Stumptown Slosh Series #2 -- Winter Solstice Open (Timber Park) - 12/20

[Bruce]

Perhaps the same reason I signed up for MA1 with a rating of 868 at the GNO last year? They believe they can play better than what there rating is.

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by Sausage Fingers

Can someone explain to me why a player with a rating of 843 signs up for MA1?!?!

Having played with Tewa this weekend, I think he will do just fine. He is good player who appears to be improving rapidly. I'm confident he will benefit from playing with players who are slightly better than he is at the moment. He has a very solid putt. I was a lil jealous

Jeff

[Pizzel]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

Having played with Tewa this weekend, I think he will do just fine. He is good player who appears to be improving rapidly. I'm confident he will benefit from playing with players who are slightly better than he is at the moment. He has a very solid putt. I was a lil jealous

Jeff

I got to play a round with him a few weekends ago and I would agree with everything Jeff posted. Tewa will soon be out playing his rating with a little more tournament experience.

[Sam]

I think it is cute of Scott and Kent to try and make anchors out of themselves. It's one thing to hold yourself back but to try and encourage others to not try to improve their game? Wow...

My question would be, though... why is a 923 player playing ADVANCED Masters? Shouldn't he be playing Intermediate? And why are we not encouraging Tom Dooley to play MA3? Or David Moore to play Intermediate? Why is Kim Smothers not playing Rec Women?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Sam

I think it is cute of Scott and Kent to try and make anchors out of themselves. It's one thing to hold yourself back but to try and encourage others to not try to improve their game? Wow...

So Sam thinks the only way to improve your game is to play with players better than you. That's a valid argument.

However, Scott thinks (and I beleive Kent does to), that there is also something to be said for playing in a tight competition. Not only is it more fun (IMO), but you've got to learn how to win when the competition is tight. Ultimately I'd like to develop a killer instinct on the course - the ability to can that pressure birdie putt when my oponent just bogied. There are more opportunites to do this when the competition is tighter. Playing way over your head may also be fun, and you get to watch some real pretty golf, but in some ways your more of a spectator than a player.

Originally Posted by Sam

My question would be, though... why is a 923 player playing ADVANCED Masters? Shouldn't he be playing Intermediate? And why are we not encouraging Tom Dooley to play MA3? Or David Moore to play Intermediate? Why is Kim Smothers not playing Rec Women?

I didn't start by calling out a specific player - I just agreed with someone else's comment.

Go look for some of my old posts on that other forum. I've called out large groups of players for not playing within their division on many occasions. I still firmly beleive that if the PDGA divisions were allowed to work as intended we would be gifted with some very good and competitive races.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Originally Posted by Sam

I think it is cute of Scott and Kent to try and make anchors out of themselves. It's one thing to hold yourself back but to try and encourage others to not try to improve their game? Wow...

My question would be, though... why is a 923 player playing ADVANCED Masters? Shouldn't he be playing Intermediate? And why are we not encouraging Tom Dooley to play MA3? Or David Moore to play Intermediate? Why is Kim Smothers not playing Rec Women?

Sam, don't get to worked up just yet. Wait till after a Novice player, playing UP, in the Rec division, whoops up on Scott and Kent. Someone say like, oh maybe ME. I'm going to take them both down like the little sissies they are. The Slosh at Timber is where school is in session. A lesson in tournament play WILL be taught.

Bob

[smobro]

Originally Posted by "Over the Hill" Bob

Sam, don't get to worked up just yet. Wait till after a Novice player, playing UP, in the Rec division, whoops up on Scott and Kent. Someone say like, oh maybe ME. I'm going to take them both down like the little sissies they are. The Slosh at Timber is where school is in session. A lesson in tournament play WILL be taught.

Bob

Did you just call Scott a Sissy?

As per Sam's emperical comments, PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. I fart in your general direction.

Sorry, I really don't mind his opinion, I was just dying for an opportunity to use that response.

Signed,

Co-Anchor

Oh and Kim signed up for MA2 because she shares Sam's opinion about playing up. She obviously wears the pants in this marriage. Ain't that a Pip? (i think that means Picture in Picture?)

[smobro]

oh yeah, and another thing, Bob, your momma is a sissy

[Scott]

Originally Posted by smobro

Signed,

Co-Anchor

I freaking love it.

You sissy.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by "Over the Hill" Bob

Sam, don't get to worked up just yet. Wait till after a Novice player, playing UP, in the Rec division, whoops up on Scott and Kent. Someone say like, oh maybe ME. I'm going to take them both down like the little sissies they are. The Slosh at Timber is where school is in session. A lesson in tournament play WILL be taught.

Bob

Wow - big words for a guy who couldn't come to work today (where I could turn around and smack him).

[Sam]

Actually, I don't believe that the only way to get better at DG is to play with better players. There is also this thing called practice where you go and putt for an hour rather than play Orchard 4 times.

That said, most people play to the level of the people they play with. Want to be a Rec player? Play Rec. Want to learn some stuff and see some better golf? Play up - not down.


The competition thing is a valid point. But winning Rec is like arguing on the internet, really...

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Sam

The competition thing is a valid point. But winning Rec is like arguing on the internet, really...

Yet here we are...

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Sam

Actually, I don't believe that the only way to get better at DG is to play with better players. There is also this thing called practice where you go and putt for an hour rather than play Orchard 4 times.

Funny you should mention that. I haven't been to Orchard for a couple of months, but I'm out working on my backhand in the field next to my office every day during lunch and after work (when I can leave before it gets dark).

[Sam]

Scott, that will get you out of the Rec Room and upstairs pretty quick, actually. Don't forget putting. Don't have a basket? Get a broom handle and stick it in the ground.

[jevon]

Originally Posted by Sam

Get a broom handle and stick it in the ground.

That way Sam has a place to sit when he visits...

[Sam]

How am I supposed to get the broom handle up there when my head is occupying the majority of that space?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by jevon

That way Sam has a place to sit when he visits...

That's pretty damn funny right there.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Sam

How am I supposed to get the broom handle up there when my head is occupying the majority of that space?

And that's even funnier.

[CarlitosBonitos]

Originally Posted by Sam

How am I supposed to get the broom handle up there when my head is occupying the majority of that space?

You could try lube... sorry sam couldn't resist

[Sam]

Mmmm.... lube.

OK... so there's this tournament happening at Timber in December...