Quick poll on your new handicap index

[garyinderry]

Mines has gone from 6.0 to 6.5

Which is fair enough as I've been on the slide this last while.

Seems things can change quickly as it was as low as 3.4 in March.


Could be a good system once it's all up and running.


I believe I will be off 6.2 yellows, 6.8 whites at my home club off my current index.

 

[srixon 1]

Must’ve been better than your 8th best score

Never thought of that.

 

[doublebogey7]

Are you thinking of the extra step of (CR-Par) rather than CR alone.

Of course

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Sorry if it’s been quoted before, but what does the 95% I’ve seen mentioned for individual comps refer to?

 

[BubbaP]

Sorry if it’s been quoted before, but what does the 95% I’ve seen mentioned for individual comps refer to?

I think you may mean how to derive a playing handicap from a course handicap for an individual type of play.
Down here think it only makes a difference for course handicaps of 11 & up

 

[rulefan]

Sorry if it’s been quoted before, but what does the 95% I’ve seen mentioned for individual comps refer to?

It relates to the adjustment you make to your Course Handicap (ie the one you get off the chart/board) when you play an individual medal. ie 95% of your Course Handicap.

In the same way as now when each player gets 90% in a Fourball stableford.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

15.4 from 15.9

Ok with me.

 

[brickie]

It relates to the adjustment you make to your Course Handicap (ie the one you get off the chart/board) when you play an individual medal. ie 95% of your Course Handicap.

In the same way as now when each player gets 90% in a Fourball stableford.

except that a fourball stableford will now be 85% for each player

 

[Deleted member 1147]

It relates to the adjustment you make to your Course Handicap (ie the one you get off the chart/board) when you play an individual medal. ie 95% of your Course Handicap.

In the same way as now when each player gets 90% in a Fourball stableford.

So we now have an index, a course handicap and a playing handicap?
Christ, imagine if they tried to make it complicated ?

 

[IanM]

So we now have an index, a course handicap and a playing handicap?
Christ, imagine if they tried to make it complicated ?

. ?

I think we’ll get used to it....eventually. I’ve got the page saved on my phone so handy access to my Handicap Index, if clubs get their handicap tables on their website, you can ”do all the maths” before you travel.

Maybe this thread should ask.... are you getting more, fewer or same shots in a medal on your home course??

My WHS HI is 0.9 lower than CONGU handicap, but after you divide by this and multiply by that, off the white tees at home club.... same shots!

 

[fenwayrich]

One good (albeit unimportant) thing that might come out of lockdown is a month without acceptable scores is also a month to correct what appears to be a myriad of errors in the existing ones. We can but hope.

 

[BubbaP]

. ?

I think we’ll get used to it....eventually. I’ve got the page saved on my phone so handy access to my Handicap Index, if clubs get their handicap tables on their website, you can ”do all the maths” before you travel.

Maybe this thread should ask.... are you getting more, fewer or same shots in a medal on your home course??

Agree, see https://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/threads/quick-poll-on-your-new-handicap-index.107005/post-2250651

But then the article has been done now so it's run it's course
https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news...onthly-forum-reacts-to-new-whs-indexes-210053

 

[jim8flog]

So we now have an index, a course handicap and a playing handicap?
Christ, imagine if they tried to make it complicated ?

and of course if you are playing a match the method of getting shots changes between single match and four ball match

 

[Dannyc]

5.4 to 4.4

Worst I’ve seen is the lads who don’t play many comps they seem to have gone up quite a bit
Lad named mark plays of 6 plays 3 comps a year has gone up to 12 and I’ve got play him in winter league next week ??

 

[Junior]

When did you last play under the new system?

Obviously I've never have. I know plenty who do in the USA though.

I just think its overly complicated, definitely far more complicated than the current system. I get the reasons for it , it's just my opinion. Of course It'll become the new norm and the world will keep turning.

One observation though is the indexes of players who's calculation is based on fewer rounds. (Ie not the average of best 8 from 20). I know a few who now have indexes quite a few shots higher than their current handicap.

 

[USER1999]

I think that 4bbb comps have got more complicated. May be need to enter both scores, and also which one counts. Could be wrong, but for me, I will be chucking my card in the box, and someone else can sort it out.

 

[clubchamp98]

5.4 to 4.4

Worst I’ve seen is the lads who don’t play many comps they seem to have gone up quite a bit
Lad named mark plays of 6 plays 3 comps a year has gone up to 12 and I’ve got play him in winter league next week ??

Don’t think you will be playing anyone next week.

 

[nickjdavis]

One good (albeit unimportant) thing that might come out of lockdown is a month without acceptable scores is also a month to correct what appears to be a myriad of errors in the existing ones. We can but hope.

We actually postponed comps for 2 weeks before and after the launch in anticipation of it being a balls up to give us time to fix things!!!

 

[jim8flog]

I think that 4bbb comps have got more complicated. May be need to enter both scores, and also which one counts. Could be wrong, but for me, I will be chucking my card in the box, and someone else can sort it out.

Ever since we went to entering cards on a computer having both scores on the cards was far easier to input that just the the counting one.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

. ?

I think we’ll get used to it....eventually. I’ve got the page saved on my phone so handy access to my Handicap Index, if clubs get their handicap tables on their website, you can ”do all the maths” before you travel.

Maybe this thread should ask.... are you getting more, fewer or same shots in a medal on your home course??

My WHS HI is 0.9 lower than CONGU handicap, but after you divide by this and multiply by that, off the white tees at home club.... same shots!

Have I got this right?

My congu handicap was 4.1, following a poor end to the season.
My index is 2.5, as there are a couple of decent scores at the beginning of the 20 rounds.
My course handicap (based on the whites at my home course) is 2.5 x 127/113 = 2.8 = 3
My playing handicap is 3 x 95% = 2.85 = 3