Mike Meservey

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner As Sully Sullenberger would say, you’re forgetting the human element. The statistics of your billion shot database may not generally reflect the performance of high handicappers in a match against low handicappers. Analysis of only match play data would be interesting.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@MidwestGolfJake Career best 75 on 7/21. 104 3/30. 29 strokes. The 75 included a triple.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@adamyounggolf Player A. Both swings start right, curve left. Easy to manage. B, one starts right curves left, other starts right stays right.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@adamyounggolf Path was straight and club was square. Toe hit caused club to open after impact.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner The analysis is not complete if you don’t also determine % time the low and high handicappers shoot net 5 or 10 over. They are high caps for a reason and will often hand a hole or a match to the steadier player.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@MidwestGolfJake Low caps always whine. Do you expect to win if you don’t bring your best game in a decent size field? If you bring your best as a 2 you will likely be several under par net with a good chance.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner @ArccosGolf It would be interesting to see this against age as well as index.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner Also says take extra club from fairway bunker.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@_consistentgolf When I did it, I lay down on the green by the hole and took a selfie with a big shit eating grin on my face. Who would fake that??

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner It’s happened in my league. Had an 18 for 9 shoot 41 net 23. Not a hint of sandbagging - I do all the handicapping for the league. No outside scores involved.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner 90-100. Nice short par 4.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner I believe that rare sensation of a perfectly struck iron is ultimately what addicts us to this game, which cannot be explained to the non-golfer.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@hutch_golf @professorreps If -7 net was so incredibly rare and statistically impossible, why does USGA have the exceptional score handicap adjustment? Are you equally scandalized when a 10 handicap shoots 99? Higher caps inherently have more variability in their scores. Perhaps just tip your cap?

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner I’d like to see the same table for net scores over par. E.g., odds a 20 shoots +10 net.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner @ArccosGolf How many birdies do scratch and 18’s average on the 8 scores that comprise their handicap?

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner It’s his first swing. It’s a hole in one swing.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner The huge flaw in the course handicap is the largely arbitrary assignment of course slope and rating. When is GHIN going to start assigning slope and rating based on the ample data they have on every course.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner Nailed it. I said 30 yards.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner Tour pro likely averages <3 from 150. So 10 index likely need to be inside 30 yards.

[Mike Meservey @MDMeservey]

@LouStagner Pressure of being in the last groups may also be a factor