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Handicap Question

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  • 21-05-2010 10:51am
    #1
    BizAngel
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    I am new to competition golf. My handicap is 18.4. I played in a competition in my club last weekend and came second with 37 points. I am playing again tomorrow in a fourball. Should I use the same handicap and do I have to find out if my handicap has been adjusted? On the GUI handicap webpage the competition hasn't been reflected and my handicap has not been adjusted. Is the onus on me to find out if my handicap should be adjusted or should I just wait until I am advised of a change. Maybe there is no adjustment for the score that I submitted? Unsure???????
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    #2
    charlieIRL
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,190 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    AFAIK you should use your corrected handicap.


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    #3
    BizAngel
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭BizAngel


    Thanks, but my question is how do I find out what my corrected handicap is? Do I have to track down the hanicap secretary before I play again?...


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    #4
    shamco
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭shamco


    Check our what was standard scratch and deduct 0.3 for every shot that you were better.


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    #5
    Obni
    Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭Obni


    The score you are supposed to shoot, if you play to your handicap is the standard scratch score (SSS). On any given day the weather or ground conditions can make the course harder or easier and so the target may be adjusted, this is the competition standard scratch (CSS).

    In all likelihood the CSS last weekend was probably 36pts, although it may have been 35 or 34 if the course was playing hard that day.
    As the weather was fine last weekend, I couldn't imagine it was lower than 34.

    You cut yourself 0.3 for every point over the CSS, and round to the nearest whole number for you playing handicap.

    If CSS was 36 you get cut for beating it by 1 (37-36) and are cut 1*0.3 = 0.3, your exact handicap is now 18.1 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 35 you get cut for beating it by 2 (37-35) and are cut 2*0.3 = 0.6, your exact handicap is now 17.8 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 34 you get cut for beating it by 3 (37-34) and are cut 3*0.3 = 0.9, your exact handicap is now 17.5 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 33 you get cut for beating it by 4 (37-33) and are cut 4*0.3 = 1.2, your exact handicap is now 17.2 and your playing handicap is 17.

    If you can't find out the CSS, then you have to assume the SSS (36 pts) applied and you cut yourself to 18.1 until you hear differently.


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    Daithio9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Daithio9


    Obni wrote: »
    The score you are supposed to shoot, if you play to your handicap is the standard scratch score (SSS). On any given day the weather or ground conditions can make the course harder or easier and so the target may be adjusted, this is the competition standard scratch (CSS).

    In all likelihood the CSS last weekend was probably 36pts, although it may have been 35 or 34 if the course was playing hard that day.
    As the weather was fine last weekend, I couldn't imagine it was lower than 34.

    You cut yourself 0.3 for every point over the CSS, and round to the nearest whole number for you playing handicap.

    If CSS was 36 you get cut for beating it by 1 (37-36) and are cut 1*0.3 = 0.3, your exact handicap is now 18.1 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 35 you get cut for beating it by 2 (37-35) and are cut 2*0.3 = 0.6, your exact handicap is now 17.8 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 34 you get cut for beating it by 3 (37-34) and are cut 3*0.3 = 0.9, your exact handicap is now 17.5 and your playing handicap is 18.

    If CSS was 33 you get cut for beating it by 4 (37-33) and are cut 4*0.3 = 1.2, your exact handicap is now 17.2 and your playing handicap is 17.

    If you can't find out the CSS, then you have to assume the SSS (36 pts) applied and you cut yourself to 18.1 until you hear differently.
    Quality post with just one error afaics, i.e. the assumption that SSS is always 36pts is incorrect, e.g. my home course is par 71 with a SSS of 69 which equals 38pts.

    @OP, phone your club and ask them what the CSS was for the competiton you played in, if they are unable to tell you then you take the SSS (which should be on the course card) and cut youself accordingly.


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    GorHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭GorHugh


    Daithio9 wrote: »
    Quality post with just one error afaics, i.e. the assumption that SSS is always 36pts is incorrect, e.g. my home course is par 71 with a SSS of 69 which equals 38pts.

    @OP, phone your club and ask them what the CSS was for the competiton you played in, if they are unable to tell you then you take the SSS (which should be on the course card) and cut youself accordingly.


    Surely if the club hasn't cut him yet , It's not up to him cut Himself ?? Surely the onus is on the Club to sort this issue out in real time ..


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    #8
    indabunka
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭indabunka


    See FAQ players responsibilities at www.congu.com


    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.

    Hope this helps!


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    GorHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭GorHugh


    indabunka wrote: »
    See FAQ players responsibilities at www.congu.com


    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.

    Hope this helps!

    Fair play ... Thats good to know .


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    #10
    Tom Ghostwood
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭Tom Ghostwood


    Yeah standard scratch at our club moves frequently between 35 & 37 points.


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    #11
    Daithio9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Daithio9


    Tom Ghostwood wrote: »
    Yeah standard scratch at our club moves frequently between 35 & 37 points.
    That's CSS not SSS.


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    Myksyk
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 3,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Myksyk


    You're extremely unlikely to be cut below 17.5 so you're still off 18 (probably 18.1).


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