If you are playing a round and at the end of 18 holes you are tied due to your 5 stroke handicap - do you go?
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If it is a competition in the case of matchplay then the extra holes are decided before the match starts, should it be level after 18 and the shots are awarded exactly the same as the original 18 ie according to the stroke index of the hole. In the case of stroke play, then the back nine is counted if that is level then the back seven if that is also level then the back five and then three is taken into consideration, if this is also level it is usual to have either a sudden death or three hole play off, if it is still level after the three hole play off the the same three holes are played over and over until an out right winner is found.  If it's a friendly then be civilised after all it is golf your playing and just go to the bar and buy your opponent a beer and congratulate him on managing to stay even with you over 18 holes
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You get one stroke everytime you hit the ball.  Now can play counting total score or play by holes.  When you play by holes you when the hole you get 1 you tie 0 and lose -1.  \n\nI fun way to learn about golf scores is playing a game called Golo golf.  You can play it on line at www.igolo.com\n\nor another site would be www.playgolfamerica.com
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I wouldn't pay to play with Tiger. For about $50. I go to see him live at PGA tournaments. When that is not an option, I watch him on TV.\n\nAny tips he would give me, if he and I were to play together, would probably just mess up 35 years of personal style development and my 18 handicap could soar further out in space.\n\n:)
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if you didnt get in the pocket you called then you lose. \nif you scratched the cue ball and made it then you also lose. but if you didnt do those then you shouldve won.
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To be more correct, this number (21.8) is most likely a handicap index. This is a bit different than a handicap. A handicap is only good for a single course and because courses range in their difficulty, you would have to convert this handicap index into a course handicap for whatever course you were going to play. You can do all these things at the USGA website given below.
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It is of course casual warter, you may take your ball out and drop away from the water but no closer to the hole with no penalty.\n\nCasual water is any water not normally present on the course, this mostly occurs after a heavy rainfall.\n\nYou also may elect to play the ball as it lies, you choice.\n\nLeon
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Normally, and to get an "official" handicap, the golf pro at your club needs to do it.  However, it's a fairly simply process.  You have to play several rounds of golf on a full 18 hole golf course and keep your scores.  You don't have to be the same course, but that is recommended.  Once you have the scores, total them up, divide the total by the number of rounds played, and subtract 72.\n\nExample:  you played 3 rounds of golf and scored 85, 87, 100 (bad day, that).  Total the scores: 85 + 87 + 100 = 272.\n\nDivided the total by the number of rounds played: 272 / 3 = 90.66666 (91)\n\nSubtract 72 (par for 18 holes) from the new total: 91 - 72 = 19.\n\nYou have a handicap of 19
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Mike this is a toughie buddy. Turning a fade into a draw takes a lot of hard work and effort. It certainly will not happen overnight. \n\nSome of what the guy above said is correct. But it will only work depending upon how you hit your fade now. David Duval and Paul Azinger have the strongest grips on the planet but they both hit a fade....so making your grip strong isn't going to do anything if you're hitting a "hold" fade. (Delaying your release through impact and "holding" onto the shot)\n\nI actually have no idea what to tell you except to go see a PGA pro and tell him/her what you're after, that you'd like to try to start drawing the ball, I'm sure they'd be able to point you in the right direction. \n\nOn a side note as far as distance is concerned.....460CC drivers will give you another 10 yards....try to strike the ball one groove above the geometric center of the clubface....that's easy distance right there! \n\nGood luck!
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You can actually do both. You can keep track of the actual strokes (gross) and handicap (net), and use the Stableford after you have calculated.\n\nOf course, make sure that you know which you are submitting if you are playing in a tournament. Typically, for tournament play, it's your first entry: Total strokes, stokes after handicap, then points.
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A golf course has 18 holes. Each hole is given a parr rating of 3, 4 or 5. Average course is 72. A pro should do the course in parr (72) or less. \n\nWhen you start playing golf you have an handycap of 28. So you get 28 extra stokes over the 18 holes. \n\nIf you played against a pro and you went round in 100 and they went round in 72 in would be a draw. If you did it in 99 or less you would win.\n\nHaving a handycap allows different rated players to play against each other.\n\nTo lower your handycap, you play 3 rounds of golf at a course and take the average score.\n\n1st game you do it in 98 ( 2 stokes below your expected of 100)\n2nd game you do it in 96 ( 4 stokes below)\n3rd game you do it in 98 again.\n\nyour average would be 97, which is 3 stokes below your handycap of 100. \n\nCourse 72 plus handycap of 28 = 100. now deduct the 3 stokes from your averaged score over your last 3 holes. Now giving you a handycap of 25.\n\nYou keep playing and try to reduce your handycap to as low as poss. The lower your handycap score the better golfer you become.
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The only time it will effect each hole is when you play by holes.  Let's say your playing a 36 handicap.  You will get two strokes.  Each hole has been rated 1 through 18.  The 1 handicap hole is the hardest.  You would get one stroke on the number 1 and 2 handicap hole.
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I even went to the Historical Rules of Golf page and there was nothing about the # of clubs in the bag.  hmmmmmmmm.\nI don't know.\n\nHow Many Clubs are Allowed to be Carried in the Golf Bag?\nFourteen clubs are the maximum allowed in one player's bag. Any number below 14 is fine, but more than 14 is not.\nAlso, those 14 clubs cannot be changed during the course of one round. You must finish with the 14 you started with. (There are some exceptions in the case of a club breaking.)\n\nHowever, if you begin with fewer than 14, you may add clubs during a round as long as no delay is caused and as long as the club(s) added are not borrowed from another player.\n\nThe penalty for exceeding the 14-club rule in match play is a loss of hole for each hole played in violation of the rule, up to two holes lost.\n\nIn stroke play the penalty is two strokes for each hole played in violation of the rules, with a maximum of four strokes.
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No bet!\n\nENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA!\n\nI now have one of your questions figured out, that I was originally wrong about, before the voting started. LOL\n\nYou asked:\n\nWhat happens in 8 ball (world standard rules)?\nYour opponent shoots at and successfully sinks one of YOUR stripes, then shoots another stripe and misses the pocket. \n\nWhat do you do? \n\nI say:\nYou shoot solids now, since he has now taken over stripes, because you failed to claim a foul when your opponent pocketed your stripe and then also shot a stripe.\n\nYeah, I know! too late.  LOLOLOLOL
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I think both of those statements are false.  We can be thankful for anyone who helps support the golf courses.  They golf coures need as many players as they can get, a lot of golf course are fixing to go under.  Why would you care?  Just worry about your own game and what clubs you play
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You play ten rounds, and take the best three rounds and average those.  To obtain a handicap you should play by the rules that RCGA, and USGA put out.  (no cheating - no muligans)\n\nMy husband is a golf pro and he said it was a quick way to explain it.
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Right here\nhttp://www.ggolf.com/Chamois_MMU1104.html
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The max is 14, if you start with less than 14 you can add clubs until you hit 14 during the round.  You can not share clubs, unless it's with a partner.  When you share clubs you cannot have more than 14 between the people sharing.  starting around knowing you have more than 14 clubs is DQ.  Not knowing is 2 strokes per hole with a max of 4 strokes.  Matach play loss of hole max 2.  That is how someone can be 4 holes ahead after only playing 2.  \n\n\n   a. Selection and Addition of Clubs\nThe player must start a stipulated round with not more than 14 clubs. He is limited to the clubs thus selected for that round except that, if he started with fewer than 14 clubs, he may add any number provided his total number does not exceed 14.\nThe addition of a club or clubs must not unduly delay play (Rule 6-7) and the player must not add or borrow any club selected for play by any other person playing on the course.\n b. Partners May Share Clubs\nPartners may share clubs, provided that the total number of clubs carried by the partners so sharing does not exceed 14.\nPENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 4-4a or b, \nREGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF EXCESS CLUBS CARRIED: \nMatch play ;— At the conclusion of the hole at which the breach is discovered, the state of the match is adjusted by deducting one hole for each hole at which a breach occurred. Maximum deduction per round: Two holes.\nStroke play — Two strokes for each hole at which any breach occurred; maximum penalty per round: Four strokes.\nBogey and par competitions — Penalties as in match play.\nStableford competitions — see Note 1 to Rule 32-1b. \n c. Excess Club Declared Out of Play\nAny club or clubs carried or used in breach of Rule 4-3a(iii) or Rule 4-4 must be declared out of play by the player to his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play immediately upon discovery that a breach has occurred. The player must not use the club or clubs for the remainder of the stipulated round. \nPenalty For Breach Of Rule 4-4c:\nDisqualification.\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 15 clubs. He discovers his error at the 2nd tee after his opponent or a fellow-competitor has played but before he has played. Does the player incur the maximum penalty of (a) deduction of two holes in match play or (b) four strokes in stroke play?\n\nA. No. Since the player has not started play of the 2nd hole, he incurs a penalty of (a) deduction of one hole in match play or (b) two strokes in stroke play.\n\n4-4a/12 Competitor Who Misplaces Putter Borrows Fellow-Competitor’s Putter\n\n\nQ. In stroke play, A, who had mistakenly left his putter at the previous green, borrows a putter from B, a fellow-competitor, and uses it. At the next tee, the Committee is advised of the situation. What is the ruling?\n\nA. A was not entitled to borrow a club selected for play by any other person on the course — Rule 4-4a. A incurs a penalty of two strokes for a breach of Rule 4-4a and must immediately declare B’s putter out of play as prescribed in Rule 4-4c. If A recovers his own putter, he may use it.\nB may have his putter returned to him and use it for the remainder of the round.\n\n4-4a/13 Player Practices with Another Player’s Club\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 14 clubs. Between the play of two holes he borrows another player’s putter and makes several practice putts on the putting green of the hole last played. What is the ruling?\n\nA. There is no penalty. Such practice putting is permitted by Rule 7-2. The borrowing of the putter does not breach Rule 4-4a since the putter was not used to make a stroke that counted in the player’s score. (Revised)\n\n4-4a/14 Player Carries Pieces of Broken Club\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 14 clubs as well as a club that had been broken into pieces prior to the start of the round, but had not yet been removed from his bag. What is the ruling?\n\nA. The Rules do not contemplate such a situation. In these circumstances, in equity