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Would you rather win some silverware in 2022 or get your handicap down?

Handicap cut

says Jeremy Ellwood

This is an easy debate for me as I’ve never been motivated by trophies. These are not the bitter words of someone who never won much, either, for my 40-odd years of playing haven’t left me entirely empty-handed.

My issue is golf’s handicap system. I’ve never been good enough to seriously contend in scratch competitions – trophies

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