Handicap Change During a Competition

[Shandy]

I recently tied for first place in a Medal final. The rules of the club dictate a play off would be required to decide the winner. The play off to be played during a future medal, which duly occurred the following weekend. However, prior to the play off I competed in a mid week competition and my handicap was cut by two strokes.
What handicap should I have used for the play off and which rule is applicable?
Many thanks for any clarity.

 

[rulie]

I recently tied for first place in a Medal final. The rules of the club dictate a play off would be required to decide the winner. The play off to be played during a future medal, which duly occurred the following weekend. However, prior to the play off I competed in a mid week competition and my handicap was cut by two strokes.
What handicap should I have used for the play off and which rule is applicable?
Many thanks for any clarity.

It's really up to the Committee in charge of the competition and the Terms of the Competition that they established.
My opinion is that it should be the handicap at the time of entry to the competition, which would have been the situation if the playoff had been held immediately following the medal final (as should be normal procedure).

 

[rulefan]

I agree with rulie

 

[mikejohnchapman]

I recently tied for first place in a Medal final. The rules of the club dictate a play off would be required to decide the winner. The play off to be played during a future medal, which duly occurred the following weekend. However, prior to the play off I competed in a mid week competition and my handicap was cut by two strokes.
What handicap should I have used for the play off and which rule is applicable?
Many thanks for any clarity.

I would have thought that as this is the same competition the original handicap should be used - but that's using logic which is always a challenge with golf!

 

[apj0524]

I recently tied for first place in a Medal final. The rules of the club dictate a play off would be required to decide the winner. The play off to be played during a future medal, which duly occurred the following weekend. However, prior to the play off I competed in a mid week competition and my handicap was cut by two strokes.
What handicap should I have used for the play off and which rule is applicable?
Many thanks for any clarity.

2 stroke cut, that's a great round well done

 

[rulefan]

CONGU Dec.4(a) Alteration of handicaps in the course of a competition over more than one round

In a Stroke Play or Match Play competition played over more than one round, the Committee in charge, in the Terms of the Competition, are required to establish whether or not the handicap of a player at the start of the competition applies throughout the competition.

In framing the Terms of Competition played over more than one round, the following guidelines are recommended.

1. In a competition such as a 36hole or 72-hole competition played in the same day or over a number of days within a short period of time the handicap of a player applying at the beginning of a competition shall apply throughout the duration of the competition. CONGU® strongly recommends that ‘a short period of time’ be interpreted as being on the same or consecutive days and that anything else represents ‘an extended period of time’.

2. In a competition where individual rounds are over an extended period of time and there has been the opportunity to compete in other unrelated competitions between rounds, a player must play from the handicap current at the time of entry for each of the individual rounds of the competition.
This would apply for example, in a competition where a prize is awarded for:
(a) the best nett aggregate in the Spring, Summer and Autumn meetings each of which was a separate competition in its own right; or
(b) the best nett aggregate in a specified number of Monthly Medal competitions.

3. In a match play competition in which the rounds are played on successive days to establish a winner the original handicap applies throughout the competition.

4. In a match play competition in which the individual rounds have a ‘to be played by’ date over an extended period of time, a player should play from the handicap current at the time of each match play round.