Putting cards in for a handicap

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So I am now past halfway with 2 cards in. First was rubbish, first time I had played the whole course, wasn't bothered. Second round was an improvement, but I managed to accumulate a 10 on one hole, oops did not find original or 1st provisional and had to play 5 off the tee. So 6 shots on one hole, which is always great motivation! However the round was a total of 14 over. So not great, but not bothered as there were some promising bits. It was hard because the marker was a club chucker, I am surprised how some people cannot keep the gorilla in the pen in front of a total stranger. So I was having to manage him, before he stomped off.
 
The 10 will be rounded down to a double bogey for handicapping purposes. You didn't say what the par of the hole was, but 5 for a par 3, 6 for a par 4, and 7 for a par 5. Once you have a handicap, high scores will rounded down to nett double bogeys for handicapping, so for a shot hole it will be one more than the above.
 
Once you get your handicap take a few practice rounds, off the whites if that is allowed. Once you get close to scoring to it then head out for a competition.

I wish I had done that, I realised it pretty quick that the whites needed a different approach as the course played longer and tee shots were from different angles.

I came back and won two of my next competitions after taking some practice rounds to learn the whites.
 
Are you just getting you HC "c" status again ?
 
delc said:
The 10 will be rounded down to a double bogey for handicapping purposes. You didn't say what the par of the hole was, but 5 for a par 3, 6 for a par 4, and 7 for a par 5. Once you have a handicap, high scores will rounded down to nett double bogeys for handicapping, so for a shot hole it will be one more than the above.
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His HC was 5.9 and has lapsed so the card will be counted as one towards making it active again and be a .1
 
Liverpoolphil said:
His HC was 5.9 and has lapsed so the card will be counted as one towards making it active again and be a .1
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Either way if the card rounds were off the yellows then the whites (course dependant) can be a different affair.

Does your course allow practice off the whites? Mine did, I even played a few holes off the blues, after that the whites were easy(ier)!
 
All the cards are off the whites, I have only ever played a few holes off the yellows. My best 18, was a 7 over and that was following a competition. So all the pins were in competition spots and tees were all whites.
I am still trying to work out strategies for some holes, there are a lot of dog legs so just finding the right clubs to open them up and make the easiest 2nd shot is an on going process.
 
rosecott said:
If he hasn't been a club member for 2 years, he doesn't have a handicap to restore to 'c'.
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We had some join the club who hadn't been a club member for 3 years due to being abroad - his CDH number and HC was still valid and was allowed to be entered - he just added three cards to add the "c"
 
rosecott said:
If he hasn't been a club member for 2 years, he doesn't have a handicap to restore to 'c'.
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Liverpoolphil said:
We had some join the club who hadn't been a club member for 3 years due to being abroad - his CDH number and HC was still valid and was allowed to be entered - he just added three cards to add the "c"
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That certainly cannot happen under current CONGU rules. He would have to go through the process of submitting 3 cards for handicap allocation with previous history taken into account.
 
Playing tomorrow morning for my first handicap card. Been putting it off for a few months due to the weather, conditions and as I am midway through a course of lessons.

I have been playing off yellows so expectations are a bit lower, although our whites are not that much longer, but its a tight tree lined course so angles are different. Have played a few holes off the whites but not a full round.

Best off yellows is +17 (twice).....think 20-24 will be fair for initial handicap. Just debating now whether to adopt a more cautious strategy....irons off tee etc. (3 iron is going well at the mo) to reduce the risk especially as the course isn't that long.
 
SteveJay said:
Playing tomorrow morning for my first handicap card. Been putting it off for a few months due to the weather, conditions and as I am midway through a course of lessons.

I have been playing off yellows so expectations are a bit lower, although our whites are not that much longer, but its a tight tree lined course so angles are different. Have played a few holes off the whites but not a full round.

Best off yellows is +17 (twice).....think 20-24 will be fair for initial handicap. Just debating now whether to adopt a more cautious strategy....irons off tee etc. (3 iron is going well at the mo) to reduce the risk especially as the course isn't that long.
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Good luck :thup:
 
OK, so played today, first handicap card, first full round off the whites............big difference if not in distance, but more in terms of angles and tightness.

Started well, par, bogey, bogey, par, but then wheels came off a bit and frustratingly lost 3 balls on 3 different holes which were not really errant shots, just off the fairway but me and PP couldn't find it for looking, much to both our frustration. Suffered a bit off the tee and had to chip out from under trees a couple times, but did hit some nice shots and another two par3 pars. Overall had too many +2's though and whilst they didn't count, had 2 disaster 9's which were by far my worst 2 holes for months.

Overall would have been delighted with +20 off the whites - have managed a few rounds of +17 off yellows - but ended up with a slightly disappointing +26. Played my normal game hitting driver on most opportunities, may ease off next time as it did cause me a bit of grief on what is quite a tight tree lined course.

Learned quite a bit though so am confident my next 2 cards will be lower.

My PP mentioned some changes to initial handicaps in 2016 - wasn't sure what, but I had assumed best card of the 3, with double bogey the max allowable score measured against SSS. Anyone know if anything has changed?
 
After adjustments down to double bogey, you determine the LAGD (Lowest Adjusted Gross Differential) i.e the best adjusted score minus SSS. Then it's:

Initial Handicap = (LAGD + (LAGD*0.13))/ 1.237 truncated to provide a whole number.
 
rosecott said:
After adjustments down to double bogey, you determine the LAGD (Lowest Adjusted Gross Differential) i.e the best adjusted score minus SSS. Then it's:

Initial Handicap = (LAGD + (LAGD*0.13))/ 1.237 truncated to provide a whole number.
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So does this hold true all the way down? It looks like 7 or 8 would get quite a good handicap?
 
rosecott said:
After adjustments down to double bogey, you determine the LAGD (Lowest Adjusted Gross Differential) i.e the best adjusted score minus SSS. Then it's:

Initial Handicap = (LAGD + (LAGD*0.13))/ 1.237 truncated to provide a whole number.
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Great, thank you....that means I have gained 2 shots back.......initial handicap should therefore be 24 which sounds a lot better :)
 
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