Golfnet/Handicap Question

slingerz

Ok this is a bot of a weird one!

I won my first ever competiton in 2 years of golfing last Friday week with a score of 38 stableford points off 21(20.7).

This Friday just gone I had a score of 41 stableford points off 20(19.7). I dont know where I came in that competition yet.

Then, today I had 42 stableford points again off 20(19.7) because my handicap had not been adjusted on the computer.

So, just for interest I checked my golfnet account to see if it had been updated at all. Standard Scratch is usually 38 but for my first win it was down to 35 but I presume it was 38 these last 2 occasions as usual.

My handicap according to Golfnet is now Scratch. In the space of a week I have gone from being a 21 handicap golfer to the 2nd best golfer in my club by playing off scratch!!

I took print screens and put them on a word document as proof of this!!

Anyone know what the hell is going on here?!?

Orion

an error perhaps?

Your handicap should be 19 now. Bear in mind that you are responsible for your handicap not the computer. So playing off 20 the third competition disqualifies you if you should have been playing 19 (beating SS by 3 in the previous one which should drop you to 19.1). If you are in doubt you should cut yourself - you can't be disqualified by playing a lower handicap that you are.

[edit] You are actually 18 now. 19.7 - 0.6 = 19.1 (19) - 0.8 = 18.3. That's done assuming that you should have played off 19 in your last comp. Despite disqualification you are still cut.

slingerz

Macros42 wrote: »

an error perhaps?

Your handicap should be 19 now. Bear in mind that you are responsible for your handicap not the computer. So playing off 20 the third competition disqualifies you if you should have been playing 19 (beating SS by 3 in the previous one which should drop you to 19.1). If you are in doubt you should cut yourself - you can't be disqualified by playing a lower handicap that you are.

[edit] You are actually 18 now. 19.7 - 0.6 = 19.1 (19) - 0.8 = 18.3. That's done assuming that you should have played off 19 in your last comp. Despite disqualification you are still cut.

The thing is how do i know what to cut myself. Our handicap secretary told me last week that what's on the computer is the handicap to play off of. I also thought it was .3's that I would be cut in making it -0.9 for Friday and -1.2 for Saturday coming to 17.6?

Orion

actually it could be 0.3 - can't remember the categories offhand. But your secretary is wrong - you are responsible for your handicap at all times - computers can be wrong - your last score mightn't have been entered properly, or at all.

slingerz

so i should do what now?

slumped

I had a similar problem before - got on to the GUI and was told that Golfnet only displays what your club tells it too - so maybe the club software has done something wrong??

PhilipMarlowe

• If you return a Qualifying Score(s) below your Playing Handicap at your Home Club or away and you are unable to
- ascertain whether or not your Playing Handicap has been reduced as a result of the score(s) or
-report an away score to your Home Club
you must, before playing in another competition at your Home Club or away, for that competition make such reduction to your Playing Handicap as appropriate under the System by applying the Competition Scratch Score, if known, otherwise the Standard Scratch Score, to calculate your Nett Differential and handicap reduction.
If you do not know your Exact Handicap, such reduction should be made from your Playing Handicap less 0.5 (e.g. if your Playing Handicap is 16 then the reduction should be made from 15.5) See Clause 16.11

Rather_b_diving

First of all you need to make sure these were club or counting competitions and not society competitions which wouldn't be inputted any more into the computer.
The guys are right about cutting yourself - its your responsibility to cut yourself. In relation to Golfnet as mentioned if there was a problem in the upload you could be listed as scratch - this will change the next time an upload is done.

copacetic

slumped wrote: »

I had a similar problem before - got on to the GUI and was told that Golfnet only displays what your club tells it too - so maybe the club software has done something wrong??
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