So my take on this is that since the full allowance will be used in calculation of differentials for handicapping purposes, the 95% in strokeplay is effectively just a CONGU recommendation regarding the conditions of competition. Clubs have always had the ability to set whatever conditions they like regarding who wins (eg. there might be a HCP limit). So basically no change, right?
Then the stats for CONGU and USGA shouldn't be "combined". They may show the same trend in matches, but they arrive at that conclusion using different methodology.
What specific "handicap calculations" are you referring to? When is the 18 used?
When calculating your handicap, your 18 handicap will be used (i.e. your nett score would be based on your 18 handicap). However, for the competition result itself, 17 would be used for your score. That's what I take from it.
How is the nett 60 used in their handicap record; I thought the handicap record was based on score differentials?
Currently you mean?
When I went to the last WHS meeting at Woodhall Spa, it was stressed several times that CONGU would no longer exist. I'm assuming it'll just be a rebranding of CONGU with the same people in charge of handicaps, rather than a completely different organisation of people running it? Or will CONGU (Council of National Golf Unions) still exist, but just operate the WHS system rather than the current one? Or will CONGU just be the UK branch of the wider WHS global organisation?
So sorry to ask but how would I receive a Handicap Index of 16.5?
R&A + USGA will own it. How it fans out from there initially, and after say 3 years, is going to be interesting...
So does this mean that in a Stableford competition, the player needs to know that their score is calculated from receiving 17 shots, but that on SI 18, they mustn't be too keen to pick up for a blob as they have an extra shot (sort of)?
I didn't say the results were exactly the same. I was trying to indicate that the USGA studies came to a similar conclusion re the lower handicapper winning more often that the higher
The calculation of the score differential using the actual gross score rather than net or adjusted net.
CONGU will continue with the current national union ans associations. Each national union may/will adopt certain elements.
How is a handicap used for determining the score differential? I thought it was gross score (adjusted as necessary for NDB) and CR, then normalized to slope of 113.
You are of course correct. I was trying (very poorly) to indicate that the % adjustment had no effect on handicaps per se. The adjusted handicap is only used in competition result calculations.
The Handicap Index (HI) is the figure arrived at by taking the average of the best 8 scores of the last 20. Calculated to 1 dec place. It is never used in play.
