There can be very few golfers anywhere in the world who have had their handicaps slashed by 10 shots before the end of January but that is what has happened to Carrickmines member Linda Booth. The handicap committee were evidently over generous in letting her play off 45 as she returned 52 stableford points: 19 points on the front nine despite two blanks and 33 on the back nine, good enough on its own to win many 18-hole competitions!