Congu general play query

davis27

I recently played in a team trial match and shot -2 off the championship tees. I finished out every hole and my playing partner signed my card. I'm a category 1 golfer so I don't think the exceptional scoring record comes into play.

My question is can I be cut in general play by handicap committee as I'd like to get my handicap down as low as possible?

GreeBo

maybe at the end of year review, friends on the handicap secretary

PARlance

davis27 wrote: »

I recently played in a team trial match and shot -2 off the championship tees. I finished out every hole and my playing partner signed my card. I'm a category 1 golfer so I don't think the exceptional scoring record comes into play.

My question is can I be cut in general play by handicap committee as I'd like to get my handicap down as low as possible?

You might be a bit confused about the ESR, it's a reduction based on exceptional scores from counting competitions rather than something to do with non counting rounds.
I.e A Cat 2,3 or 4 wouldn't get an ESR in the above scenario.

Almaviva

Short answer is - in theory you could be. But you the reality is you wont be.

ESR is not relevant here. It is to accelerate donwward moving handicaps following a second significantly CSS beating competition score within a few rounds.

What might have been relevant would have been if you had nominated the round as a supplementary score and entered the card. But you didnt, and cannot do so retrospectively.

ernieprice

Handicap Committees can NOT cut a Category 1 player on general play.
Category 1 players are exempt from ESR also. Category 1 players handicaps are basically controlled by the GUI and the only way to have a reduction of handicap is to break CSS in a competition.

Russman

ernieprice wrote: »

the only way to have a reduction of handicap is to break CSS in a competition.

And rightly so for a Cat 1 player IMO