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Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:52 pm to GumboPot
A 2.8 handicap would require any person to play golf a minimum of 4 times a week.
A 6.7 would require a minimum of 3 times a week.
Golf isn't like riding a bike. It takes constant practice.
Most certainly a person who has a 2 handicap could take a few months off and go out and shoot a 78. But note a handicap is essentially your best score average. The handicap takes your top 10 scores of your last 20 rounds.
So, a 2.8 handicap would require someone to average around a 74 for half of your rounds. You just can't do that playing sporadically.
A 6.7 would require a minimum of 3 times a week.
Golf isn't like riding a bike. It takes constant practice.
Most certainly a person who has a 2 handicap could take a few months off and go out and shoot a 78. But note a handicap is essentially your best score average. The handicap takes your top 10 scores of your last 20 rounds.
So, a 2.8 handicap would require someone to average around a 74 for half of your rounds. You just can't do that playing sporadically.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:53 pm to OldmanBeasley
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Taft was a top 5 golfer, could absolutely smash the driver.
Okay, I know noting about Taft so I believe you when you say he was a good golfer. His 20 handicap is believable then.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:56 pm to East Coast Band
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A 2.8 handicap would require any person to play golf a minimum of 4 times a week.
A 6.7 would require a minimum of 3 times a week.
Golf isn't like riding a bike. It takes constant practice.
Exactly. I worked my handicap down to 8 right out of college because I had the time to play 4 days a week. Then I got married and had kids.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:56 pm to East Coast Band
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The handicap takes your top 10 scores of your last 20 rounds.
Which makes me think the handicap scores listed have to be their best handicaps ever.
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So, a 2.8 handicap would require someone to average around a 74 for half of your rounds. You just can't do that playing sporadically.
Agree with your point here, and will say if you are playing the same course(s) for those 20 or so rounds; very good chance you will be able to knock that handicap down a bit just from a comfort level & knowledge of how the course plays.
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:56 pm to GumboPot
I believe Trump's handicap. The man has been involved in golfing his entire life. Biden I don't believe at all. The man lies about everything. The Bush presidents, Clinton, Ford, and Obama I could also buy.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:59 pm to GumboPot
I do not believe that Trump today is a 2.8. He probably hasn’t hit a putt inside 6 feet in years.
I don’t believe Biden at any point in his life was a ever single digit handicap.
The rest are believable assuming in their prime.
I don’t believe Biden at any point in his life was a ever single digit handicap.
The rest are believable assuming in their prime.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:01 pm to Loup
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I remember reading in an old book that Taft was incredibly fat. He looks like half the dudes I work with.
Taft was around 330lb, about the 98th percentile for modern day US males. Now, in that golf photo, he may have slimmed a bit.
Another photo:
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:03 pm to GumboPot
Everyone from the 12s and down.
All the others, no chance.
All the others, no chance.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:04 pm to GumboPot
FDR with an 8 handicap playing in a wheelchair.
Very impressive indeed
Very impressive indeed
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:05 pm to GumboPot
Biden's might be the biggest lie he's ever told
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:05 pm to GumboPot
I've seen Obama swing a golf club. Ain't no way he's a 13.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:08 pm to tgrmeat
I bet Ford was a 12 as well as HW. Both outstanding athletes
Trump a 2. That bastard lies about everything.
Playing it down and thru he doesn’t break 90
Trump a 2. That bastard lies about everything.
Playing it down and thru he doesn’t break 90
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:08 pm to tgrmeat
Trump is a known cheater on the golf course and in life. I wouldn't believe half of what he says.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:16 pm to RedHawk
This got moved to the Golf Board. I didn't even know TD had a golf board.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 4:54 pm to GumboPot
Seeing as a lot of them are dead, no I don't believe that.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 6:25 pm to GumboPot
Eisenhower was probably an 18 which means on a good day he could break 90 on an average course. At Augusta National, Ike probably rarely broke 90.
Taft looks believable. I could believe Ford at 12.
The rest are “reverse sandbaggers.”
Clinton is probably not a 12. He’s probably 18 or more.
Joe Biden cannot play to a 7index. No way.
Trump is probably a 9 or so. I’d make him putt everything in member guest.
Kennedy and Roosevelt were crippled.
The Bushes probably were 18 or so.
Taft looks believable. I could believe Ford at 12.
The rest are “reverse sandbaggers.”
Clinton is probably not a 12. He’s probably 18 or more.
Joe Biden cannot play to a 7index. No way.
Trump is probably a 9 or so. I’d make him putt everything in member guest.
Kennedy and Roosevelt were crippled.
The Bushes probably were 18 or so.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 6:44 pm to GumboPot
Amazing how the leaders of the free world are able play so much and get their scores down….I am lucky to squeeze in one round a week.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 7:05 pm to East Coast Band
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A 2.8 handicap would require any person to play golf a minimum of 4 times a week.
That's not true at all. I know it's anecdotal, but you said anybody, but I have a buddy that's +3 and he plays about every other week. I don't really believe Trump is a 2.8, but it's not because he plays <4 times a week.
This post was edited on 11/3/22 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 11/3/22 at 7:12 pm to DestrehanTiger
Yea. Everyone is different. Some people need to play 4+ times a week to be a single digit. Some people play once a month or less and can be a sub 5 handicap. All depends on ability level and talent.
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