Score Card error

[hors limite]

Played in a comp the other day and as usual after leaving the 18th proceeded to check my score. The accepted method at our place is for the player to recite his scores to the marker and if they agree both of them sign the card.I had already calculated 33 points so was expecting to buffer. Handed the card in to the office and a few minutes later was told 32 points and + 0.1.
A comparison of the cards showed the marker had noted a bogey on the par 3 ninth when it should have been a par. The third player in our group confirmed the par.

I know that I was responsible for ensuring the accuracy the card and that +0.1 isn't a bid deal.However, from now on I'll be backing up the verbal verification with a visual one.

 

[rosecott]

Perhaps a silly question - were you reciting gross scores or stableford points? It is always dangerous to check only on points as a mistake can be made and the cards are processed using gross scores. If the gross scores were recited I can't see how a mistake was made.

 

[hors limite]

It was and is always gross scores. I think it was just a simple mistake.

 

[Fyldewhite]

As above, you are signing for the accuracy of the gross score on each hole, not the points, not the total.....so that's what you should check.

Edit: Sorry, post crossed.......in that case it's just "one of those things". Easily done.

 

[Tashyboy]

Strange you should say that, on Thursday I played in an 18 hole stableford. I marked my card down for 32 points and we both signed. When entering the score on the computer we noticed I did not get a point for the third hole, par four stroke index four. (When I play nine hole comps I get two shots on here), but on 18 holes only the one shot.
anyway we noticed the mistake and duly rectified the card. I won the division (only me stupid enough to play that day) but was DQ under rule 6-6b I think.
not had chance to get to club since so not sure if that was the reason or not.

Are you allowed to enter cards once mistakes have been spotted and checked?

 

[louise_a]

I was putting the scores in last week and one of the players who had had a decent score had signed her card and on the last hole her partner had written in the points scored but no the gross score so naturally she had to be disqualified.

It is so important to check the gross as after all that is the only score that needs to be recorded.

 

[pbrown7582]

Strange you should say that, on Thursday I played in an 18 hole stableford. I marked my card down for 32 points and we both signed. When entering the score on the computer we noticed I did not get a point for the third hole, par four stroke index four. (When I play nine hole comps I get two shots on here), but on 18 holes only the one shot.
anyway we noticed the mistake and duly rectified the card. I won the division (only me stupid enough to play that day) but was DQ under rule 6-6b I think.
not had chance to get to club since so not sure if that was the reason or not.

Are you allowed to enter cards once mistakes have been spotted and checked?

The amount or POINTS you sign for is irrelevant it's the gross score that's counts you are not obliged to actually mark your points on the card.

 

[rosecott]

I was putting the scores in last week and one of the players who had had a decent score had signed her card and on the last hole her partner had written in the points scored but no the gross score so naturally she had to be disqualified.

It is so important to check the gross as after all that is the only score that needs to be recorded.

Surely not a disqualification, just no score for the hole.

 

[delc]

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Played in a comp the other day and as usual after leaving the 18th proceeded to check my score. The accepted method at our place is for the player to recite his scores to the marker and if they agree both of them sign the card.I had already calculated 33 points so was expecting to buffer. Handed the card in to the office and a few minutes later was told 32 points and + 0.1.
A comparison of the cards showed the marker had noted a bogey on the par 3 ninth when it should have been a par. The third player in our group confirmed the par.

I know that I was responsible for ensuring the accuracy the card and that +0.1 isn't a bid deal.However, from now on I'll be backing up the verbal verification with a visual one.

I once missed winning a Stableford by one point on count back, because I signed for a 5 for 3 points at the 18th hole when I had actually scored 4! I think my marker must have confused my score with that of my other FC who had scored a 5. Of course the points total was correct, but the gross scores weren't, which are what you sign for. The scorer corrected my score on the 18th to 5 for 2 points and that was that. If you sign for a higher score than you actually made it has to stand. If you sign for a lower score you are disqualified. The rules are quite specific on this point.

 

[UlyssesSky]

Strange you should say that, on Thursday I played in an 18 hole stableford. I marked my card down for 32 points and we both signed. When entering the score on the computer we noticed I did not get a point for the third hole, par four stroke index four. (When I play nine hole comps I get two shots on here), but on 18 holes only the one shot.
anyway we noticed the mistake and duly rectified the card. I won the division (only me stupid enough to play that day) but was DQ under rule 6-6b I think.
not had chance to get to club since so not sure if that was the reason or not.

Are you allowed to enter cards once mistakes have been spotted and checked?

There's some strange things in your description of what happened.

First of all, like others noted, you sign for gross score, not for points. As I understand it, the problem with your card came form the allocation of points in the 18 hole comp vs. an 9 hole comp. So what exactly did you 'rectify' on your card??

Second, when did you rectify your card? Rule 6-6c clearly states "No alteration may be made on a score card after the competitor has returned it to the Committee." This means that you can alter your card, but only before you hand it in.

Last but not least, rule 6-6b demands you a) ensure the marker signs the card, b) sign the card yourself and c) return it to the commitee as soon as possible. So to get disqualified under this rule either you and/or your marker didn't sign the card or you failed to return it (on time). Altering your card has nothing to do with 6-6b.

 

[Tashyboy]

The amount or POINTS you sign for is irrelevant it's the gross score that's counts you are not obliged to actually mark your points on the card.

Thats the bit that's got me scratching me head, we changed the points from 32 to 31. Not the gross score, So not sure yet why I was DQ

 

[duncan mackie]

Thats the bit that's got me scratching me head, we changed the points from 32 to 31. Not the gross score, So not sure yet why I was DQ

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