wilsonshank
Hacker
i havnt played to my handicap all year but cant get it reviewed by my club. is this normal? seems unfair to me.
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Ethan
Money List Winner
Presumably it has gone up with 0.1 or 0.2 during every comp?
I think the idea is that it self corrects that way.
I think the idea is that it self corrects that way.
wilsonshank
Hacker
yeah. be next summer by the time im challenging for trophies at 0.1 a time tho! best cancel the cabinet.
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birdieman
Guest
Why are you not playing to the handicap you attained before? Unless you are getting old or are injured there is no reason to have it put up if you played to it last year for example.
The year end procedure that the club will run via the software will address any discrepancies in handicap. It doesn't just look at total scores it will analyse your scores by hole so for example if you're just throwing in the occassional 11 to score poorly it wont recommend a change becasue that will get rounded down via the stableford adjusted scoring but if you are bogeying every other hole for example it might.
Ask your match and handicap when exactly they run this aspect of the handicapping software so you'll know when to check for it.
Alternative may be to let your handicap lapse and then put in 3 cards again - that seems rather drastic though.
The year end procedure that the club will run via the software will address any discrepancies in handicap. It doesn't just look at total scores it will analyse your scores by hole so for example if you're just throwing in the occassional 11 to score poorly it wont recommend a change becasue that will get rounded down via the stableford adjusted scoring but if you are bogeying every other hole for example it might.
Ask your match and handicap when exactly they run this aspect of the handicapping software so you'll know when to check for it.
Alternative may be to let your handicap lapse and then put in 3 cards again - that seems rather drastic though.
wilsonshank
Hacker
did 3 cards thinking an average would be took. they took my best card tho which was a one off good day!! maybe its a good time to actually try and get better instead of moaning!!
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
The best card is what they <u>should</u> take - to represent what you are capable of. Which means you don't often play to your handicap. I've not played to mine since I was given it! But I'm getting closer. So your final statement is the thing - go to it...
Ethan
Money List Winner
No they shouldn't. They should take the average of the three, corrected for any excessively high holes. But that is just to get a handicap in the first place. There is no rule that says you can later submit 3 further cards and get a new handicap. Any problems with the handicap should be dealt with by incremental increases, and eventually you will re-establish a proper handicap and it will settle.
bobmac
Major Champion
Sorry Ethan.
You are right about correcting the scores for the really bad holes, but Congu say the handicap is given based on the lowest score, not the average.
You are right about correcting the scores for the really bad holes, but Congu say the handicap is given based on the lowest score, not the average.
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
In the absence of any other evidence the handicap should be the difference between the lowest "netted down to double bogey" card of the three submitted and the SSS of the course played <u>not</u> the average.
The annual review is there to look at players of declining ability and the newly allocated handicaps in the year to ensure they are OK. There is no option to simply "put in 3 more cards" otherwise handicap committees would be forever re-assessing people and there would never be any consistency.
The annual review is there to look at players of declining ability and the newly allocated handicaps in the year to ensure they are OK. There is no option to simply "put in 3 more cards" otherwise handicap committees would be forever re-assessing people and there would never be any consistency.
