Bobmysterkaymer
Head Pro
As you know I'm currently taking lessons and I know it'll take time for my game to bed in. I don't want my handicap to rise so if I have a nightmare round can I n/r it and not have my handicap adjusted?
If you N/R because of a bad round will your handicap change?
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Karl102
Journeyman Pro
Nope! If you nr then you will go up 0.1! We all have good and bad rounds! Just stick at it! You will get there!
Tommo21
Tour Winner
You will still go up..........dont NR if you can help it , be true to yourself. Your HC will balance out and come down as you get better.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
If you NR then your handicap will go up 0.1 (bar exceptional circumstances of which a recent lesson isnt one). Hardly worth worrying about, 10 rounds to add 1.0 and you probably throw one decent one in even still
chrisd
Major Champion
Fundy is right ... the .1 is not added in circumstances beyond your control ie retired injured or similar reasons
Chris
Chris
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
If you are that concerned about not performing why enter the comp at all only to pull out. By all means mark a card but if I was that unsure of my game I'd treat it as a practice round. I have only NR'd a couple of three times and wouldn't do it just because I was having a bad day. I'd play on. So what if you finish bottom. Someone has to be there. Been there a few times and it just makes me mor determined not to be their the following weekend
scottac20
Club Champion
Apparently you can get cut! I NR'd in an open comp at my home course due to 1 bad hole and got cut 0.4
Bobmysterkaymer
Head Pro
It was really a hypothetical question, it just I want to enter some open comps I've played in this year and the handicap limit is 18. Hopefully I'll do fine and not need to worry!
anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
There is honestly no need to worry. You are no different than anybody who plays the game. Everything you are feeling and any aprehensions you have are the same as we all have had and still have. Just go and enjoy your golf. If you have a bad round just remember three things, always take a positive from it, learn from a mistake and the course will be there to beat up next time
wull
Tour Rookie
this is true and is for handicap purposes only.
so if you nr on the 1st hole after hitting it ob 5 times then play the next 17 holes level par you will only be +2 or +3 depending on whether you were stroking at the first hole or not.so for that reason it's always worth while playing on because you can't make anymore than a net double bogey.
at the start of the season it never bothered me if i went up because the extra stroke can be good and it gives extra incentive to get the good scores in.
ohrly
Medal Winner
dont NR its for whimps, dnt wana get a reputation of it either!!!
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
I have played rounds in competitions where guys have tanked to avoid getting cut so that they keep a higher handicap for a major competition and it is tantamount to cheating in my book. Each round played under competition should be handed in no matter how you play. You have to ride the bogey train sometimes and it's a pretty crap journey but if you played 18 then hand that baby in. Then go to the bar with your mates and get over it. That way you can hold your head up knowing you kept to the spirit of the game. Handicap is not a measure of the man!
