Quitters
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Sounds harsh doesn't it?
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 Some of the regular e-mails we get
are about players who quit in the middle of a
tournament because they had a bad round or
started a round poorly. They are afflicted
with what has come to be known as the "bogey
flu". People often ask us how we account for
that.
The answer is, we don't
There are many reasons why. The first reason
is that statistically it is a very small
number of players. With more than 75,000
junior golfers playing some event each year,
even 1% or 750 would be more than we believe
actually "quit" regularly. As a result,
designing a system to account for those few
people would be virtually impossible.
Then there are those who do not finish the
event for very legitimate reasons such as
illness. Our experience is that we have seen
far more players tough it out with a fever
when they should not be playing than I have
seen faking it. "Hats off" to those juniors
and should they decide not to play, how could
we penalize those individuals? That certainly
would not be fair.
Finally, college coaches are watching and talk
extensively amongst themselves to get a feel
of what that player is like as a person. Trust
us, they know what's going on and the last
thing a junior wants to be know by is the "Q"
word.
In the end this is a game of honesty,
integrity, and discipline and it's the parents
who are at fault when a player doesn't turn in
a score. Junior players too need to be "of
character" and not let themselves be in a club
with members no one wants to be around. Think
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