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Originally Posted by bulldog2k  I purely mean from a procedural level.
I've recently joined a club and I have to get 3 cards signed by members, and I've never played anything approaching an 'official' round, and I don't want to come across as a chimp.
So - on my card, I list myself as Player A. Do I list them as Player B? Or is that a separate thing to them being a marker?
At the end of each hole, do I explain my score to them shot by shot, or only if they disagree with my gross for the hole?
Do I give them my card to sign their mark for me in the marker's column hole by hole, or do we both record Player A & B scores individually, then fill in each other's Marker's Score columns in the 19th?
Sorry to be so dumb. I'm sure it's comedy easy, but I feel a bit intimidated anyway, never mind with the possibility of looking like an idiot from filling it in wrong  |
Hi Bulldog mate,
Like you I had the same problem when I first joined my club. As most of my mates where not part of a club and I wanted to get into comps so decided to join a club. It can be quite nervous at first to get those 3 cards as you dont know members that well, but lucky for me all of them are very accomadating to new members. I even played with the captin to get a card. My advice is try and ask to join someone teeing off on thier own or in a pair and tell them that you need them to mark a card for you for your handicap. Most people will be more than willing to do this.
Here is the format for filling out cards at my club
1) On the Comp Title write Handicap and state the card (ie 1st 2nd or 3rd)
2) Insert date
3) Tick the tees your playing off (Usually they are yellow for these cards as whites are for comps)
4) Insert your name in Player A
5) Now hand that card to the marker (He has to be a member with a club handicap). He will fill out your scores watching you and you just play n enjoy.
Also dont worry if you get the odd 10 on a hole if it goes wrong on the day. As handicaps are only marked to only 2 over par (Ie If you shoot a 9 on a par 4 this score will be ignored by the handicap secretary and he will give you a 6)
6) Once you have finished the marker will sign in his box with adding up the totals and his score is on the left hand side of the card.
7) Then you sign it in front of him and place it in the box or hand it in to the secretary.
Hope it helps
Cheers
Mark