H/C cuts for the lower h/c players .

GorHugh

Just wondering if a player who plays of a hc of 5.5 plays an open day and wins it with 45 pts , what sort of cut wud he be looking at ? SSS was 37 pts

katnia

As his handicap is in category 1, he loses point 1 for each shot he is below standard scratch. In this case he could lose around .8, therefore his new handicap should be around 4.7 (5). So he will go from a 6 handicap to a 5 handicap. Hope this makes sense.

GorHugh

katnia wrote: »

As his handicap is in category 1, he losses point 1 for each shot he is below standard scratch. In this case he could lose around .8, therefore his new handicap should be around 4.7 (5). So he will go from a 6 handicap to a 5 handicap. Hope this makes sense.

it does thank you ..

so does it vary from cat to cat what a player will lose for coming in under par ... i.e cat 1 is .1 per shot , cat 2 is .2 and cat 3 is .3 and cat 4 is .4

katnia

yes, that's correct, your category dictates how much you lose for each shot you are below CSS.

GorHugh

katnia wrote: »

yes, that's correct, your category dictates how much you lose for each shot you are below CSS.

Thanks for your help , exactly the answer i was looking for , cheers

aster99

as he was 5.5 i thought this would be category 2 ?

katnia

Yes, you are correct, I haven't played in a few years, I was actually just checking this to be sure and I see that category 1 starts off a 5 handicap and he was off 6. My apologies Gorhugh for any confusion caused. Although will he then lose in effect 1.6? or will it be 1 .2 lost & then .7? The lack of playing has clouded my memory slightly!

yaboya1

katnia wrote: »

As his handicap is in category 1, he loses point 1 for each shot he is below standard scratch. In this case he could lose around .8, therefore his new handicap should be around 4.7 (5). So he will go from a 6 handicap to a 5 handicap. Hope this makes sense.

Almost right.
He's off 5.5 so his playing handicap is 6. So he's in Category 2.
He gets cut 1 x 0.2 which brings him down to 5.3.
And then 7 x 0.1 because as soon as he's below 5.5 he's in Category 1.
So his new exact handicap would be 4.6. Playing handicap 5.
Hope this helps.

thoscon

what hc does a cat 3 player go into cat 2 ?

GorHugh

thoscon wrote: »

what hc does a cat 3 player go into cat 2 ?

Good question , where does 1 cat start and end for the 4 cats ..

GorHugh

yaboya1 wrote: »

Almost right.
He's off 5.5 so his playing handicap is 6. So he's in Category 2.
He gets cut 1 x 0.2 which brings him down to 5.3.
And then 7 x 0.1 because as soon as he's below 5.5 he's in Category 1.
So his new exact handicap would be 4.6. Playing handicap 5.
Hope this helps.

This lad was cut to 4.6 . fair play folks for the posts ,

yaboya1

thoscon wrote: »

what hc does a cat 3 player go into cat 2 ?

Category 1 = 5 and below
Category 2 = 6-12
Category 3 = 13-20
Category 4 = 21-28
Category 5 = 29 36 (Women)

GorHugh

yaboya1 wrote: »

Category 1 = 5 and below
Category 2 = 6-12
Category 3 = 13-20
Category 4 = 21-28
Category 5 = 29 36 (Women)

Great stuff , always good to know .