What handicap cut?

aster99

Suppose a player is playing a medal strokeplay and the following is the result

Par 70 course. He has a 78 gross off a handicap of 8 for nett 70

Standard scratch works out as 72 so you would think a cut of 0.4

But in the round the player has a 6 on a par 3 (index 14)

Is this hole adjusted to a 5 and so a cut of 0.6 ?

Villain

Yep its called Stableford adjustment:

What is ‘Stableford Adjustment’?

Clubs must apply ‘Stableford Adjustments’ to Nett Differentials calculated after a Medal Competition. This adjustment has the effect of converting Nett Differentials under medal play to those which would have been calculated had the competition been played under Stableford format, eliminating any distortions resulting from unusually high scores (such as a 10 on a hole, for example).

Here, players’ Nett Differentials are reduced for each stroke scored on the players card which is more than two over Par after any handicap strokes have been subtracted for that hole (a ‘ Nett Double Bogey’).

No adjustments to Nett Differentials under Stableford Adjustment may be made to Category 1 players (less than 5.5 handicap) prior to 1st January 2001. From this date, adjustments must be made to all categories of golfer.

Eric the Eagle

Yes, I think they would adjust the score for that hole, so his adjusted gross would be 77 and therefore his gross difference would be 5 so his nett difference would be -3.

So it would be a cut of 0.6.

aster99

Thanks guys!

PhilipMarlowe

In practice, this means you are handicapped based on your stableford score. Eg. A scratch golfer with 17 pars and one disaster hole has 34 points, regardless of how rubbish the bad hole was. How bad affects his strokeplay score for the competition of course but beyond a point it has no bearing on his handicap.

death1234567

That's interesting, so basically your hanidcap is always calculated via stableford scoring even if you are playing a stroke play event. So if you get an "other" your score is adjusted to a Net Double bogey, zero points but only one stroke away from 1 point?

aster99

I was never aware of it before. In the past if I was playing strokeplay and had a disaster hole I'd lose interest and kinda tune out thinking I couldn't get cut. Glad to know I can still be cut, it will make me concentrate better in medal rounds in the future