Congu vs whs 9 hole card question

[Jigger]

Evening everyone.

under old congu, if you submitted a 9 hole card and then an 18 hole card for handicapping purposes. The 9 hole card would combine with the front 9 of the 18 hole card and the back 9 would wait for the next 9 to come along as it worked on 18s only. Is this still the case under the WHS system?

thanks

 

[SammmeBee]

No and no

 

[rulefan]

That wasn't the CONGU system in 2019
"A ‘neutral’ 18 points for the nine holes not played is added to the nine-hole Stableford score to determine whether players have played within, or better than, their Buffer Zones. For handicap purposes, when a player fails to return a score within their Buffer Zone the points accumulated over the nine holes played is doubled. This
provides a more realistic indication of ability for handicap review than the former practice of adding 18 points to the outside of Buffer Zone scores."

 

[jim8flog]

G5.5 Treatment of 9-Hole Scores in the Scoring Record
In GB&I, once a player has been awarded a Handicap Index, the combining of two 9-hole scores into a single 18-hole score is not applicable; each 9-hole score is scaled up to an 18-hole equivalent gross differential and included as an independent score in the player’s scoring record.