New player, handicap? sorry!

[Rapidshed]

I have no doubt this has been asked before and no doubt annoys folk.

However i'm new and have only played for a few months on the range, i've now attempted several 9 hole rounds.

How if i can do i take a handicap from my score card?

course par was 30

I went round twice, rnd 1 = 39 rnd 2 = 35 can i work one out from this or should i double it to make 18?

Any assistance would be fantastic.

 

[bobmac]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
Handicaps can get quite complicated but as a very rough idea if you went round twice in 74 total, that would be 14 over par, therefore a handicap of 14.
You'll get a much better idea once you get onto a bigger course and then you will learn about SSS and CSS because that's what your h/cap will be based on. Not to mention qualifying rounds, supplementary scores CONGU and full handicap.
All will become clear soon........honest

 

[duncan mackie]

I really really wouldn't get deeply into 9 hole handicap allocations. It's more complicated than 18 hole ones last time I looked (and changes more often as well)

Just do you best and submit the necessary cards to the handicap sec who will use a powerful computer to spit out the correct answer. At that point he will also be able to explain how it was worked out with the relevant data elements if you ask.

As this probably won't be enough, here's the relevant section from the manual and you need to note carefully how the 9 hole cards are paired depending on the nature of the 9 hole course and the timing of their submission.

"The Handicap Committee shall
1. Adjust any score of more than 2 over par for men and 3 over Par for women at
any hole to 2 [3] over par respectively.
2. Add the nine-hole scores (if applicable) to make up 18-hole equivalents in
chronological order. If a club has more than one Designated Nine-Hole
Courses each pair of nine-hole scores must be returned over courses having
the same Designated Nine-Hole SSSs for the gender of player concerned.
3. Calculate the Adjusted Gross Differential (‘AGD‘) scores from the three 18 hole
(or 18-hole equivalent) scores; these scores being calculated by comparing
the returns relative to the SSS’s of the courses/tees used:
AGD = Adjusted Gross Score – SSS for the course/tees used
Determine the Lowest Adjusted Gross Differential (‘LAGD‘) from the three
Adjusted Gross Differentials
4. Reduce the resulting LAGD according to the formula;
Initial Handicap = (LAGD + (LAGD*0.13))/ 1.237 truncated to provide a whole
number.
For example, a player with a Lowest Adjusted Gross Differential of 31 is
allotted an initial handicap of 28 (which is recorded as an Exact Handicap of
28.0) as shown below:
Initial Handicap = (31 + (31*0.13)/1.237
= (31 + 4.03)/1.237
= (35.03/1.237)
= 28.31 truncated to 28 and recorded as an Exact Handicap of
28.0.
After these adjustments have been made the whole number Exact Handicap shall,
subject to the provisions of Clauses 16.3(c) and 16.3(e), be allotted."

There you have it ...