Handicap Revision Following Surgery

[MendieGK]

Quick Question, My Dad is off 6 and has literally just had a hip replacement. Doctors have told him he will be out of golf for about 6months with full recovery closer to a year.

does he have any grounds to request and upward handicap revision once he starts playing again?

I would expect his handicap to lapse this year as he wont play 3 Q events anyway.

Cheers

 

[Birchy]

If it lapses I would imagine he will get to put 3 cards in again and then get reactivated off them?

 

[Fyldewhite]

I don't think so. If it was a permanent disablement that would be another matter but the normal process of 0.1's and annual review should look after it. My mate had a hip replacement about 2 years ago. He's off 4 and was back playing within 3/4 months and was soon back on track with his game.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I know a lot of guys who have had hip replacements, none of them had their handicaps adjusted because of it.

 

[MendieGK]

bad news for him then, good news for me :thup:

 

[Deleted member 17920]

If it lapses I would imagine he will get to put 3 cards in again and then get reactivated off them?

Not so I am afraid, When we have new members join who have lapsed handicaps then its 3 cards then what was the previous handicap gets taken into consideration as well. I have seen some golfers really try it on for a high handicap when clearly they are capable of better scores.

 

[Birchy]

Not so I am afraid, When we have new members join who have lapsed handicaps then its 3 cards then what was the previous handicap gets taken into consideration as well. I have seen some golfers really try it on for a high handicap when clearly they are capable of better scores.

Oooo cheeky buggers! Suppose golf clubs have to be careful with stuff like this. Sad but theres them types out there I suppose!

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Oooo cheeky buggers! Suppose golf clubs have to be careful with stuff like this. Sad but theres them types out there I suppose!

They normally play and do quite well in the team opens in the greater Manchester area and have a reputation :rofl:

 

[Foxholer]

Certainly worth checking - and also whether Subs can be held - but, like others, I figure it a case of lumping it. The op would hopefully improve his mobility, so even a few +0.1s would be expected to be countered in the future.

Does seem quite a long recovery for a Hip Replacement. Normally pretty quick. My mother had both done, separately, and they had her walking the day after surgery and 'normal' in after 2-3 months both times.

 

[duncan mackie]

does he have any grounds to request and upward handicap revision once he starts playing again?

I would expect his handicap to lapse this year as he wont play 3 Q events anyway.

Cheers

he may well have such grounds, but only time will tell!

you don't say why he's having the replacement surgery but in general the idea is so that people are better off than they are now rather than worse - so, as others have suggested, it would be unusual for a player not to be able to play to their current level pretty quickly after returning to the game.

as to the last part, if he's already had the operation there is no reason he can't put in 3 Q cards to retain his competition handicap status

 

[MendieGK]

Thats good news about the timescales for playing again, i was obviously misled in terms or recovery timescales.

Many years of playing GB american football are the reason for the replacement.

thanks guys

 

[didsbury_duffer]

Some incorrect information being posted on here. The Comps & Handicap Convenor (and I am one) has the authority to temporarily increase a person's handicap due to severe injury, illness or surgery. I have done this with several members at my club. As soon as the player returns to golf, you monitor their progress and discuss it with them. Once they return to full fitness the C&H Convenor then re-instates their original handicap. This can be done in stages if it is deemed appropriate to the injury and the recovery time. I would certainly not want a 6 handicap golfer to be laid off for 6 months, then put 3 cards in, and then be given a new permanent handicap of say 12 based upon the 3 cards.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I would certainly not want a 6 handicap golfer to be laid off for 6 months, then put 3 cards in, and then be given a new permanent handicap of say 12 based upon the 3 cards.

But if they did put three cards in then surely playing history would influence the decision in the same way as moving from one club to another would.

 

[didsbury_duffer]

But if they did put three cards in then surely playing history would influence the decision in the same way as moving from one club to another would.

If they were fully recovered from the injury or surgery, then I wouldn't even ask for, or look at, 3 cards personally. I would re-instate their original handicap, and then let their qualifying comp cards from then on dictate what their handicap should be. If they were fully recovered, then they will play to the re-instated handicap. If the injury/surgery has affected their overall ability in any way, then the 0.1 increases would allow them to find their correct level over time.

 

[harpo_72]

What if he doesn't want to be adjusted and has a goal to get back to or better than his original standard? Upward adjustments should really only come through competition, so you have to lose a lot before you win