Net vs Strokes - what does it mean for a handicap?

[KhalJimbo]

Now as I understand it, your "Net" score is all your strokes rounded down to no more than a double bogey on each hole.

Heres' the question\scenario

Yesterday I went around my front 9 in 48 Strokes, but that calculated my "Net" being 36, which is Par for the front 9. How does this work though. If I carried on with this and played the back 9 with the same score and got another "Net" par that means I would have done the entire course in a "Net" of par.

My understanding is that Handicapping is based on your "Net" result. Now say for example I handed in 3 cards that were an average of a "Net" result of 3 over Par I know full well that I will not have a handicap of 3 (which is how I think it works, your handicap is any score over Par??). So with that all said, can anyone explain to me how this actually works?

 

[woody69]

If you don't have a handicap and you are submitting your 3 cards, the handicap secretary will round down every hole to a maximum of 2 over par. If you therefore scored an 8 on a par 4 it would be rounded down to a 6. If you did this on every hole you'd have a score of 36 over par, however if you are a man the max your handicap could be is 28.

Once you have your initial handicap, your net score comes into play as you can only score a max of 2 shots over net par. So taking that previous par 4 you scored an 8 on when submitting your cards, if the Stroke Index was 1 - 10, you'd get 2 shots on it. So if you scored another 8 the handicap secretary when reviewing your cards wouldn't need to adjust your score for that hole at all as net double is an 8.

 

[full_throttle]

your net score is the total amount of strokes/shots after subtracting your handicap.

handicap is based on 3 cards, most clubs require the golf to be played from the medal (competition) tees. after the three cards are handed in you will be given a handicap.

Handicap is calculated on a stableford scoring system, so a 28 handicapper can score a 10 on a par 5 stroke index 3 and it will be rounded down to an 8. All rounding down is done to the lowest score that fails to score on each hole.

Rosecott will be able to explain better as he is a handicap sectretary at his club

 

[Spuddy]

If your playing for handicap then take your 3 rounds and adjust the score on each hole where you scored more than a double bogey down to a double bogey. If for instance you scored 96 on a par 72 course with 3 triple bogeys then your adjusted score would be 93. (You discount any shot over a double).

The handicap secretary will do this for your 3 rounds and then subtract the SSS from your best adjusted round. This will be your handicap so in the example above, with a SSS of 72 you would have a handicap of 21.

 

[KhalJimbo]

I understand the rounding down which gives you your Net score. For example my last 3 rounds my best was 107, rounded that down to where no more than a double bogey gave me an 85 net.

So what does that make my handicap then? Just out of interest.

By my reckoning, that makes it 13. But that sounds far too good to be true so I don't understand it as I'm obviously doing it wrong.

 

[Spuddy]

I understand the rounding down which gives you your Net score. For example my last 3 rounds my best was 107, rounded that down to where no more than a double bogey gave me an 85 net.

So what does that make my handicap then? Just out of interest.

By my reckoning, that makes it 13. But that sounds far too good to be true so I don't understand it as I'm obviously doing it wrong.

That doesnt sound right. If you say what was the gross score on each hole and what course it was on then i'd be happy to check your working.

 

[ger147]

I understand the rounding down which gives you your Net score. For example my last 3 rounds my best was 107, rounded that down to where no more than a double bogey gave me an 85 net.

So what does that make my handicap then? Just out of interest.

By my reckoning, that makes it 13. But that sounds far too good to be true so I don't understand it as I'm obviously doing it wrong.

Net score is gross score minus handicap. Your adjusted score is your score after stableford adjustmet.

For example, if I shoot 88 but have a 9 rounded down to a 7 on 1 hole:

- Gross score = 88
- Net Score is 88 - 16 (my playing handicap) = 72
- My Adjusted Gross score = 86
- My Adjusted Net score = 70

 

[Bert]

In your score of 107 how many holes were over double bogey and what were the scores in these holes?

 

[KhalJimbo]

So looks like I didn't record the 107 round on my App, heres the scorecard for the round before that where my total strokes were 117 and my Net was 89

 

[Bert]

Your net score of 89 is assuming you are playing to a handicap of 28 (117-28=89) if you were to use this card towards your handicap, your score would be rounded down to 104 as every hole you score over +2 is rounded down to +2. The club will use the best score of three cards (my best card was 100 with two +3 so these were rounded down to +2 giving me a score of 98 which in turn gave me a initial handicap of 27) hope that makes sense.

 

[KhalJimbo]

Your net score of 89 is assuming you are playing to a handicap of 28 (117-28=89) if you were to use this card towards your handicap, your score would be rounded down to 104 as every hole you score over +2 is rounded down to +2. The club will use the best score of three cards (my best card was 100 with two +3 so these were rounded down to +2 giving me a score of 98 which in turn gave me a initial handicap of 27) hope that makes sense.

Yes, now that makes sense to me. Thanks so much!