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**YonkFiorc** · 05-19-2010, 04:28 AM

Not a lot. Most of the people I play with are not as good as me (man I sound egotistical - I don't mean to be) so playing for money is out of the question. When I do play with people of similar handicaps, I try and get a game of some sort on the go.

I was the same way, until I got a membership and met new people with similar handicaps

Why do handicaps need to be similar to gamble? Do handicaps work differently in Canada or something? I've found through the years that some of my greatest losses have been to guys I've had to give 10 to 15 shots. A friend and I used to occasionally play a private club where his Dad was a member. We'd go in on Saturdays and play with the "Noon Group", a bunch of generally old geezers with handicaps mostly ranging from 12 to 24.

Some Saturdays they would have six or seven foursomes. Before you teed off you stated whether you wanted to play for $1.00 or $2.00 per hole. At the end everyone gathered in the men's grill and you matched cards with everybody. If you were a $2.00 guy and you matched cards with a $1.00 guy, you played for a $1.00 a hole. There weren't many $1.00 a hole guys there. Especially when they found out I was coming in at a 4 to a 7 'cap through the years.

They skinned me alive a bunch of times. Not only did they play the head to head thing, but they would play a rotating partner game within each foursome where you play three six hole nassaus with a different partner.

There's nothing more dangerous in a money game than an 18 handicap who's having a good day off the tee or having a hot day with the putter.

Kevin

05-19-2010, 04:28 AM	#20
YonkFiorc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	Not a lot. Most of the people I play with are not as good as me (man I sound egotistical - I don't mean to be) so playing for money is out of the question. When I do play with people of similar handicaps, I try and get a game of some sort on the go. I was the same way, until I got a membership and met new people with similar handicaps Why do handicaps need to be similar to gamble? Do handicaps work differently in Canada or something? I've found through the years that some of my greatest losses have been to guys I've had to give 10 to 15 shots. A friend and I used to occasionally play a private club where his Dad was a member. We'd go in on Saturdays and play with the "Noon Group", a bunch of generally old geezers with handicaps mostly ranging from 12 to 24. Some Saturdays they would have six or seven foursomes. Before you teed off you stated whether you wanted to play for $1.00 or $2.00 per hole. At the end everyone gathered in the men's grill and you matched cards with everybody. If you were a $2.00 guy and you matched cards with a $1.00 guy, you played for a $1.00 a hole. There weren't many $1.00 a hole guys there. Especially when they found out I was coming in at a 4 to a 7 'cap through the years. They skinned me alive a bunch of times. Not only did they play the head to head thing, but they would play a rotating partner game within each foursome where you play three six hole nassaus with a different partner. There's nothing more dangerous in a money game than an 18 handicap who's having a good day off the tee or having a hot day with the putter. Kevin
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