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When are you not a beginner anymore?

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dannyka Professional Champion
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Okay, so I've had my Skill Level set to Beginner since I joined up with Stracka in September '08. My first round (9 holes, actually) was in July. Second was in August. Since then I've been playing sorta regularly. Hence my question: When am I not a beginner anymore? After X number of rounds? A certain number of days since day one? Once I hit a certain handicap? And while I'm at it, what constitutes a "High Handicapper" and a "Mid Handicapper"? Thanks, Dan
dday39 Professional Champion
# 1 4/20/2009 11:39:16 AM
you know, you can change that status at anytime.
OtterMan08 Legend
# 2 4/20/2009 11:52:10 AM
Go to 'edit profile' click 'my game' change the setting for 'skill level' using the drop down menu.
KWehlen Professional Champion
# 3 4/20/2009 11:54:10 AM
You aren't a beginner anymore when you feel like you aren't a beginner anymore. That's pretty much the only logic to use. If you feel like it you are it.....
dannyka Professional Champion
# 4 4/20/2009 12:43:28 PM
Ummm... Thanks, but I've got the "how to change skill level" part down -- if you look at my profile, everything's been set. Just hadn't changed my skill level yet. What I was asking (half tongue-in-cheek), and maybe I shoulda phrased it like this, is how do I know WHEN I go from a Beginner to a Hacker? When I have the rule book memorized? When I start throwing my clubs in the lake? Somebody probably already answered it best who said "when you feel like you aren't". I thought I was doing okay until Saturday when I definitely felt like a Beginner! :)
KWehlen Professional Champion
# 5 4/20/2009 2:16:51 PM
There is absolutely no "marker" for when you should change your Skill Level. It is truly a personal choice. If you still feel like a beginner at golf then leave it that way, if you feel as though you have progressed beyond beginner then switch it to something else. Just like the game of golf, it's all mental.
dday39 Professional Champion
# 6 4/20/2009 3:40:17 PM
This is just my opinion on it but i would say when you go out and know you can break 90. Um I think when you can break 90 that becomes bogey golf. 20-28 handicap would probably be High-Handicap
Sylla Legend
# 7 4/20/2009 5:00:05 PM
I searched in Google for a few minutes and saw that nobody agrees on the definition! The only thing that seemed to have a clear definition from the USGA is the term "bogey golfer" (and of course "scratch player"): "In rating the difficulty of courses through course rating and slope rating, the USGA defines a bogey golfer thusly: "A player with a USGA Handicap Index of 17.5 to 22.4 strokes for men and 21.5 to 26.4 for women. Under normal situations the male bogey golfer can hit his tee shot 200 yards and can reach a 370-yard hole in two shots. Likewise, the female bogey golfer can hit her tee shot 150 yards and can reach a 280-yard hole in two shots. Players who have a Handicap Index between the parameters above but are unusually long or short off the tee are not considered to be a bogey golfer for course rating purposes.""

dannyka

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Okay, so I've had my Skill Level set to Beginner since I joined up with Stracka in September '08. My first round (9 holes, actually) was in July. Second was in August. Since then I've been playing sorta regularly.

Hence my question: When am I not a beginner anymore? After X number of rounds? A certain number of days since day one? Once I hit a certain handicap?

And while I'm at it, what constitutes a "High Handicapper" and a "Mid Handicapper"?

Thanks,
Dan

dday39

Professional Champion

# 1 4/20/2009 11:39:16 AM

you know, you can change that status at anytime.

OtterMan08

Legend

# 2 4/20/2009 11:52:10 AM

Go to 'edit profile' click 'my game' change the setting for 'skill level' using the drop down menu.

KWehlen

Professional Champion

# 3 4/20/2009 11:54:10 AM

You aren't a beginner anymore when you feel like you aren't a beginner anymore.

That's pretty much the only logic to use. If you feel like it you are it.....

dannyka

Professional Champion

# 4 4/20/2009 12:43:28 PM

Ummm...

Thanks, but I've got the "how to change skill level" part down -- if you look at my profile, everything's been set. Just hadn't changed my skill level yet.

What I was asking (half tongue-in-cheek), and maybe I shoulda phrased it like this, is how do I know WHEN I go from a Beginner to a Hacker? When I have the rule book memorized? When I start throwing my clubs in the lake? Somebody probably already answered it best who said "when you feel like you aren't".

I thought I was doing okay until Saturday when I definitely felt like a Beginner! :)

KWehlen

Professional Champion

# 5 4/20/2009 2:16:51 PM

There is absolutely no "marker" for when you should change your Skill Level.

It is truly a personal choice. If you still feel like a beginner at golf then leave it that way, if you feel as though you have progressed beyond beginner then switch it to something else.

Just like the game of golf, it's all mental.

dday39

Professional Champion

# 6 4/20/2009 3:40:17 PM

This is just my opinion on it but i would say when you go out and know you can break 90.

Um I think when you can break 90 that becomes bogey golf.
20-28 handicap would probably be High-Handicap

Sylla

Legend

# 7 4/20/2009 5:00:05 PM

I searched in Google for a few minutes and saw that nobody agrees on the definition!
The only thing that seemed to have a clear definition from the USGA is the term "bogey golfer" (and of course "scratch player"):

"In rating the difficulty of courses through course rating and slope rating, the USGA defines a bogey golfer thusly: "A player with a USGA Handicap Index of 17.5 to 22.4 strokes for men and 21.5 to 26.4 for women. Under normal situations the male bogey golfer can hit his tee shot 200 yards and can reach a 370-yard hole in two shots. Likewise, the female bogey golfer can hit her tee shot 150 yards and can reach a 280-yard hole in two shots. Players who have a Handicap Index between the parameters above but are unusually long or short off the tee are not considered to be a bogey golfer for course rating purposes.""

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