The Stableford vs Net Score debate resolved at 2012 Open

Apart from the great golf courses and perfect conditions, another monumental debate was finally resolved at this years Open. For years Scott & Spid had complained that Stableford disadvantaged the lower golf handicap player. Equally the higher handicappers maintained that Net scores were an advantage to the low handicappers who avoid blowouts etc. Well this years Open exposed both of these viewpoints as a bunch of bollocks. The fact of the matter is that Spid won this years tourney on a Stabie count back from Marty, who incidentally would have won the tourney had it been a Net score tourney. Spid was playing on a handicap about 10 strokes below Marty. Enough said. So whatever the format for a tourney boys, whoever plays as close to his handicap as possible will usually do quite well no matter what the format. Now we can move on to arguing about more important things.....