What Does Sandbagger Mean in Golf?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
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Golf term
Sandbagger
Sandbagger in practice
The tell is a player whose tournament net scores are wildly better than their everyday form. Because handicaps only work on honesty, sandbagging undermines the whole system that lets different abilities compete.
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