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Wheyayeman

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I have recently convinced a mate of mine to become a member of the club and consequently get an official handicap. He completed 3 rounds and put the cards in as required and we were both shocked to put it mildly at the handicap he has been given.

I'm not convinced they do a lot of things right at our club and I can't find an official calculation to work out a first handicap, so I'll give you his scores with some relevant info and let me know what handicap you think he should have and I'll reveal the answer later

Par 70
Card 1- 87 gross, nothing worse than a double bogey
Card 2- 83 gross, Birdie on Stroke Index 18, and a triple bogey on SI 13
Card 3- 90 gross, a 10 on a par 5 SI 7
 
From CONGU:

What are the requirements for obtaining a CONGU® Handicap ?

Having satisfied the requirements for membership of a Club, CONGU® requires that to get a handicap a player must submit cards from at least three rounds, marked by a person approved by the Club. The rounds must be played at that Club over 18 holes of, preferably, a measured course. The Club will then adjust the returned scores, so that a lady never records more than 3 over par and a man never more than 2 over par on any individual hole. The cards are then assessed and the club allocates a CONGU® handicap based on the amount the lowest score returned exceeds the Standard Scratch Score of the course played (after taking into account other factors it considers relevant).

When the club considers it appropriate to the player's ability, a lower CONGU® handicap than that indicated by the scores may be allocated; particularly where the player has previously held an approved handicap. In exceptional circumstances a club may allocate a higher handicap than indicated by the scores returned. Once the Club has allocated a CONGU® handicap to a player, it becomes the player's Home Club for handicap purposes and it is responsible for administering and maintaining that CONGU® Handicap fully in accordance with the requirements of the System.

Although not specifically required by the System the Club may require the player to demonstrate a knowledge of the Rules of Golf and the etiquette of the game before allocating a handicap.
 
Before I learnt how it all works properly i'd have said round the trebble into a double. Add em all up, devide by 3 then take 70 = 16 hc.

However i think 12 would be more like it as said above.
 
Unsurprisingly we have no correct answers although it does look like the handicap sec wasn't a million miles away.

He got 11, based on the fact he had a birdie in the 83 gross round
 
One of the chaps I play with has just handed in 3 cards for his handicap, par 71, SSS 70 (I think, could be 69), his cards were 90, 94 and 102, we were all expecting something around 20, maybe 23 tops.

They've stuck him off 28! Fair play to him he's absolutely livid at it but given he's been winning the pound off the rest of us when we've been giving him 20 shots I don't see how they can justify it?
 
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