I agree that the BBC coverage has not been great recently. Personally, I think Alliss should have been retired years ago and some of the commentators like Mark James are tedious.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But the fact that it was on the national channel gave it a special atmosphere. Same with Wimbledon - something big and special.
Maybe I am sentimental but once the tennis eventually goes that's it. Apart from Strictly Come Dancing.
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01-10-2015 04:51 PM #181
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01-10-2015 04:52 PM #182This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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01-10-2015 09:27 PM #183This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-10-2015 02:43 PM #185
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05-10-2015 02:52 PM #186This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-10-2015 04:01 PM #187This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I've no idea why Category 1 golfers are excluded, they are similarly prevented from participating in the Supplementary Score system. Its victimisation I tell ye!Last edited by Golden Bear; 05-10-2015 at 04:05 PM.
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05-10-2015 08:25 PM #188This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-10-2015 06:26 AM #189
Well another crap season, apart from getting my record score last week by 5 shots!!!!! 47 stableford points, my mates weren't happy 😀
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20-10-2015 12:51 PM #190
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20-10-2015 05:02 PM #191This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for the 9 hole comps, then to my knowledge the poor category 1 guys have never been allowed to submit scores for handicap purposes.Last edited by Golden Bear; 20-10-2015 at 05:07 PM.
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21-10-2015 08:55 AM #192
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That's poor like. I only managed 3 scores last year as my club only has Saturday medals and I can't really manage them during the summer. I don't see the problem with handing supplementary scores in, it's no different to many clubs that just have medals where you can pitch up with your mates and play.
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21-10-2015 09:07 AM #193This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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21-10-2015 10:41 AM #194
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Agreed. I'm lucky enough to just be in that "elite" bracket you mention but I'm not quite low enough to get into the 72 hole sgu events. Not that I would play in many to be honest. I think a lot of those guys have slightly artificial handicaps as they only play in these and the standard scratch is nearly always 2 or 3 over, which is understandable, but that means that one round in 4 under par keeps their handicap about even, whereas if they were playing most weeks in medals their h/c would begin to sneak up. Not really a gripe but more of an obersvation.
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22-10-2015 08:01 AM #195This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-10-2015 02:14 PM #196
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I know quite a few guys that do/ have done it. I know of one guy who is now 27 and hasn't done a days work in his life. All to maintain a +4 handicap at the expense of us, the guys that pay our sgu fees each year. The whole system needs looked at because I cannot think of one player who has done anything of note in the pro game since "graduating" from this sgu squad system that is supposed to prepare them for the professional game.
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22-10-2015 04:41 PM #197This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Scotland doesn't have one player under the age of thirty on the full European tour and for a nation with so many golf courses and so many golfers as us it's all very disappointing.
Having said that, I've no idea what the answer is but I'm totally against the policy of the SGU offering initial financial support to Amateurs who decide to try and making a livelihood as a professional golfer. Once these guys leave the Amateur ranks then that should be it, they're no different from a plumber, a doctor or whatever.
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25-10-2015 06:12 PM #198
Just back from leven. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Classic links. Not too long and a good mixture of thinking mans holes and the need for length on others, clever bunkering and good greens with subtle breaks. A poor 29 points but had my usual couple of stinkers in there. I'd like another shot of it to be honest. That's me done till March I think.
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31-10-2015 04:10 PM #199
Played 4 times this week, handicap is down to 14.5 so playing off 15 at the moment.Monday was a scramble, 37 points on wednesday, 38 points Thursday and a whopping 44 points Friday where i hit a drive at the 15th slightly to the right just off the fairway, but both of us couldn't find my ball in the semi rough which was covered in leaves?
Good job these 3 rounds were not in any competitions, and just games with my mates.
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03-11-2015 06:41 AM #202This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Played yesterday and scored 40 points, came 2nd. Expecting another cut, but to be fair i'm playing better than 15 on a more regular occurrence these days and that is why we all play the game.
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11-11-2015 09:24 PM #203This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Remember high fiving with fellow golfers on a tee over the dyke playing Leven. Magic.
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19-11-2015 04:44 PM #204
It's been another very sad day for Scottish Golf with not one of our players making it through Q School, the consequence of which is a failure to secure playing rights for next seasons full European Tour.
Andrew McArthur and Jamie Mcleary did manage to qualify via the route of the Challenge Tour but the shocking/embarrassing statistic is that Scotland (the home of golf) does not have one player under the age of 30 on the full European Tour.
There's something far wrong somewhere.Last edited by Golden Bear; 19-11-2015 at 04:48 PM.
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19-11-2015 07:21 PM #205This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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20-11-2015 04:25 PM #206This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It could be a lack of commercial sponsorship, not dedicated enough, poor weather, unwillingness to travel - to name but a few.
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21-11-2015 06:09 AM #207This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I have a regular "conversation" with a member of my own club who was previously on the SGU Executive. He maintains that Scotland, as a nation, do reasonably well on the European Tour when you consider the size of our population and the number of pros we have on the tour. For my part I argue that more relevant performance indicators would be based on the number of golf courses and the number of club members/golfers who are actually playing the game.
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