Can my Handicap be right ? (seems too low)

[JustOne]

When I handed my cards in at Highwoods they read an 82, an 83 and a 78 against a par of 70.
I got given 12.


Admittedly, they were off the yellow tees, not white, but the SSS is still 69.

Your best card was 9 over SSS so you should get a h/cap of 9, the other 3 shots were sympathy ones when they saw your swing and thought "He ain't getting any younger"

 

[Smiffy]

they saw your swing and thought "He ain't getting any younger"

Just you keep swinging beautifully and losing money.
I don't care.

 

[Twire]

When I handed my cards in at Highwoods they read an 82, an 83 and a 78 against a par of 70.
I got given 12.


Admittedly, they were off the yellow tees, not white, but the SSS is still 69.

Why not ask them how they came up with that figure, and if your not satified with their answer, give them a copy of this......or point them in the right direction on the CONGU website.


C&P from the website

Having satisfied the requirements for membership of a Club, CONGU® requires that to get a handicap a player must submit cards from at least three rounds, marked by a person approved by the Club. The rounds must be played at that Club over 18 holes of, preferably, a measured course. The Club will then adjust the returned scores, so that a lady never records more than 3 over par and a man never more than 2 over par on any individual hole. The cards are then assessed and the club allocates a CONGU® handicap based on the amount the lowest score returned exceeds the Standard Scratch Score of the course played (after taking into account other factors it considers relevant).

When the club considers it appropriate to the player's ability, a lower CONGU® handicap than that indicated by the scores may be allocated; particularly where the player has previously held an approved handicap. In exceptional circumstances a club may allocate a higher handicap than indicated by the scores returned. Once the Club has allocated a CONGU® handicap to a player, it becomes the player's Home Club for handicap purposes and it is responsible for administering and maintaining that CONGU® Handicap fully in accordance with the requirements of the System.

 

[Sneds]

Handicap should reflect what you are capable of - not what you "normally" do. People who turn in 34-35-36 points more weeks than not, have a wrong HC.

So how many points do you expect a player to get when they have the correct handicap? 30-32 points? x

 

[Region3]

Handicap should reflect what you are capable of - not what you "normally" do. People who turn in 34-35-36 points more weeks than not, have a wrong HC.

So how many points do you expect a player to get when they have the correct handicap? 30-32 points? x

Surely it depends how well they play.

I always thought you should have to play well to play to your handicap, and have a very good day to beat it.

I know it's not quite the same with horses, but the same principle applies in that every horse/golfer should finish level if they all run/play to the ability they've previously shown.

 

[RGDave]

Hi,
If you shot 4 over front nine on one card and then the next day shot 4 over on the back nine a fair handicap may be 11 if you are capable of going that low on one 9 u should be able to do it on the other 9.
Mike

I agree with this. IF a new player has 2 9s both pretty good, this ought to be evidence to sway the h'cap sec.

I was given 11.5 partly on the fact I had a +4 gross back 9.
Sadly, I didn't have a front 9 to back it up, in fact my best front 9 was +10 on the best card.

(+10 what was I doing!!)

What I think (contrary to my normal opinion on this) is "beware" the mid-h'cap player who has a "hot" 9 holes.....unless the course is very mis-matched in terms of difficulty. At mine, the back 9 is considerably easier off the yellow tees and rather testing off the white.....so better to play for a h'cap card off whites.

 

[colint]

Queried it at the club today. Explanation was that following the standard guidelines my handicap would have been 15. However, my performance over the 3 cards led them to believe that this would be too generous, I'd had 2 streaks of 4 over for 9, and parred 15 of the 18 holes over the 3 cards.

Have to say I'm chuffed, makes next years target of single figures a realistic target