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I'd say 6"

Currently I'm probably a 6 handicap, was near scratch late high school and thru college, and could be again w/ a couple weeks of intense short game work.

Another thing to mention is that I've been a member at the course for 12 years and used to play easily 500, 18 hole rounds per year growing up. So his edge against me on that course is much less than a random course.

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I'd have a chance if the cups were the size of the greens.

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Fun question!
My current handicap is +3.
I think I'd need at least 5 shots a round to be competitive with Tiger.
My guess is that I'd improve 5 shots a round if the hole were 50% bigger.
But if this is a one-time match, and figuring in the "choke" factor,
I'd want the hole to be twice as big as normal.
Yeah, if the hole were twice as big for me, I could take him! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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LOL.

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With a 5 inch hole I'd be looking at 6 birdies on avg and would make very few bogeys barring penalty shots. I'd happily take tiger on with a hole that big, would be a coin flip. If it were a 6 inch hole Tiger would be a big Dog. With a 4 and 3/4 inch hole I'd be the Dog but would still back myself. Same size hole everyones a Dog to Tiger.

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Someone like me, it probably wouldn't matter as I frequently am still trying to get off the tee in bounds at a number of strokes that would put Tiger in the hole.

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so sadly true...

Benny, skip out of work early and hit Lyman, 2:27 tee time today. I need to know by noon...

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With a 5 inch hole I'd be looking at 6 birdies on avg and would make very few bogeys barring penalty shots. I'd happily take tiger on with a hole that big, would be a coin flip. If it were a 6 inch hole Tiger would be a big Dog. With a 4 and 3/4 inch hole I'd be the Dog but would still back myself. Same size hole everyones a Dog to Tiger.

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at least half the tour pros would be a dog to tiger with a 5 inch hole.

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I think if anything on the green counted as in the cup I think I could beat him as long as the course wasn't too long.

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Edtost told me about this thread when we were at the range today. I thought about it for maybe 15 seconds and this was pretty much my answer. I still think its right.

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My index is a 5.3 (up a bunch this year). They can't calculate Tiger's index, as the highest available is +8 (I don't take into consideration, just worth noting).

If we're playing match play, I figure I would need a barrage of birdies at any typical public/muni type course, 8-10 birdies at a moderately challenging course and 6-8 on most tour level courses to keep up.

That being said (iyagonewitmyinstincts), I make 2-3 birdies around hit 10-12 GIR. I'm a decent scrambler.

I think I'd need a hole that's two and a half to three feet wide to allow me to dunk an occasional wedge, virtually assure every GIR a birdie and chip in more than 25% of the time.

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i honestly think i could beat tiger if the cup were only twice the regulation diameter.

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Delusional are we?

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Fun question!
My current handicap is +3.
I think I'd need at least 5 shots a round to be competitive with Tiger.
My guess is that I'd improve 5 shots a round if the hole were 50% bigger.
But if this is a one-time match, and figuring in the "choke" factor,
I'd want the hole to be twice as big as normal.
Yeah, if the hole were twice as big for me, I could take him! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
<font color="white"> maybe </font>

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LOL.

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