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Post by puligny Fri 04 Mar 2011, 9:00 am

What are your conventions for skins handicaps? Regular group are 6-9 and we just play off scratch, but suggesting that to a 12 was met with tears and foot stamping!! Are we being unreasonable, in which case we will probably just carry on, or unfair which would cause us to change.

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Post by drive4show Fri 04 Mar 2011, 10:35 am

Hmm interesting one. My regular group consists of Scr up to 6 (me) and we always play off scratch, as far as I'm concerned it's the best way to improve.
If you do decide to give shots then I'd probably go for 3/4 diff from the low man but guess you would need to give them to everyone, not just the 12 hcp'er?

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Post by LondonJonnyO Fri 04 Mar 2011, 10:39 am

It is a bit harsh I think... He's entitled to shots on 2/3 of the course and you're asking him to give them up and then play for cash as well...

that said I much prefer to play off stick end when possible.
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Post by SmithersJones Fri 04 Mar 2011, 12:50 pm

It's a form of matchplay, really, so I'd say 3/4 from lowest seems right. I can see how it'd work off scratch with a close range of handicaps (d4s you're being pretty brave if you ask me, but I guess 0-6 is perhaps less variable than 6-9, and I guess it also depends how much the skins are each!)
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Post by drive4show Fri 04 Mar 2011, 12:59 pm

SJ

it's amazing how giving away 6 shots focuses the mind! Shocked

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Post by LondonJonnyO Fri 04 Mar 2011, 1:10 pm

drive4show wrote:SJ

it's amazing how giving away 6 shots focuses the mind! Shocked

and lightens the pocket Doh
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Post by SmithersJones Fri 04 Mar 2011, 2:43 pm

LondonJonnyO wrote:
drive4show wrote:SJ

it's amazing how giving away 6 shots focuses the mind! Shocked

and lightens the pocket Doh

Yes to both!
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Post by puligny Fri 04 Mar 2011, 4:00 pm

Ta - we've always worked it on the basis that one player has to beat 2 or 3 others and that makes it tighter than 4BBB, so 3/4 never seemed right? I guess some other fraction might help, but interesting that there is no norm for what is becoming a more common form of play.
Interestingly, just in from a game where one of the lads, off 10 just up from 9, scooped 6skins in one go with a birdie having not been close on any other hole. Did quite a lot to convince us that scratch for this form of the game is not a bad option.

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