I love that my handicap has gone up even though I am getting into form. Not sure if anyone else has experienced the euphoria of handicap going up after winning a money game, but for me, it makes me giddy. :)
I shot 79 today and could not have struck the ball any better. Flew a couple greens into terrible lies. Back to back double bogeys on the back 9. After the round I posted the score and my handicap is going up a stroke tomorrow.
Unfortunately, in my regular game the guys cap me even though they are all better than me. May need to find a different game this weekend. gotta enjoy it because once it gets low…money games can suck.
We play half stroke skins, thus a gross birdie beats the typical full stroke "4 for 3". The 4 is a 3.5. Plus we have no double pops. Everyone is fine with the game, whether low to mid to higher cap, and the distribution of skins has been fairly consistent across the board. Lower cappers likely have a better chance of a gross birdie, but not enough to make anyone crazy.
We allow everyone to use all strokes, or we don't stroke off the low handicap player.