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I'm a 8 handicap during months I don't play. Usually play scratch golf when I'm able to dedicate myself to playing for more than a couple of months at a time.

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Right. So you've "been there before". Scratch golf, that is. Huge difference between your situation and the OP.

Remember the mental hurdle you had breaking 80? Par? 70? How you'd crap yourself knowing you needed a par on 18 to reach your number? How the first couple of times you DID crap yourself and double-bogeyed or worse?

You've been through all that; OP hasn't.

And also per the GHIN system an 8 handicap doesn't average an 80 - that's a common misperception by people who don't understand how it works. An 8 would probably average an 83-84. I'm not sure if OP is actually carrying a legit card or just hazarding a guess.

Also, very good point by whoever mentioned the difficulty of courses of a weekend golfer vs. tournament setups.