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Golf Bandits and WHS - Ramble

October 14, 2026 · 1 h 25 min

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The handicap system, and the people who game it. The first Count Back ramble.

Barry knows of a man who broke 100 four times in twelve months. All four were captain's prize rounds. He won it twice.

Sigma shot two 66s in a captain's prize and finished seventh.

Episode 4 of The Count Back, weekly discussions on Irish golf with Barry and Sigma. No course this week and no score, just the handicap system, bandits, and whether anything can be done about either.

CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - The handicap system
00:01:30 - Is it fair?
00:03:32 - The old system
00:06:45 - Two 66s and seventh place
00:13:31 - What a bandit looks like
00:20:00 - Four good days a year
00:21:12 - Endemic and systemic
00:25:35 - The JP McManus Pro Am
00:28:31 - Six shots back
00:32:08 - The Bandit Gazette
00:38:38 - Gross prizes
00:43:30 - It gets worse
00:45:16 - Teaching juniors
00:49:01 - Would you refuse to sign?
00:53:28 - Fixing the countback
00:59:34 - Shots on the 19th
01:17:48 - Sigma's solution

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