Attesting GP score

[rulefan]

No different to a physical scorecard.

And Amazon or other deliveries

 

[doublebogey7]

No different to a physical scorecard.

I don't understand the need for a scribble when either submitting a score via the EG or attesting it, given that the players have logged in to their personnal account. My bank never asks me to sign the screen when transacting via their app, so why does EG.

 

[Orikoru]

I don't understand the need for a scribble when either submitting a score via the EG or attesting it, given that the players have logged in to their personnal account. My bank never asks me to sign the screen when transacting via their app, so why does EG.

I'm going to start drawing amusing doodles on there instead and see if anything happens.

 

[wjemather]

I don't understand the need for a scribble when either submitting a score via the EG or attesting it, given that the players have logged in to their personnal account. My bank never asks me to sign the screen when transacting via their app, so why does EG.

The Rules of Golf require that you (and your marker) certify your score. That requires an action beyond merely logging into your account.

Edit to add: many banking apps do require additional authentication in order to perform many tasks.

 

[doublebogey7]

The Rules of Golf require that you (and your marker) certify your score. That requires an action beyond merely logging into your account.

The definition of scorecard includes ""electronic certification", which to me the password protected app provides without the signature. Given that that the club does not keep a copy of members signatures, how having the player scribble on the app help the process, seems completly pointless to me. But then so does a scribble on a screen when accepting deliveries.

 

[CliveW]

any thoughts on what i should do here?

There is a guy in our club whose SG HCI is low 4s
He puts a lot of GP in, and his HCI is solely based off GP scores.
A few comp scores that i could see this year - 88, 19 pts, 83, 93, 25pts - ive played with him a few times, realistically he probably about a 12.
As i know his traits, I saw him on sunday playing by himself, and lo and behold he put a card in (a decent score obv).
Do i grass him up or leave him to it given its only his own enjoyment he is ruining?

I don't quite see the point of putting in a score which shows your handicap to be considerably lower than it should be. If he was manipulating a handicap to be higher than his ability, that would lead to more wins/better scores then that would make more sense.

 

[doublebogey7]

I don't quite see the point of putting in a score which shows your handicap to be considerably lower than it should be. If he was manipulating a handicap to be higher than his ability, that would lead to more wins/better scores then that would make more sense.

Some have known to have done so in order to be successful in ballots for presidious scratch events.

 

[wjemather]

The definition of scorecard includes ""electronic certification", which to me the password protected app provides without the signature. Given that that the club does not keep a copy of members signatures, how having the player scribble on the app help the process, seems completly pointless to me. But then so does a scribble on a screen when accepting deliveries.

You can't certify scores that do not yet exist; and login occurs before score entry. Plus credentials are commonly saved by the app so login is not always required - I haven't been prompted to login to the MyEG app for months (and I use the app regularly).

The equivalent to what you are suggesting would be not requiring players to sign their physical scorecard after the round because they were recognised by the pro when they collected their scorecard before play.

Again, the requirement for a (often indecipherable) squiggle (that the committee doesn't recognise) applies equally to physical scorecards - is this also pointless?

 

[peld]

Some have known to have done so in order to be successful in ballots for presidious scratch events.

that would be a theory but the guy doesnt have any other courses on his SG hcp record