Under the latest rules you are supposed to get a handicap review if you fail to make the buffer zone 7 times in a row, but do 'Reductions Only' comps count towards this?
Handicap review?
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There is no buffer for RO comp
There is a buffer zone against SSS. The percentage of players that get into that buffer zone is used to calculate the CSS. I'll rephrase the question. Do you have to get an 0.1 handicap increase to count towards the review?
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Continuous Handicap Review: There is now a computer generated
report which flags players with 7 consecutive 0.1 increases. Handicap
Committees are recommended to review the performance of such
players and to give due consideration to applying a handicap increase
where applicable
Old Skier
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Which in short means that it's up to your handicap committee.
I asked because I have recently played in several Seniors strokeplay competitions that were R/O. So that is another reason why seniors with declining games can have handicaps that are too low, which in turn means that fewer players make buffer and the greater chance of a R/O CSS. A Catch 22 situation! 
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scubascuba3
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Is there a limit to how much the adjustment can be? I vaguely recall it can't be moved by much
One of our members, who is known to be a bit of a bandit, recently had his handicap increased by 1.0 under this new rule!
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rulefan
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Not by the rule but by the committee under the rule. Subtle difference.One of our members, who is known to be a bit of a bandit, recently had his handicap increased by 1.0 under this new rule!
Yes, but they couldn't have done that, except in an annual review, up to this year. The gent concerned is a senior 7-day member and plays in most of the club weekend competitions and did narrowly miss the buffer zone 7 times in a row. The 5 day seniors only play in the midweek seniors qualifiers, but so many of them have been R/O's recently and they haven't yet had the opportunity of a handicap review!
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I can't see what the problem is ? It's not even halfway through the qualfiying season yet so I doubt many clubs with have applied any increases based on a continual review
Do you want them to change the rules again - the new rules are quite clear
duncan mackie
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Just put in supplementals - stop coming up with issues the system already has solutions to.
backwoodsman
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Just asking this for info...
If, for example, you had x5 missed buffer in a row, then an RO, then x5 more missed buffer - would the system still flag you? Given that in the RO game you may well have been playing even worse than any of the other games, and the system would know your actual score? Or would it simply be as it appears - ie two sequences of five.
If, for example, you had x5 missed buffer in a row, then an RO, then x5 more missed buffer - would the system still flag you? Given that in the RO game you may well have been playing even worse than any of the other games, and the system would know your actual score? Or would it simply be as it appears - ie two sequences of five.
Old Skier
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So the mans a bandit and has been going up in his last 7 qualifiers. Hang him.One of our members, who is known to be a bit of a bandit, recently had his handicap increased by 1.0 under this new rule!
Old Skier
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My understanding is RO are not counted.
Old Skier
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You can bet your life those complaining where cheering from the rafters when people were getting reduced under ESR.
Colin L
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The manual is quite clear:
To assist in identifying such players a report has been developed within the ISV software to list players who have seven or more consecutive 0.1 increases (excluding any Reduction Only CSS competitions or abandoned competitions).
Which means that 5 x 0.1 increases followed by an RO and then another 5 x 0.1 increases = 10 consecutive 0.1 increases.
