Handicap qu

[Canary_Yellow]

I left my club last year (membership ended in May I think). I'm now thinking about joining somewhere else.

I know I'll need to submit three cards, but will those three card reactivate my old handicap, or will I be allocated a new one (taking into account my old one when allocating)?

 

[DCB]

They should take your old handicap into account, assuming you inform the of what you played off, but, it will be a new handicap they allocate you.

 

[User62651]

Did you manage to submit 3 cards via tournaments/medals at your old club in 2016 before leaving? If so you should be able to port that handicap straight over to your new club without returning 3 cards. If you didn't get 3 cards in last year then you need to do 3 more (unless you can claim injury last season as reason). Things may have changed but when I was a match and handicap sec I'd have taken the 3 cards submitted, reduced all bad scores to double bogey and assessed the best card against SSS for a handicap BUT I'd definitely look to your old handicap too for a steer, if there was a big discrepancy (from only a year ago) I'd be concerned and likely set your hcap lower i.e. could be you're just rusty and after a few games you'd be back to your level.

 

[Canary_Yellow]

They should take your old handicap into account, assuming you inform the of what you played off, but, it will be a new handicap they allocate you.

Thank you - that makes sense.

So say I put in 3 cards that would normally suggest an 18 handicap is appropriate, they might lower it a bit because I played off 12 not so long ago?

 

[Canary_Yellow]

Did you manage to submit 3 cards via tournaments/medals at your old club in 2016 before leaving? If so you should be able to port that handicap straight over to your new club without returning 3 cards. If you didn't get 3 cards in last year then you need to do 3 more (unless you can claim injury last season as reason). Things may have changed but when I was a match and handicap sec I'd have taken the 3 cards submitted, reduced all bad scores to double bogey and assessed the best card against SSS for a handicap BUT I'd definitely look to your old handicap too for a steer, if there was a big discrepancy (from only a year ago) I'd be concerned and likely set your hcap lower i.e. could be you're just rusty and after a few games you'd be back to your level.

Thanks for this - thinking back I don't think I would have played three qualifying comps. Most of the rounds I played Jan - May 2016 were in the knockout events

 

[AmandaJR]

From Congu Manual:

26. REGAINING A HANDICAP
FOLLOWING SUSPENSION AND LOSS OF HANDICAP
26.1 A CONGU® Handicap is lost when a player ceases to be a Member of an Affiliated Club.
When a player resigns from a club and joins another there is often a time interval between
the two memberships. If the handicap of a player is to be restored within twelve months of
the date on which his handicap was lost, or suspended, it must be reinstated at the same
handicap the player last held. In restoring the handicap of a player whose ‘c’ status
handicap has been lost in such circumstances that ‘c’ status shall remain valid for the
remainder of the calendar year of resignation and for the full following calendar year. In all
other cases the player shall be allotted a new handicap after he has complied with the
requirements of Clause 16.

 

[jim8flog]

You will have lost your handicap because it has been more than 12 months since it lapsed.


You are required to tell the new club about your previous handicap and it should take that handicap into consideration when it allocates a new handicap.

The 3 qualifying scores at your old club do not matter as you no longer lose a handicap for not submitting 3 in a year you just lose competition handicap status.

 

[duncan mackie]

Thank you - that makes sense.

So say I put in 3 cards that would normally suggest an 18 handicap is appropriate, they might lower it a bit because I played off 12 not so long ago?

If you had a handicap of 12 last year then I would expect a handicap committee to want good reasons not to initially allocate closer to 12 than "lower it a bit" from 18 at this point.

The specific wording hoof the manual has been posted; and such rules are important, but the principle (CONGU - current) remain that you are handicapped on potential and being able to get a significant increase, over and above what would or even could happen if you didn't move clubs, over the same time period is a cause for concern.

 

[Old Skier]

And give them your CDH no.

 

[jammag]

I completely lost mine after 3 years of not playing. Explained I used to be a 9 before I stopped but the club said it is purely based on the 3 cards handed in.

I was a little disappointed to be given a 16 but hey ho it makes me want to get it back down to single figures.

 

[Old Skier]

I completely lost mine after 3 years of not playing. Explained I used to be a 9 before I stopped but the club said it is purely based on the 3 cards handed in.

I was a little disappointed to be given a 16 but hey ho it makes me want to get it back down to single figures.

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[rosecott]

I completely lost mine after 3 years of not playing. Explained I used to be a 9 before I stopped but the club said it is purely based on the 3 cards handed in.

I was a little disappointed to be given a 16 but hey ho it makes me want to get it back down to single figures.

Then your club is completely in the wrong as their Handicap Committee must consider previous playing and handicap history.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I'm hoping putting my cards in next year, when I hope to have a membership again, is my best chance of single figures!

Won't be able to play to it but it's a chance.