Another Handicap Question

[ColchesterFC]

Hopefully a simple one this. Can I have a blob or N/R on a card that I want to put in to get a handicap. I know anything over a double bogey is rounded down to that but I'm thinking of pace of play and not holding anyone up. If I've hit one OOB on a Par 4, reloaded and hit the fairway, put my 4th shot in the lake short of the green, dropped and then hit my 6th into a greenside bunker do I have to carry on or can I pick up and put N/R on the card or do I have to continue and actually put whatever number I end up with in the box?

 

[Ethan]

Hopefully a simple one this. Can I have a blob or N/R on a card that I want to put in to get a handicap. I know anything over a double bogey is rounded down to that but I'm thinking of pace of play and not holding anyone up. If I've hit one OOB on a Par 4, reloaded and hit the fairway, put my 4th shot in the lake short of the green, dropped and then hit my 6th into a greenside bunker do I have to carry on or can I pick up and put N/R on the card or do I have to continue and actually put whatever number I end up with in the box?

Yes, NRs are allowed.

Handicaps are scored on stableford, so all scores above double bogey (nett once you have a handicap) are disregarded, including NRs for individual holes.

It is good discipline to try and finish every hole, though, even if it is for a 9.

 

[virtuocity]

It amazes me the amount of people who don't know this. I'm sure that there are 1000s of golfers out there NRing early into the round and then 'give up' trying to score as they don't realise that whilst they are out of the comp, that they can still play against their handicap.

The first cut I ever got was when I NR'd on two holes!

 

[chris661]

It sounds like this is for an initial handicap and as far as I am aware you have to finish the hole(s) out completely. If it was after you have received a handicap then yes you can NR.

 

[hovis]

On initial handicap you can nr on a hole. it Just goes down as double bogey

 

[rosecott]

On initial handicap you can nr on a hole. it Just goes down as double bogey

Common sense says that should be OK although the CONGU rules for handicap allocation don't specifically say it is allowed. As mentioned on another thread, a club can refuse to award a 28 handicap and a card with 8s, 9s, 10s on it might push the club in that direction whereas an N/R doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Common sense says that should be OK although the CONGU rules for handicap allocation don't specifically say it is allowed. As mentioned on another thread, a club can refuse to award a 28 handicap and a card with 8s, 9s, 10s on it might push the club in that direction whereas an N/R doesn't tell the whole story.

Will be aiming for something around an 18 handicap but do still have the ability to put double figures on the card from time to time.