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Ärende: Golf and NewMex 971
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 -> And now it's your turn to hear "speak English, please!"
 HN> BIL's handicap was +2 which meant he'd play his round of golf and then
 HN> ADD  two strokes to get his handicapped score...I was at the time a -20
 HN> or a  twenty handicap which meant I played my round and then SUBTRACTED
 HN> 20  strokes to get my handicapped score.

Okay, what I didn't know: that a "20 handicap" really means a
"-20 handicap" and that in this system there could be a greater
than zero handicap. So essentially on the same course and
conditions he would be expected to score 22 better than you.

  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.

That part I got, it was the terminology that threw me.

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.

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).

  My BIL was good enough to be a
 HN> pro golfer...but he  happened to be in the Air Force at the time....He
 HN> generally shot somewhere  between 2 and 6 under par for a course of 18
 HN> holes.  

Yeah, can anyone short of Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh claim that?
It sounds as though anyone with the natural level of skill he had
and the amount of practice that it took him to get to those numbers
he would have done well to turn pro.

 ->  HN> I do my best to avoid heavy drinkers on the course...they tend to get
 ->  HN> upset  when they can't hit the ball anymore (grin). 
 -> Yeah, but be consoled by the fact that they probably
 -> couldn't hit you, either.
 HN> Sure, but they hold up the game for everyone while they try to find
 HN> their  clubs!
 
Playing in Phoenix I learned the important words, "may we play
through, please?" - words always directed at us, not the other
way round.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Punkin Butter
 Categories: Fruits
      Yield: 1 servings

      1 ts Lemon juice                       1/8 ts Ground ginger
      1 ts Lemon rind                        1/8 ts Ground cinnamon
      1 lb Pumpkin, mashed                   1/8 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 c  Orange juice                      1/4 ts Salt
    3/4 c  Brown sugar

  Bring all ingredients to a boil in a heavy pan.  Reduce heat and simmer
  over low heat for 30 minutes.  Chill for 4 hours.  Great on toast, English
  muffins.

  Micha Buller Punkin Center, Arizona

  (c) Phoenix Gazette, March 10, 1993.

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