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Handicap splits for scratch cups?

aster99 · 2012-09-10 11:30:49

Just something i've often wondered about and maybe someone here knows the answer. When a golfer gets to a handicap of 5 they are a Category one golfer or known as a senior golfer. Yet in scratch cups the senior is usually a cut off of 4. A 5 handicapper remains playing in the junior scratch cups, is there a reason why the…

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Just something i've often wondered about and maybe someone here knows the answer.

When a golfer gets to a handicap of 5 they are a Category one golfer or known as a senior golfer. Yet in scratch cups the senior is usually a cut off of 4. A 5 handicapper remains playing in the junior scratch cups, is there a reason why the limits for senior scratch cups are at 4?

I realise some clubs allow step down and sometimes a limit of 5 but in general its max h/cap of 4

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