The USGA handicapping system defines a male bogey golfer as "a player who has a Course Handicap of approximately 20 on a course of standard difficulty.". After playing golf regularly for two years, I am now a bogey golfer!
Taking the word "approximately" in the definition to mean plus/minus 2, a handicap range of 18-22 makes up the world of bogey golfers. This is an interesting world, from where a golfer can look at beginners patronizingly, and secret dreams of becoming a single digit handicapper are no longer of the pipe variety. However this is also a brutal place. Progress is a lot harder and slower. There is the potential to play a very good round, but it is not uncommon to play a really bad one, and embarass yourself! A few weeks ago, at the Poona Club Golf course, I played the front-nine 6-over followed by 23-over on the back nine!
Taking the word "approximately" in the definition to mean plus/minus 2, a handicap range of 18-22 makes up the world of bogey golfers. This is an interesting world, from where a golfer can look at beginners patronizingly, and secret dreams of becoming a single digit handicapper are no longer of the pipe variety. However this is also a brutal place. Progress is a lot harder and slower. There is the potential to play a very good round, but it is not uncommon to play a really bad one, and embarass yourself! A few weeks ago, at the Poona Club Golf course, I played the front-nine 6-over followed by 23-over on the back nine!
Hopefully the world of the single digit handicapper is a much better place, because that is where I want to go. However I have a sneaking suspicion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!
