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Skriven 2007-01-31 14:14:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 -> I don't understand "par" either. It's got to be difficult, as
 -> professionals in tournaments sometimes don't make par, and
 -> sometimes even the winners are pretty close to par. To me "par"
 -> should mean par, as in average, not some nearly unattainable goal.
 HN> Well there are plenty of variables tossed in there as well. Usually
 HN> when pro's  don't make "par" on a hole it's because they've made a
 HN> mistake or  misjudgement in their play.

But they do, frequently. And the sainted Tiger makes double bogeys
once in a while. And when he plays a round that has 12 pars and 6
birdies, that's considered a wonder to behold. Which brings up my
point that the par numbers are peculiar. It sounds as though a
72 course should really be a 90 course or something, because it's
likely that the real par score is more like 90.

 HN> difficult it  is...on one of my favorite courses the 13th par three 185
 HN> yard hole is the  most difficult hole on the course and few people
 HN> actually make par on it  without a lot of practice.

Which reinforces my point.

 HN> green......once I  manage to accidently land on it (grin). Often Pro's
 HN> will play well under par ...  will often have
 HN> scores of  12-15 below par for the winners.

Also my point is that often they do not. We see tournaments with
the sainted Vijay finishing -2 or so (as the recent one); there
are even those where the top finishers are around par!

 My best round of golf was
 HN> 39 on a front nine  at a local course...that's 3 over par and for me it
 HN> was a phenominal 9 holes of 
 HN> golf...I simply could not make a bad hit on the ball....of course I
 HN> shot almost 
 HN> double that on the back nine and totally blew the euphoria of the
 HN> front nine  to heck and back! 

I used to sort of play golf, but bad eyesight and malcoordination
do take their toll. I'd say my best round of golf probably included
39 for the first 5 or 6 holes. Nah, not true, I was known to break
100, as my grandfather was an excellent golfer; but both my parents
were antiathletic as anything, so now I'm lucky to break 100 for nine.

 -> Of course the similar beating the point spread system in
 -> wagering also throws me (here I understand the terminology
 -> and the mechanism and even the reasoning, but what I don't
 -> get is the need in the human psyche for such a system).
 HN> If I can beat you 19 times out of every 20 that we play...I need to
 HN> have  some enticement for you to even wager with me....so that you'll
 HN> actually  have a reasonable chance if you do well to win the wager. 

But one isn't then betting on the result of the match but
rather against the skill of the handicappers/oddsmakers.

 HN> I was always a fairly fast player and I preferred to walk the course
 HN> rather  than use a golf cart...most courses now won't let you walk the
 HN> course

What?! I am truly out of touch with this great land. Ptui.

 ....well  they will let you but you have to rent a cart anyway

Of course.

Similarly:

 HN> It's a system where players of
 HN> vastly  different abilities can actually compete fairly with each other
 HN> on a (pretty  much) level playing field.

Okay, let me get this straight. Regarding horses. so
horse A weighing A lbs are clocked at X seconds on a
particular course, and horse B is clocked at X+2
seconds. Is the point of the handicap to give horse
A enough pounds extra weight so as to take X+2 seconds?

Which also makes me wonder about course records - you
know, "set by Man-o-War at 1'51.3"" - if the favorite
gets a weight handicap, what's the meaning of this number?

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12 oz Cheerios
14 oz pretzel sticks
24 oz mixed nuts
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