Played golf today in the sweltering heat in a competition and shot a 3 over par 75. My handicap is 6 so that's nett 69, 3 under. I'll be dropped to 5 now...wooo ...I can turn pro when I get to 4.

I hate the concept of handicaps in golf.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

Why?

I think that a good player should beat a bad player. I don't like someone playing better then another person, then losing because of a handicap. I've always felt it was a way of making bad players feel like they have done alright after applying the handicap to their score.

A bad golfer should know that he is going to lose to a better, more experienced one. Thats the case in all sports. It's stupid trying to even it out.
Cheers,
Michael Bray

I suppose you have a point. But the majority of golfers in a club are of a mediocre standard and so if there were a handful of great golfers then they'd always win and all the other players would probably give up

Welp my handicap was dropped to 5 and I just had a 2-under 70 again today :)

I only come down 0.1 per shot under par though :(

So I'll be down from 5.3 to 5.1

This is where it starts getting hard