8/20/12
Gil Thorp checks in to drop some cliched golf advice on Steve Boone, burgeoning one-armed bandit who wants to fleece some of the fat pigeons of Milford Country Club.
8/21/12
Play in the President’s Cup? That sounds dirty. (Has anybody else wondered if Noah Boone is ever going to make a play for Molly. After all, he’s like a two armed Steve who falls within an appropriate age for dating. I forget his age though. 15, 16 maybe? Probably too young for picky Molly….aaaaand I’ve already thought way too hard about this.)
Meet Pat Laske, Steve Boone’s opponent and recipient of what will certainly be some weird trash talk: “I could swing better than that with one hand tied behind my back!”
8/22/12
How do you play match play with a 25 handicap? Do you get to subtract 25/18 (1.3888888888888888888888888888889) strokes from every hole? In match play, you may not even play 18 holes. What the heck, let’s google it!
The USGA provides this answer:
“Handicap stroke holes are established to maximize the number of halved holes in a match by assigning strokes where player A most needs his four strokes in order to obtain a half on those holes. If both A and B receive strokes on those four holes, the better player (B) will have a greater chance of winning those holes. On holes allocated 14, 15, 16, and 17, A will receive strokes and B will not. A will have a greater chance of winning those “easier” holes. The result will be more holes won and lost than halved and the better player (B) will have an unfair advantage in the match.”
So that clears that up. Let’s get back to WHACKing it, aka ”tending your own flag.”
A storyline that doesn’t stink: That’s what I’m looking for!
Comment by Dood — August 22, 2012 @ 8:49 am
1.Dood: Agree, Neil sure squeezed out a big stink pickle this summer.
Comment by semperfi4evr — August 22, 2012 @ 10:14 am
Basically, if Laske is a 10 handicap for instance, he would become a ’0′ handicap, and Steve would become a ’15′, based on the difference between the 2 handicaps. So Steve would get a stroke on the 15 hardest holes on the scorecard, and the other 3 they would play even. If I were Laske I would be tending the flag for a 1-armed player fairly often, by the way.
Comment by Rob — August 22, 2012 @ 7:33 pm
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Pingback by Ah Plook is Here « This Week in Milford — August 23, 2012 @ 4:11 am
OMG this whole storyline is something out of the Three Stooges! Or I Love Lucy. I’m waiting for Steve Buffoon and Gil to start doing leapfrogs around the 15th hole.
Comment by reginathenydiva — August 24, 2012 @ 3:58 am