wizbang360: just one thing, dont ever and I mean EVER complaing about sandbagging now that you messed up and actually claimed the scores that got ya there.
I think you are mis-interpreting here.
He wasn't trying to sandbag and "messed-up"
Simply playing the same 9 holes over and over and over and over (which is what he was doing - trying to post a low score in the tourney) will quickly lower one's average to a point below what it should naturally be.
If it wasn't for the unlimited play aspect of this particular 9 hole tourney, he likely would have had to play many more rounds to get to MASTER status.
Play any 9 holes repeatedly, and you'll get really darn good at those 9. But This makes a Master not! And this is the cause of RChampman's lament.
A long long time ago, I got tired of being right at the cusp of Pro / Master status. SO I barreled thorough about 4 under 30 rounds of 9 at Kiawah to get there. If I hadn't consciously done this, and instead mixed it up, It might have taken me a lot longer to get there.