Down_The_Middle
Head Pro
If I went out and scored 42 points in a social round of golf am i allowed to put the card in to get my H/C reduced
General play cards
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Only if you've announced to the club that you are putting the card in regardless. That's what Supplementary Cards are. You have to either tell the Pro/shop or sign a book etc etc. If you play badly you go up, play well and you come down.
Down_The_Middle
Head Pro
If thats the case then a lot of people at my club have been doing the wrong thing. Last year I got to 9.5 and in my next round (social game) shot a few under my H/C knowing that if I put the card in it would get me to single figures, so I put the card in and got cut to 8.6. So is the H/C secretary at fault aswell. Also the same thing happens in the Saturday roll up if anyone comes in with 40+ point you get moaned at about putting your card in. Is there congu ruling which you point me to about this cheers
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Click on the supplementary scores pdf in the top right hand corner.
http://www.englishgolfunion.org/showpage.asp?code=0001000200090011
http://www.englishgolfunion.org/showpage.asp?code=0001000200090011
Down_The_Middle
Head Pro
So there in no such thing as a general play card that you can decided to put in after you have played then
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Not if you're playing by the Rules no..
RGDave
Money List Winner
I can bear witness to this being the case.
I hand in supplementary cards from time to time, and it's like a military procedure.
Inform the pro or someone on the committee.
Mark "Supplementary card" on the top and fill it in as per a comp (even not filling in tees used can invalidate it)
Hand it in, and hit the buffer again....
every bloody time. 
I would never, ever, fill in a social card and expect to hand it in. Besides, do I want to get cut from on a social round? No.... categorically not.
Mungoscorner
Journeyman Pro
Maybe the rules have changed recently ?
I was on the handicap committee at my local club for several years,during that time,on more than one occasion,we cut a players handicap without even requiring a card.This may have been because they played a social round with a committee member,or played well below there handicap in a bogey or matchplay competition.
I was on the handicap committee at my local club for several years,during that time,on more than one occasion,we cut a players handicap without even requiring a card.This may have been because they played a social round with a committee member,or played well below there handicap in a bogey or matchplay competition.
chrisd
Major Champion
That was very much the norm Mungo, but, CONGU doesn't approve of arbitary h/cap cutting and club secretaries fight tooth and nail against what we knew as Rule 19 cuts.
They do render a players handicap "inactive" now which stops a bit of the banditry that used to go on
Chris
Mungoscorner
Journeyman Pro
Thanks for clearing that up Chris.
RGDave
Money List Winner
You may well be right. I got cut a few times on flimsy evidence of good play. I played in a Wednesday 9-holer once and got it round in 1 over gross. Oddly, I got cut from 11 to 9.5 before the next weekend.
chrisd
Major Champion
Some years ago , one of our Captains tried to get me and my regular partner cut after a 4 man team Texas Scramble. He didn't succeed!
Chris
RGDave
Money List Winner
Can you imagine!
