HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
I disagree, if your handicap is accurate, hitting buffer shouldn't be a regular occurence.
How many times a year should you hit your handicap?
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I disagree, if your handicap is accurate, hitting buffer shouldn't be a regular occurence.
D
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It is on the Congu website
Not simple formula
Club systems does it automatically
But it's fair to say if you have more cuts and buffers than .1 than you may get flagged
rosecott
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Just sit and sweat, you'll get what's coming (and it will be thoroughly deserved).
northloon
Hacker
Just had a look through my scores on howdidido to find out how I did over the past season. Played 45 medals/stableford and hit the buffer 17 and got cut 4 times. Started the season at 11.2 went as high as 12.0 and got down to 11.1. Ended the season back at 12.0 Biggest cut was 0.6. So went up 0.1 just over every 2nd round.
pbrown7582
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Quite a complicated formula but reckon your going to lose 1 or 2 shots.
Spuddy
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Evesdad
Tour Winner
In my case this last 8 weeks it's been 3 out of 4 rounds! Everything's clucked at the minute!
D
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In qualifiers though ?
D
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Then how is your handicap accurate if you can't regularly get near it? It's unattainable unless you're having a blinder.
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
That's exactly what it is supposed to represent you potential on a good Day not your normal average performance.
Foxholer
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HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Your handicap should represent your best golf, not what you can do every week.
Merv_swerve
Challenge Tour Pro
I have been learning this over the last year or so. I am now trying to teach it to the society I play with from work. They don't have official handicaps and included a couple of bandits! I have since taken over the handicaps and trying to get them to understand it's OK not to play to their handicap has been a challenge.
Evesdad
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No just the pro comp stableford, all qualifiers are done now until March.
D
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They won't have any bearing on the AR im afraid
Lanark_Golfer
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Lol, exactly like some of my mates from work, playing off 18 and reasonable standard, have a bad round one time and and want changed to a 28 handicap, they just don't get the 0.1 at a time addition
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
This is so dependant on the course set up, and whether or not the OP means in competitions or all games.
I play about 12 comps a year. The rest of my golf is not played from the tomb stones, but from the whites. This makes a significant difference to how hard the course plays. As a result, in casual golf, I'd expect to play to my handicap a lot more than in medals. Both are par 72, standard scratch 72 though, and in casual golf there is no CSS.
I think I have buffered 4 or 5 times, been cut a measly 0.2, and have gone up from 9.0 to 9.8. Not a good year!
I play about 12 comps a year. The rest of my golf is not played from the tomb stones, but from the whites. This makes a significant difference to how hard the course plays. As a result, in casual golf, I'd expect to play to my handicap a lot more than in medals. Both are par 72, standard scratch 72 though, and in casual golf there is no CSS.
I think I have buffered 4 or 5 times, been cut a measly 0.2, and have gone up from 9.0 to 9.8. Not a good year!
D
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Once would be nice 
EuanRoss
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I had over the season
Reductions
1 x 0.6
1 x 0.4
2 x 0.2
4 X Buffer
13 x 0.1 increase
Came down a grand total of 0.1 for the season. And hit buffer or better 8/21 rounds or 38%.
Who says CONGU doesn't work.
Reductions
1 x 0.6
1 x 0.4
2 x 0.2
4 X Buffer
13 x 0.1 increase
Came down a grand total of 0.1 for the season. And hit buffer or better 8/21 rounds or 38%.
Who says CONGU doesn't work.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
I have a small quibble with that..... I don't agree that your handicap represents your best golf. I'd say it's you on a good, but not great day. Pretty sure most of us have shot a few rounds well under our handicaps?
