https://pinhighpress.com/tags/club-golf/ Recent content in Club Golf on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/handicap-systems-real-flaw-isnt-sandbagging/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/handicap-systems-real-flaw-isnt-sandbagging/ <p>Walk into any club bar after a Saturday medal and you will eventually hear it: someone accusing someone else, usually with a laugh that does not quite reach the eyes, of playing off a handicap two shots higher than they deserve. Sandbagging is club golf&rsquo;s favourite conspiracy theory, the explanation reached for whenever a mid-handicapper has the round of their life in a competition that actually pays out. It is a satisfying story because it has a villain. The trouble is that it is rarely the real reason club competitions produce results that feel implausible, and chasing it distracts from a genuine flaw sitting one level up in the system.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/in-praise-of-fall-golf/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/in-praise-of-fall-golf/ <p>Every golfer has a favourite month, and most of them will tell you it is May or June, when the course is fully in, the light lasts until nine, and the whole season still feels ahead of them. I would take September over any of it. The professional Tour has just finished its marquee summer stretch and is easing into the smaller FedExCup Fall events, the majors are done and will not be spoken of again until spring previews start next winter, and at club level something quietly wonderful happens that nobody markets and nobody puts on a poster. The course empties out.</p>