Bendeswede:
stop all single "individual" play.......all players MUST play with others in a 2, 3 or 4somes..... wgt and all the players will be surprised to see the real scores...... this is the only way to eliminate all the dishonest play and all the fakes....using whatever instrument the use. Let'
This is never going to happen. The main problem is, as already pointed out, the extra time required to play with others isn't something that everyone has available to them. A game with a couple of friends is a great thing, but every round? No way.
Also, have you ever played a game with one of the really great players here? I had the good fortune to play 18 holes at Oakmont with 2 superb players a few weeks ago and I can guarantee neither of them were using any sort of cheat tools. Both played their shots very quickly, there was no fancy aiming or calculations going on, just skill and experience showing through. Their approaches were usually well inside mine and they missed almost no putts, despite taking little time to check the line. I think their scores were 55 and 56, the 56 despite a triple bogie on the 4th hole after hitting 2 balls OOB going for the right hand fairway.
That round was a real eye opener, seeing skills like that first hand was amazing. I'm not a bad player but I felt like a TV show host who'd been invited to a pro-celebrity event.
You also have to bear in mind that most scores in the low 50's are posted in unlimited rounds, many players keep restarting if they haven't made an eagle in the first few holes, especially if one of them is a par 5.
Right now you think anyone who hits a mid 50 score for 18 holes is probably cheating, it just doesn't seem possible to be able to do that on a regular basis.
It is though, it just needs a lot of skill. More than you or I have.