B16: BriskerGolf: the Given Net Bogey score implies a brisk ‘gimmie’
A Brisk Legal gimmie as a Backstop Score
A unique legal gimmie of a Net Bogey score (in formal terms, a Given-Net-Bogey score), provides a time-saving Backstop score for all BriskerGolfers.
In Briskergolf the only significant gross scores to be actively posted are those that equate to potentially winning scores as below:
- Net Par scores
- Net Birdie scores
- Net Eagle scores
- Net Albatross scores
Posting a Leading Score or Tying Net Score
Only a Leading or Tying Net Score may be posted in BriskerGolf.
An Acceptable or IMPRESSIVE Net Score may be a Net Par (Acceptable), Net Birdie (IMPRESSIVE), Net Eagle (IMPRESSIVE), or even a Net Albatross (IMPRESSIVE), but it may never be a Net Bogey (Unacceptable)!!
A Net Bogey is a passive score, created by a BriskerGolfer Picking Up his/her Dead Ball, signalling acceptance of a gimmie (a Net Bogey).
It is pointless and Time-Wasting to play on, to actively achieve a Net Bogey, because it has already been given to you, as a brisk gimmie!
The Critical Point: NOT Posting a Non-Leading Net Score or Non-Tying Net Score
In terms of Brisk play it is equally important for every BriskerGolfer to realise when he/she has reached the critical point in the contest at a Hole, when to play another shot is sheer folly and Time-Wasting!
It is particularly galling Picking Up your Dead Ball, and accepting a legal gimmie on a Hole, when you are actually playing it well, but not quite as well as another BriskerGolfer.
However, BriskerGolf is ruthless matchplay, and by accepting a passive score of a gimmie you are making an important contribution to Brisker play!
The Maximum Number of Shots Played by a BriskerGolfer in a Round
It is highly unlikely that any BriskerGolfer will play the maximum number of shots that he/she is potentially allowed to play.
In practice the number of shots taken in a round will be far fewer than the possible maximum number, particularly if all BriskerGolfers avoid any Penalty scores.
An ignominious but gentle Penalty, P, of two-off-the-next-tee for Time Wasting awaits an unfortunate BriskerGolfer who for whatever reason is unable to calculate when it is time to quit on a Hole.
A BriskerGolfer’s errant Gross ‘practising score’ is to be recorded on his/her Omniscorecard, even if it is an incomplete score at a hole (i.e. a curtailed score such as 3. or 4. or 5. or 6. or worse!
The Net score in such a circumstance is to be designated as a P, implying both Practising on the course and a Penalty* for doing so, of Two-Off-The-Next-Tee.
[*Penalty on 1st to 17th holes. Practising on the 18th hole is a P18 Penalty that disqualifies a player from potentially benefitting from a tie on the 18th hole].
The maximum number of shots in a round by a BriskerGolfer is restricted, as demonstrated in the examples below, for a Par 72 hole course, with full handicap allowance:
- Tour-Pro, plus 6 handicap: 66 shots
- Champions Tour Pros/Elite Amateurs, plus 3 handicap: 69 shots
- Scratch golfer: 72 shots
- Low handicap golfer, 3 handicap: 75 shots
- Mid handicap golfer, 15 handicap: 87 shots
- High handicap golfer, 24 handicap: 96 shots
Generally, for each category of golfer, the actual number of shots taken will be lower than the maximum number of shots.
