Due to Corona pandemic, I am working from home…
I also live 6 minutes from my club and am playing 1 - 2x per week, usually on weekday mornings
My boss is an avid golfer and we play together 2-3 times per year and I know he uses the GHIN app…
Therefore I only put in about 1 in 3 scores and have to change the dates to avoid blowing my cover!
Don’t worry though, if anything this is inflating my index
But inflating your index is the worse sin in my opinion 
Check you boss’ recent scores, if he’s playing on work days so should you!
Best thing to do would be post your lowest scores when you are posting… those are the ones that would keep anyways… or just create a fake name and maintain a “real” GHIN and a “Boss” Ghin.
To clarify… this is punitive for my index
I am posting my best 1/3 or 2/3 scores which makes my best outliers stay on my card longer
I am at 5.5 but would likely be more like 6.5 if I were posting all my scoresd
Gotcha, I read it as the other way around.
Is he at the same club as you? If he’s not, all he can see is the month in which you played each round, not the day. So what if you play 36 each day on the weekends, posting 4 rounds each week?
No, he is not at the same club. Nice point on what he can actually see.
As silly as this sounds, I don’t want to be perceived as someone who is playing a lot of golf. I think there is a bit of theatre that has to be maintained with all of this Covid business.
Yeah, I was in the same situation for the first month or so, but I’ve been in the office since then. I just checked your Handicap stuff through GHIN, you were obviously working hard June and July, with no scores posted. You deserve a few golf days!
Lol, just changed my name on profile
Out here doxxing myself left and right
Hahahah, I know that was one of the first things I did. I won’t tell anyone, I promise.
One of the regulars I play with at my best guess is between a 2-4. He claims he’s a 7. Not even possible, he plays at par 1/3 of the time under par 1/3 of the time and +2-4 1/3 of the time. With the slope of the course we play, my best math guess comes up with about a 2. However he will only put in scores that keep him near a 7 though, like on a windy day or a day he just can’t putt. I can never understand why people do this?!
This is such a good idea. We work from home warriors have to get creative to protect our secret golf getaways.
I’m at 5.5 with a personal best of 74!
Probably plays in the odd tournament and knows that a 7 is the highest number he can reasonably claim while giving the best chance of finishing in the prizes. Classic sandbagging.
The simple answer is that he’s a cheater. He wants those few extra handicap strokes to win more. I don’t know if he plays tournaments, or he just wants to cheat his betting partners, but sandbagging is just wrong.
Exactly my point. There is no way he’s a 7. I’ve never seen him shoot an 79-80 even on a course with a 145 slope he shoots 75 at worst.
This is exactly it. He plays in two big tournaments a year with a friend. Those are the only two tournaments he plays. Just don’t understand this, especially him, he’s such an honest player, until he isn’t.
That’s crazy.
I don’t really care what people post as I am not very active in the MGA. That sandbagging really seems to be unfair with league stuff or member guest events.
I have a small group of guys that we play money games with. Everything is negotiated on first tee and I won’t play a higher stakes game with people I don’t know unless I know I am getting the best of it.
Hate the people who are “18” handicap but shoot around 80 with several birdies because “I usually have a few doubles and triples”
I mean, he isn’t an honest player… he just cheats off the course.
I’m sure the people in the two tournaments he plays have lost money because of him.