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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Match play is fantastic. I like watching it and I like playing it. Such a great change of pace from stroke play and a totally different approach to the game. 
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,926
    OK now it's really getting annoying that they are calling it a "tie".  What the hell was wrong with all square and halved matches???
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Rory vs Tiger tomorrow, can’t beat that.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,301
    edited March 2019
    Indifference71 said:
    OK now it's really getting annoying that they are calling it a "tie".  What the hell was wrong with all square and halved matches???

    If match play was invented today for the first time, would you call them "all square" after they both get pars on the first hole, or would you say they are "tied" after the first hole?    They are just removing some of the elitism from the game by using terminology that normal people use.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    bootlegger10 said:
    Indifference71 said:
    OK now it's really getting annoying that they are calling it a "tie".  What the hell was wrong with all square and halved matches???

    If match play was invented today for the first time, would you could them "all square" after they both get pars on the first hole, or would you say they are "tied" after the first hole?    They are just removing some of the elitism from the game but using terminology that normal people use.
    If golf was invented today, would a person in the world be interested?
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Tomorrow mornings match is going to be unfuckingreal, buuuut in terms of the masters, crazy to think tiger is better off losing? He does not need that hype or playing this much golf

    meanwhile, i’ll be at the zoo with my daughter

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,301
    Cliffy6745 said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Indifference71 said:
    OK now it's really getting annoying that they are calling it a "tie".  What the hell was wrong with all square and halved matches???

    If match play was invented today for the first time, would you could them "all square" after they both get pars on the first hole, or would you say they are "tied" after the first hole?    They are just removing some of the elitism from the game but using terminology that normal people use.
    If golf was invented today, would a person in the world be interested?
    That is a good question. 
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Louis, Kisner, Casey, Grace, Bjerregaard, Rory are all advancing today
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Tomorrow mornings match is going to be unfuckingreal, buuuut in terms of the masters, crazy to think tiger is better off losing? He does not need that hype or playing this much golf

    meanwhile, i’ll be at the zoo with my daughter

    Nice day for it at least. I'm stuck in the office for most of the day. 

    What time do the second matches start?
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    bbiggs said:
    Match play is fantastic. I like watching it and I like playing it. Such a great change of pace from stroke play and a totally different approach to the game. 
    Do you still keep your regular strokes scores too? The few times I've played this way with my friends, I usually end up caring about my own personal score just as much as the match score by the time the back 9 rolls around. 
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,016
    The Juggler said:
    bbiggs said:
    Match play is fantastic. I like watching it and I like playing it. Such a great change of pace from stroke play and a totally different approach to the game. 
    Do you still keep your regular strokes scores too? The few times I've played this way with my friends, I usually end up caring about my own personal score just as much as the match score by the time the back 9 rolls around. 
    I always do because I log my scores in an app to calculate my handicap. Scores tend to skew lower though because maybe your opponent might concede an long putt that you never would have made, because they've already hit two out-of-bounds and just want to move on to the next hole. 

    I'm playing my first round of the year this afternoon with my father. He's played like 10 rounds already because he took a vacation down south in February, while I haven't touched a club since September. I may be the one conceding holes today. 
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    bbiggs said:
    Match play is fantastic. I like watching it and I like playing it. Such a great change of pace from stroke play and a totally different approach to the game. 
    Do you still keep your regular strokes scores too? The few times I've played this way with my friends, I usually end up caring about my own personal score just as much as the match score by the time the back 9 rolls around. 
    I always do because I log my scores in an app to calculate my handicap. Scores tend to skew lower though because maybe your opponent might concede an long putt that you never would have made, because they've already hit two out-of-bounds and just want to move on to the next hole. 

    I'm playing my first round of the year this afternoon with my father. He's played like 10 rounds already because he took a vacation down south in February, while I haven't touched a club since September. I may be the one conceding holes today. 
    Are you allowed to post scores from a match play round?
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    What app do you use? I use one that's just called Handicap
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    edited March 2019
    I do diablo. Obviously not an official handicap
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    I think it’s bullshit you can’t post scores from solo rounds anymore. USGA has really fucked up their rule changes. If you post a bullshit score, you’re only hurting yourself 
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Bjerre over Woods ftw
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    bootlegger10 said:
    Indifference71 said:
    OK now it's really getting annoying that they are calling it a "tie".  What the hell was wrong with all square and halved matches???

    If match play was invented today for the first time, would you call them "all square" after they both get pars on the first hole, or would you say they are "tied" after the first hole?    They are just removing some of the elitism from the game by using terminology that normal people use.
    Using that thought process, tennis would remove “deuce” and “love” from the terminology. I don’t play tennis, but that would seem odd. 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    The Juggler said:
    bbiggs said:
    Match play is fantastic. I like watching it and I like playing it. Such a great change of pace from stroke play and a totally different approach to the game. 
    Do you still keep your regular strokes scores too? The few times I've played this way with my friends, I usually end up caring about my own personal score just as much as the match score by the time the back 9 rolls around. 
    Definitely keep score as well.  The match play is more side bet stuff. Lot of fun though. 
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    SmallestOceans said:
    Bjerre over Woods ftw
    Oh yeah, bye Tiger.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Horrible putt. In the back of his head, he knew losing was a good idea for 2 weeks from now 

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