Robobum
Money List Winner
Have you checked the CSS??
Handicap calculation query
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sfby
Assistant Pro
Prior to a comp on Sunday I played off 23.2 (par 72 course).
I checked my gross score, rounding down any blobs to double-bogey & came up with a score of 98 - i.e. 2.8 shots over handicap & within the 4 shot buffer zone.
However, I've now been adjusted to 23.3.
Have I missed something in the calculation?
(Not annoyed, just curious!)
Thanks for any help.
Rgds
Paul
I checked my gross score, rounding down any blobs to double-bogey & came up with a score of 98 - i.e. 2.8 shots over handicap & within the 4 shot buffer zone.
However, I've now been adjusted to 23.3.
Have I missed something in the calculation?
(Not annoyed, just curious!)
Thanks for any help.
Rgds
Paul
Ethan
Money List Winner
Did you round to nett double bogey or double bogey. The former is the right way to do it, so off 23, that is a quad on index 1-5 and a triple elsewhere.
Ethan
Money List Winner
CSS is the Standard Scratch, adjusted for that day's play.
sfby
Assistant Pro
What's the CSS?
sfby
Assistant Pro
Ah - more complications!!
Does that mean that if the conditions are appalling & everybody plays badly as a result, then the SSS might change for handicap purposes?
Does that mean that if the conditions are appalling & everybody plays badly as a result, then the SSS might change for handicap purposes?
The SSS doesn't change, but the CSS is how the course played on a particular day.
My course is a par 70, but has a SSS of 71. Depending on how the course played the 71 can go up if it was difficult or down if it played easy. This is calculated as the CSS and is based on scores recieved that day.
My course is a par 70, but has a SSS of 71. Depending on how the course played the 71 can go up if it was difficult or down if it played easy. This is calculated as the CSS and is based on scores recieved that day.
Ethan
Money List Winner
Usually it doesn't change by more than 1 shot, occasionally 2 and rarely the entire day can be deemed nonqualifying for handicap purposes. The CSS is more strongly influenced by lower handicap scores than higher.
sfby
Assistant Pro
Thanks for that - I'll go take a look at the board again & see if I can find the CSS for Sunday's comp.
Ethan
Money List Winner
It is usually prominently displayed on the results sheet.
freddielong
Tour Winner
yes indeed it will
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birdieman
Guest
Ethan,
Just so you know category 4 handicaps (20-28) are excluded in the calculating of CSS (competition scratch score).
That's soemthing to do with the massive inconsistencies in scoring at that level of play.
You can probably find the CSS on the website www.howdidido.co.uk . You'll need to register first.
Just so you know category 4 handicaps (20-28) are excluded in the calculating of CSS (competition scratch score).
That's soemthing to do with the massive inconsistencies in scoring at that level of play.
You can probably find the CSS on the website www.howdidido.co.uk . You'll need to register first.
Ethan
Money List Winner
Thanks. Haven't looked at it in a while, but I knew the Cat 1s were most important. You start to get a good idea what CSS will be on a given day after a while.
Hendy
Tour Rookie
more than likey reading this so wrong but going to say what i think anyways lol..
you shot 98. take your 23 handicap off that you get 75.
If your course is par 72 you shot a NETT 75 (3 over) so therefore you will get 0.1 back.
Thats why your handicap has gone up to 23.3
could be wrong but thats my thinking??
you shot 98. take your 23 handicap off that you get 75.
If your course is par 72 you shot a NETT 75 (3 over) so therefore you will get 0.1 back.
Thats why your handicap has gone up to 23.3
could be wrong but thats my thinking??
But being a catagory 4 player, there will be a 4 shot buffer zone, where you can be 4 shots above your handicap without it changing.
jammydodger
Tour Winner
Dont forget the OP had already done his own adjustment down to 98 so it wasnt his exact gross score
Hendy
Tour Rookie
aye true enough guys.. unless we know the correct score its hard to say.. twire i am not sure that my club uses a buffer zone but i must keep a eye out for it..
It's not for the club to decide.........that's how it's done.
Depending on the catogory of player, depends on the buffer zone....Cat 1 = 1 shot buffer Cat 2 = 2 shot buffer etc. The catogory also is used for shot reduction. Cat 3 = 0.3 reduction Cat 4 = 0.4 reduction etc.
Hendy
Tour Rookie
Get you now..
i think over 21 handicap then as you said its Cat 4.. Ie 0.4.
Cat 3 i think is 18-21 ie 0.3...
and so on..
was getting a little mixed up there
i think over 21 handicap then as you said its Cat 4.. Ie 0.4.
Cat 3 i think is 18-21 ie 0.3...
and so on..
was getting a little mixed up there
RGDave
Money List Winner
Forgive me if I'm totally mad...but you got 0.1 for playing outside the buffer of 4 shots. That's how it works. I don't see what rounding stuff down to doubles has got to do with it.
If I go out in a medal and have 10 bogeys, 7 pars and 1 quadruple, I've played to 14, in which case I get 0.1.
To the best of my knowledge, I can't complain that the quad' should have been counted as a double for adjustment purposes.
Please tell me if I'm wrong....
