KCee The single digit guy has a handicap that is reflective of his average scores while I have a handicap reflective of my "potential". Betting on "potential" is a crap shoot.
It's funny you say that. We have some low cappers here (single digit guys) who complain that it's harder for them to shoot their handicap than us mid and higher cappers. I'm in the 12 to 14 range and my scores here run from mid 70s to mid 80s, so my score dispersion is fairly tight. The slope and rating here is easy, so when I post a 77, it's like 10 over the rating. I shot 73 the other day and the differential from the combo tees was 8. Some of the 20+ cappers we have occasionally break 90 and kill us.