Which is exactly my point on why I think the rule is not needed
Look at what you quoted. The player totals and td/staff confirm it.
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Which is exactly my point on why I think the rule is not needed
You may have missed where several people brought up the issue of how much more time and effort it takes the TD to add and verify rather than just verifying the score. That alone is enough to justify the rule in my opinion.
I must be missing something. How would one verify the score and total without adding up all the holes?
That's the point. The TD has to add it up either way. If they're added first, the TD adds them once and is done as long as they agree (which is most of the time). If the TD has to add them, he/she should also be verifying the scores (I wouldn't want my score to depend completely on one overworked volunteer adding each score only one time) so that doubles the time at least. On top of that, any that disagree will require triple- or quadruple-checking to make sure it's right. I don't want to put all that work on the TD, and I don't want to wait an extra half hour for the scores to be tallied.
That's the point. The TD has to add it up either way. If they're added first, the TD adds them once and is done as long as they agree (which is most of the time). If the TD has to add them, he/she should also be verifying the scores (I wouldn't want my score to depend completely on one overworked volunteer adding each score only one time) so that doubles the time at least. On top of that, any that disagree will require triple- or quadruple-checking to make sure it's right. I don't want to put all that work on the TD, and I don't want to wait an extra half hour for the scores to be tallied.
Really want to add a contentious element to this debate?
I think about what has happened on multiple occasions in ball golf...
An announcer catches a minor violation on a replay, perhaps unnoticed by the official or any player on the card, and goes to an official and calls the player out on it.
That'd be like Greenwell going to the TD because he thinks he saw a foot fault or something.
I'm not going to come up with a different total just because the player has already written it for me. I guess I see the point if we are talking about double checking scores, then this would be needed. I still don't agree with the current penalty though.
You win. The award was for longest post i didnt read due to too many smilies.
Marty, appreciate what you do but please use "throw" or "shot" instead of the incorrect word "stroke" in your stories. Thanks!
("stroke" has never been used in the PDGA rulebook)
Marty, appreciate what you do but please use "throw" or "shot" instead of the incorrect word "stroke" in your stories. Thanks!
("stroke" has never been used in the PDGA rulebook)
I do all the tweeting for the PDGA.
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