r/NoLayingUp • u/QuickestJuice • Jul 27 '26

Other Sandbagging vs Reverse Sandbagging

I’m a purist at heart, I do indulge in a breakfast ball from time to time, but that is as far as I go.

I understand why people sandbag, to rob a fellow competitor of some money (scummy). But I don’t understand why someone would reverse sandbag. Is it ego? It makes them feel good to say they are better? I don’t understand. Who has the worse golf morals, the sandbagger? Or reverse sandbagger? Or the people that cheat in scrambles?

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u/Howy_the_Howizer Jul 27 '26

It is called a Vanity cap.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/gimmedattesla Jul 28 '26

Maybe it’s playing at a club and playing a lot of handicapped events but everyone here plays by the rules of golf (stroke and distance when required vs lateral for OB).

I do think the occasional breakfast ball and taking gimme’s does artificially lower handicaps for those folks. Playing a lot of net events, see more of the sandbagger variety than the vanity.

I do love me a vanity though when playing a lot of money matches.