I've been very reluctant to weigh in here, but I thought I would provide some relevant info, along with my own opinions.
Streelman shot -13 for the tournament by making 15 birdies, 2 bogeys, and 55 pars. That is about as good as a pro partner can do, not only contributing 15 birdies, but also parring virtually every other hole, leaving his erratic amateur partner a lot of leeway. Basically, LF only needed to contribute on 26 out of 72 holes (36%).
- As a team, they shot 58 (-14), 60 (-11), 68 (-4), and 60 (-12).
- Streelman contributed 7, 2, 2, and 4 birdies
- Leaving LF to make 7, 9, 2, and 8 stroke contributions
- By my rough math, this means LF shot approximately (depending on how many birdies/doubles+):
- 83-86 in round 1 (9.6-12.0 diff at spyglass)
- 80-83 in round 2 (9.1-11.8 diff at MPCC)
- 88-91 in round 3 (14.3-16.9 diff at PB)
- 80-83 in round 4 (7.4-10.0 diff at PB)
For a guy that plays 80% or more of his golf from Feb-Aug, who has proven 'potential' to be a low/mid single digit player, but just recently finished his 6 month golf "off-season" I don't see how this is crazy. It isn't sandbagging, in my opinion.