A little contest of golf knowledge

[CigarStone]

It's time I have a contest!

I have been a student of golf since I was 15 and have often wanted to share some of my knowledge of the game of golf with BOTL's and SOTL's but wasn't sure how it would be received. This contest will be my litmus test.

The rules:
1. No editing
2. Honor system.....no internet research, just give the best answer you can.
3. The contest will end exactly one week from the time it was posted.
4. A nice fiver for the first person who answers the questions correctly.
5. If no one answers them all correctly, I will judge who was most accurate as a whole.
6. In the event I can't decide between multiple contestants, I will post another series of questions to those contestants.
7. The contest is open to anyone in good standing at CP.

The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card?
3. What is meant by "course rating"?
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course?
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score?
6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"

Good luck

 

[mr.mac]

1) I don't know exactly... You take the best 10 rounds out of the most recent 20. Then the course rating is taken into consideration as well as what "par" is on that particular course... Thus the handicap is determined.

2) This is referring to how difficult the hole is. The most difficult would be rated the nuber 1 handicapp, the least difficult would be the 18th handicapp.

3) Takes into consideration the course slope and the distance of the course.

4) The slope rating somehow measures the difficulty of the course based on some average of golf courses. I'm sure it also accounts for course distance from the tee markers.

5) Next shot is hit on the line which the ball took into the hazard, no closer to the hole. The ball is dropped in this area. And if you stick the next shot and make the putt.... you just made a 4 and possibly saved par!

6) Oh hell I don't know. He hits another one playing stoke and distance??? Meaning, he's hitting 3 from the tee. Why the hell would he hit from in front of the tee box??

Man.. I've been playing golf since I was about 7 years old... grew up in a family of golfers and spent most of my life around the golfing community... and I still am not sure about these questions. I always wondered about them though...

mac

 

[rbbrock]

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"

Well crap, I guess I've been playing the game wrong all these years.

Nice contest. I'm way too casual a golfer to win this one, so I'll just watch and learn a few new things. Aw, Hell, I'll take some guesses while I'm here, I suppose.

1. By averageing the player's score from his previous games. I don't know the details of the calculations. I think you total up the player's shots, subtract the par for those games, and then divide the result by the square root of the player's body mass index. Well, maybe not. Like I said, I'm guessing here.

2. This one I know; it's the difficulty of the hole (i.e. 1 is most difficult, 2 is next, etc.).

3. I think this is a measure of the difficulty of the course. Maybe it's the par the course plays at (which may not be the par the course is scored at).

4. Umm, how tall the hills are plus how deep the bunkers are, divided by 2? (I have no clue, obviously).

5. The nearest lilypad. If no lilypads are present, I guess you could place your ball on the line of flight. If your next shot goes in the cup, you have a "nice save" but since that's hard to fit in the little boxes on those scorecards I suppose you could write a 3 there instead.

6. Before each shot for the rest of the hole, your opponent must place his forehead on the end of his club's grip with the clubhead on the ground, and spin around the club for fifteen seconds. If a divot results from the spinning, your opponent has to hit on the beer cart girl with any pickup line of your choosing. If he gets her number, you automatically lose the match.

Good luck to those of you who may actually know the answers to these!

Edit: As you can see, I misread #5 and was answering as if your first shot after the hazard went in, not second. And I thought I might win, too. :angry:

 

[grateful1]

It's time I have a contest!

I have been a student of golf since I was 15 and have often wanted to share some of my knowledge of the game of golf with BOTL's and SOTL's but wasn't sure how it would be received. This contest will be my litmus test.

The rules:
1. No editing
2. Honor system.....no internet research, just give the best answer you can.
3. The contest will end exactly one week from the time it was posted.
4. A nice fiver for the first person who answers the questions correctly.
5. If no one answers them all correctly, I will judge who was most accurate as a whole.
6. In the event I can't decide between multiple contestants, I will post another series of questions to those contestants.
7. The contest is open to anyone in good standing at CP.

The questions:
1. How is a player's handicap determined? via slope and rating of the course.
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card? How tough it plays on the course.(difficulty)
3. What is meant by "course rating"? What a par golfer should shoot.
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course? The difficult it is (bunkering and shot sellection and other factors determine this.
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score? 2 club lenghts from the hazard on the line of flight - 4

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight" He re-hits and it's a 2 stroke penalty....

Good luck

 

[CigarStone]

It's time I have a contest!

I have been a student of golf since I was 15 and have often wanted to share some of my knowledge of the game of golf with BOTL's and SOTL's but wasn't sure how it would be received. This contest will be my litmus test.

The rules:
1. No editing
2. Honor system.....no internet research, just give the best answer you can.
3. The contest will end exactly one week from the time it was posted.
4. A nice fiver for the first person who answers the questions correctly.
5. If no one answers them all correctly, I will judge who was most accurate as a whole.
6. In the event I can't decide between multiple contestants, I will post another series of questions to those contestants.
7. The contest is open to anyone in good standing at CP.

The questions:
1. How is a player's handicap determined? via slope and rating of the course.
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card? How tough it plays on the course.(difficulty)
3. What is meant by "course rating"? What a par golfer should shoot.
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course? The difficult it is (bunkering and shot sellection and other factors determine this.
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score? 2 club lenghts from the hazard on the line of flight - 4

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight" He re-hits and it's a 2 stroke penalty....

Good luck

Edited because I am a dumb ass!

 

[tigger]

It's time I have a contest!

I have been a student of golf since I was 15 and have often wanted to share some of my knowledge of the game of golf with BOTL's and SOTL's but wasn't sure how it would be received. This contest will be my litmus test.

The rules:
1. No editing
2. Honor system.....no internet research, just give the best answer you can.
3. The contest will end exactly one week from the time it was posted.
4. A nice fiver for the first person who answers the questions correctly.
5. If no one answers them all correctly, I will judge who was most accurate as a whole.
6. In the event I can't decide between multiple contestants, I will post another series of questions to those contestants.
7. The contest is open to anyone in good standing at CP.

The questions:
1. How is a player's handicap determined? via slope and rating of the course.
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card? How tough it plays on the course.(difficulty)
3. What is meant by "course rating"? What a par golfer should shoot.
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course? The difficult it is (bunkering and shot sellection and other factors determine this.
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score? 2 club lenghts from the hazard on the line of flight - 4

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight" He re-hits and it's a 2 stroke penalty....

Good luck

Gary:

I have to ask, why do you quote an entire post but not respond? Is it some sort of code?

He did respond. He's just being tricky.

 

[bfisher88]

It's time I have a contest!

I have been a student of golf since I was 15 and have often wanted to share some of my knowledge of the game of golf with BOTL's and SOTL's but wasn't sure how it would be received. This contest will be my litmus test.

The rules:
1. No editing
2. Honor system.....no internet research, just give the best answer you can.
3. The contest will end exactly one week from the time it was posted.
4. A nice fiver for the first person who answers the questions correctly.
5. If no one answers them all correctly, I will judge who was most accurate as a whole.
6. In the event I can't decide between multiple contestants, I will post another series of questions to those contestants.
7. The contest is open to anyone in good standing at CP.

The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card?
3. What is meant by "course rating"?
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course?
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score?
6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"

Good luck

1. Determined by the average strokes over par that your rounds of golf are. So if its a par 72 and your average score is an 82, your handicap is 10.
2. The handicap is given for difficulty of the hole. 18 being the easiest hole and the #1 handicap being the most difficult.
3. Course rating is what the course should be played at, and from each tee box, so if its a hard course, say the tips would be rated at a 74 and the blues or (2nd furthest) would be like 73. Or something like that.
4. Slope rating shows the difficulty of the course, the higher the course rating, the more difficult it plays.
5. You hit your next shot 2 club lengths from the hazard line which should be marked, and the score would be a 4.
6. If he tees off in front of the tees, it depends on if it is stroke or match play, if its stroke, its a 2 stroke penalty.


Man this is the first time it may pay to be a caddy. Thanks for the contest

 

[jabba]

edited because I should of read the rules better

very cool contest though... good luck guys.

 

[Anthony]

I don't know a thing about golf, and I haven't looked at anyone else's answers, so I'm gonna do my best!


1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
- Mostly genetics I think, but I guess injuries can also cause handicaps. I know this guy who was in the Korean war, and a mortar round blew off his...


2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card?
- The bigger the ***hole, then the more beatings... the more beatings, the more injuries... the more injuries, the worse the handicap (see above).


3. What is meant by "course rating"?
- In culinary terms, a "course grating" is the step between a "fine grating" and a "mince"... oh wait "course RATING" got it now... that's what determines how old you have to be to play there. Like "PG-13" means to Play Golf you must be age 13. If the course is rated "R" it means "Restricted" and you have to be like over 34 (or be rich) to play there.


4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course?
- Slope measures a rating of steepness, and is generally calculated by "rise over run."

Remember y=mx+b ??


5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score?
- If your wildly slicing drive lands in a water hazard, your ball will be all wet. In case you are prone to wet balls, best bet is to put your next shot somewhere that doesn't have a water hazard nearby. If you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup (sounds like a damn good place to put it, if you ask me), and you make the putt (you better make it from 2 feet or you probably should find a new game) then your score is 42 for that round.


6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"
- Well that sounds like cheating! Well, if you call the guy on it after he does it, then you're screwed.... cause now the shot's already been taken, and you should've called the guy out before he swung his golf stick. BUT if he cheats, and you DO call him out AFTER the fact, AND he realizes his mistake, AND he's a standup kinda guy, then he should let you hit YOUR ball from the same spot, so everything is fair and even. If he doesn't want to be nice, though, he can say. "Sorry, you snooze - you lose, pal."



Whew! How'd I do???

 

[cookie_1978]

The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card?
3. What is meant by "course rating"?
4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course?
5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score?
6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"

1. After 20 scores - You take the lowest 10 scores based on course slope and rating.
2. It shows which holes are harder to pay - for example - The number 1 handicap hole is the toughest hole to get a par, in contrast the number 18 hole is the easiest. If you are a 5 handicap, you get strokes on the number through 5 handicap holes.
3. It is the course rating against par - if par is 72 and the rating is 74, then the rating is two strokes over par.
4. When you get an established handicap, you can take your handicap against a course slope to see how many strokes you would receive any a given course. For example if you are a 9.2 index, and the course you are playing has a 147 slope, then you would probably receive 11 or 12 stokes. There is a sliding scale to determine the amount of strokes you receive based on your handicap index.
5. Assuming it never crossed the hazard, then you drop the ball behind the hazard within 2 clubs of the hazard line. Your score would be 4.
6. In match play he loses the hole. In stroke play he is assessed a 2 stroke penalty.

Thanks for the contest.

 

[mustangbobo]

1) A handicap is derived by considering the last 5 scores. You drop the highest and lowest scores from the equation. You average the remaining 3 scores and the amount over par is your handicap.

2) The handicap given to each hole rates the likelihood a handicap stroke will be necesary (1 being most likely). Each hole has its own ranking (usually 1-18). It is also the basis for which handicap strokes are given for match play. For instance, a golfer with a 2 handicap will receive a stroke on the holes handicapped as 1 and 2.

3) Course rating is the degree of difficulty based on distance, hazards, and skill level required.

4) Slope rating refers to the elevation changes of the course. The higher the slope rating, the more hills and valleys to traverse.

5) 2 club lengths away from the hazard not closer to the hole the golfer stands. With arm outstretched and not looking a drop is made. One penalty stroke is added.

6) My guess is a penalty stroke is given and he must drive it again.

 

[golfgar]

1. Handicap is computed by taking the last 5 rounds minimum or 20 rounds maximum and converting them to an "average" round of golf. An "average" round of golf is set by the USGA and is a course rated 113. So if the slope is higher the "handicapped score will be adjusted down to compensate for the higher slope. the differential from the course rated par is then computed and the lowest 10 are averaged to come up with the handicap "index". The index is then used to calculate a handicap on any course using the slope and rating of that course. So your handicap "index" is what you could be expected to score on an "average" golf course. By taking out the top ten scores if you have a full 20 round component, a handicap has been shown to be about 3 strokes lower than your average round.

2. The handicap on each hole should be representative of the degree of difficulty of the hole compared to the other holes on the course, however, courses normally have the holes broken down into front and back, therefore, the number 2 handicap hole is normally on the back nine holes and so on. The holes should be rated by actual scores submitted each year and the handicap number given to each hole can (although rarely do) change based on actual experience.

3. The course rating is determined by the USGA (in the United States of course) and is based on a "team" of players sanctioned by the USGA who rate the holes based on factors including forced layups, length of holes, elevation yada yada yada. The ratings for each of the holes are then added to come up with a course rating. The higher the harder, in theory. (One of the guys in our club is a USGA course rater and rules official for district events)

4. It is the rating given by USGA that determines the degree of difficulty of the course relative to the course rating for "bogey" golfer. I know the low handicap guys always complain about the high handicappers having an unfair advantage and I think this is one of the causes.

5. Is this a trick question or do you want both answers? Water hazzards can be marked with either red or yellow stakes. Lateral water hazards are red stakes and the others are yellow stakes. In a yellow staked hazard there are several options the player has and all have a one stroke penalty; the player can replay from the spot of the original shot that went into the water, in this case the teeing ground, the player can drop the ball anywhere on a line between the hole and the spot the ball entered into the water hazard on the side of the water away from the hole, the third optionis for lateral hazards or red stakes, the ball can be dropped within two club lengths of the spot where the ball entered the water hazard of course no nearer to the hole and it could even be on the other side of the water. So, assuming the tee shot was the first shot of the hole, there would be a one stroke penalty for landing in the water (and losing the ball) and the third stroke put the ball 2 feet from the hole, the two foot putt would be the 4th stroke. I have to add, that a ball can be hit from a water hazard (without grounding the club) and if that were the case there would be no penatly stroke involved. The first scenario assumes that the ball was lost in the water hazard.

6. I am not 100% sure on this one, but I know in Match play it is loss of hole and in stroke play I think the playing from the wrong place rule would apply and that would be a two stroke penalty.


edit spelling and I am sure there are a few more but I haven't found them yet.

 

[Matt R]

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next?

Something tells me thsi contest won't need to go an entire week.

I read #6 wrong. I thought you wrote what happens if your opponent doesn't hit his tee shot past the women's tee marker. So, my answer that the opponent would have to play the rest of the round with his c*ck hanging out, doesn't apply, I guess.

 

[mr.mac]

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next?

Something tells me thsi contest won't need to go an entire week.

I read #6 wrong. I thought you wrote what happens if your opponent doesn't hit his tee shot past the women's tee marker. So, my answer that the opponent would have to play the rest of the round with his c*ck hanging out, doesn't apply, I guess.

I believe this is if his tee shot doesn't make it to the ladies tees.... then he plays the remainder of the hole with his C*@K hanging out.

USGA ruling folks...

Edited to add... I should have read your post better. Seems as though you have already covered this...

mac

 

[cabaiguan juan]

The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
The number of strokes shot on an 18 hole course after subtracting 72.

2. What is meant by the handicap given to each hole on a score card?
The number of shots an average guy would take on the hole and still be considered Tiger Woods acording to the Par system.

3. What is meant by "course rating"?
It is the classification that Golden Tee has placed the course in.

4. What is meant by the "slope rating" of a course?
The angle of the slope of the greens.

5. If your drive is slicing wildly and lands in a water hazard, where do you hit your next shot from and, if you put that next shot 2 feet from the cup and make that putt, what is your score?
The ball gets dropped where it goes out of bounds. The putt would be the nuber of strokes it took, plus a 1 stroke penelty.

6. If your opponent hits his tee shot from in front of the tee markers and you bring it to his attention after he has hit, what happens next? Hint.....the answer not "a fight"
A reenactment of the Bowl Scene from Big Leboski

 

[golfgar]

Sorry, I guess I lose automatically, I broke the 1. rule, no editing. I would have left all of the spelling errors in there if I had realized it said no editing. Kinda like signing a score card with an incorrect score I suppose. Anyway it was still fun. Ask some questions like what happens if you move your ball while it is resting in a hazard while looking for it, or what the real leaf rule is. :laugh:

 

[CigarStone]

Sorry, I guess I lose automatically, I broke the 1. rule, no editing. I would have left all of the spelling errors in there if I had realized it said no editing. Kinda like signing a score card with an incorrect score I suppose. Anyway it was still fun. Ask some questions like what happens if you move your ball while it is resting in a hazard while looking for it, or what the real leaf rule is. :laugh:

Thanks for stepping up, I just got done sending you the bad news via PM and then came here to see your post.

Well the "real" leaf rule where I used to play depended strictly on your handicap If you were a high handicap (who didn't care for rules), you just dropped another ball from your pocket somewhere in the vicinity of where your ball got lost (making sure to give yourself a perfect shot) and went on your merry way! If you observed the rules of golf you went back to the tee, or to your provisional ball, and hit your third shot!

 

[golfgar]

Sorry, I guess I lose automatically, I broke the 1. rule, no editing. I would have left all of the spelling errors in there if I had realized it said no editing. Kinda like signing a score card with an incorrect score I suppose. Anyway it was still fun. Ask some questions like what happens if you move your ball while it is resting in a hazard while looking for it, or what the real leaf rule is. :laugh:

Thanks for stepping up, I just got done sending you the bad news via PM and then came here to see your post.

Well the "real" leaf rule where I used to play depended strictly on your handicap If you were a high handicap (who didn't care for rules), you just dropped another ball from your pocket somewhere in the vicinity of where your ball got lost (making sure to give yourself a perfect shot) and went on your merry way! If you observed the rules of golf you went back to the tee, or to your provisional ball, and hit your third shot!

:laugh: :laugh:

But, if you accidentally move your ball while trying to identify it under the leaves while the leaf rule is in effect the penalty is...........

 

[CigarStone]

Sorry, I guess I lose automatically, I broke the 1. rule, no editing. I would have left all of the spelling errors in there if I had realized it said no editing. Kinda like signing a score card with an incorrect score I suppose. Anyway it was still fun. Ask some questions like what happens if you move your ball while it is resting in a hazard while looking for it, or what the real leaf rule is. :laugh:

Thanks for stepping up, I just got done sending you the bad news via PM and then came here to see your post.

Well the "real" leaf rule where I used to play depended strictly on your handicap If you were a high handicap (who didn't care for rules), you just dropped another ball from your pocket somewhere in the vicinity of where your ball got lost (making sure to give yourself a perfect shot) and went on your merry way! If you observed the rules of golf you went back to the tee, or to your provisional ball, and hit your third shot!

:laugh: :laugh:

But, if you accidentally move your ball while trying to identify it under the leaves while the leaf rule is in effect the penalty is...........

There is no such thing as a leaf rule. You are allowed to make every attempt to identify your ball including removing loose impediments such as leaves, grass, bugs, etc. You are even allowed to slightly "rock" the ball and let it "rock back". However you had best not develop a habit of this or real players will not play with you as this is easily avoided by marking your ball with permanent marker!

 

[golfgar]

Sorry, I guess I lose automatically, I broke the 1. rule, no editing. I would have left all of the spelling errors in there if I had realized it said no editing. Kinda like signing a score card with an incorrect score I suppose. Anyway it was still fun. Ask some questions like what happens if you move your ball while it is resting in a hazard while looking for it, or what the real leaf rule is. :laugh:

Thanks for stepping up, I just got done sending you the bad news via PM and then came here to see your post.

Well the "real" leaf rule where I used to play depended strictly on your handicap If you were a high handicap (who didn't care for rules), you just dropped another ball from your pocket somewhere in the vicinity of where your ball got lost (making sure to give yourself a perfect shot) and went on your merry way! If you observed the rules of golf you went back to the tee, or to your provisional ball, and hit your third shot!

:laugh: :laugh:

But, if you accidentally move your ball while trying to identify it under the leaves while the leaf rule is in effect the penalty is...........

There is no such thing as a leaf rule. You are allowed to make every attempt to identify your ball including removing loose impediments such as leaves, grass, bugs, etc. You are even allowed to slightly "rock" the ball and let it "rock back". However you had best not develop a habit of this or real players will not play with you as this is easily avoided by marking your ball with permanent marker!

Very good, also, fingernail polish works great for a marking agent as well, but I ususally don' keep that in my bag, it would cause too many questions. :laugh: :laugh: