I've been gone for about 14 hours, but the USGA has not changed their position on handicaps due to our stirring diatribes.
For those of you who continue to eschewthe position tha low handicappers have an advantage in better ball of partners play I've got some land to sell at the coast here in Jersey, which is sure to be beachfront soon. Al Gore told me so!!! lol
As to the Tiger match, a four handicap isn't getting four shots, he's getting eleven. A ten (10) is getting seventeen (17 shots)
We played a six man game last Monday on a nice day and the low gross better ball was 66, a really good score. The other two teams shot 71 & 72 respectfully. The highest handicap in the group was 7, who played with a two.
The net for these chaps, if they had played against Tiger and Phil with the (7) getting fourteen shots and the (3) getting nine was 54. Yep , sixteen under!!!!!!!!
Player A (2 handicap) shot 72 with four birdies and a double
not unusual for him
Player b (7 " ) shot 75 with two birdies (he played great
he's erratic but talented, very long
they ham and egged, but still made a net bogey on a tough par three
their mythical match with Tigger and Phill shows how the plentitude of shots skew the outcome
they had fifteen net birdies nd two eagles, playing of course off the plus seven h-cap
I'm telling you that you can't give 9 & 14 shots match play better ball to two guys with some basic skills..even if you are Phil and the Golden Child
In forty years of watching playing and listening about golf I have never heard of two low handicappers winning a better ball of partners event .......net score...... NEVER !!!!!!
I'll wager no one else can either , think hard, seeee!
ps. match play is worse yet