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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 113258" data-attributes="member: 3373">I play in some golf tournament as well as matches that handicaps are frequently used. Handicaps are not based on the color or cost of your clubs or what type of ball is used. Handicaps are used to basically start everyone out on the same level. Handicaps, as many of you who also play golf know, are established by recording your actual score every time you play a round. A standard is then set based on that score compared to par. So, if I am a 12 handicap and you are a 15, to make us even in a match you would receive 3 strokes to make us even.Now, imagine that in a fishing tournament. Every time you fish you would be required to weigh every fish you caught and record that weight at the end of the day. Then when you and I are fishing in a tournament if your average catch for each day you fish is 21# and I usually catch a couple 1 pounders for an average of 2#, I would start the day with 19# to make us even if we both catch our average.Might be interesting and you think there is some cheating going on now, imagine the lies fisherman would come up with when recording what they caught, not just what they brought to the dock. I wonder how many pages of comments we could get on NDA when everybody's average catch is updated every two weeks.  #$%^&> Never caught a fish all day, honest.</blockquote>