Help with handicap question

[starchild42]

Hi all

First time poster so here goes

I have been trying to find some information on the CONGU website without much success, so thought I would ask the question here.

I am a member of a local club who are telling me that in order to get my handicap I need to score SSS+28. The SSS is 71 so I'm being told I must score 99 to get a handicap. Is this right? I'm not questioning the decision I'm just trying to understand which rule this comes from. The lowest card I have put in is 102 which I would have thought was low enough.

Any thoughts or ideas?

Cheers

 

[virtuocity]

Seems odd. I've seen plenty of people regularly score over 100 and they have been granted a 28 handicap, although they can't play to it.

 

[kmdmr1]

You just need to put in 3 cards,and your handicap will be taken from these,
Doesnt matter how many shots it takes to go around,but the highest handicap you would be given is 28.
(Unless you are a junior who`s highest handicap would be 54 or a lady would be 36)

 

[louise_a]

Sounds wrong to me, they should ask for 3 cards and then give you a handicap based on the best score less adjustments, where anything worse than a double bogey is rounded down to a double bogey. If the resulting score is greater than SSS+28 you should be given 28.

Which club is this?

 

[Foxholer]

I'm certain there's no Congu requirement for this.

However, in the same way that clubs may have a maximum handicap to play some courses, they may have a policy about initial 28 handicap. It's not one I've heard of though and seems against all logic to me.

Was it the Handicap Secretary or other qualified person? Or simply someone who may be under a misconception.

 

[Tommo21]

Unless the club have made up their own rules and wants players to have some basic proficiency.

 

[rosecott]

It is at the discretion of a club. If the 3 cards do not justify an initial allocation of 28 or better, the club can decide not to award a handicap. I think the majority of clubs would allocate 28 in such cases as it must be better to encourage new players to get involved in competition play rather than possibly put them off altogether.

16.3(e) of CONGU UHS handbook refers.

 

[starchild42]

It is at the discretion of a club. If the 3 cards do not justify an initial allocation of 28 or better, the club can decide not to award a handicap. I think the majority of clubs would allocate 28 in such cases as it must be better to encourage new players to get involved in competition play rather than possibly put them off altogether.

16.3(e) of CONGU UHS handbook refers.

Its the handicap secretary who is stating this

 

[Ian_S]

It is at the discretion of a club. If the 3 cards do not justify an initial allocation of 28 or better, the club can decide not to award a handicap. I think the majority of clubs would allocate 28 in such cases as it must be better to encourage new players to get involved in competition play rather than possibly put them off altogether.

16.3(e) of CONGU UHS handbook refers.

Technically though a player doesn't need to shoot CSS+28 to get a 28 handicap. Rounding down of anything over a double bogey means you can get a sub-28 allocation even with a 100+ score.

I didn't realise it was an actual thing that happened though. I've played round with people who say if you can't break 100 then you should practice more before going out on the course, but I just always put that down to a moaning elitist who forgets that everyone has to start out somewhere and is apparently blissfully ignorant of the fact that he is quite capable of producing many of the duffs, thins and tops he wants to avoid seeing on his course by preventing lower ability players from joining.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Which club is it? Seems yet another way to preclude people joining and staying long term if you can't get a handicap and therefore play in club competitions. I'd be going back and asking why they operate the policy

 

[pbrown7582]

Clubs discretion as mentioned above no actual requirement but they can decide not to issue a h/cap. With a score of 102 chance of rounding to take effect and get you below 99 anyways. Plus 2 more shots at it keep going and prove the h/cap sec you can justify a h/cap!

 

[big_eck]

find a club that will accept you i couldnt be bothered with people that arent willing to help you, im hoping when i join a club next month there will be enough support and encouragement to help me get my handicap and also improve on it