immensely worse because there would no way to track score manipulation.