"that will get rounded down".........

[Jungle]

Golf is a very complicated game with many rules and swing thoughts etc. However one thing I have never really understood has been "rounded down for handicap"

That's not to say I don't get the jist of what it means, I'm just never sure if i've seen it actioned, or indeed when it gets actioned.

Say a handicapper off around 18 plays a relatively steady round but takes an 8 on a par 3, will this always be rounded down to a 6 (Nett Double Bogey)?

The thing I'm not really sure is when this is used i.e always/automatically.

Anyone able to sum it up in layman's term?

 

[Val]

It gets adjusted for handicap, if they miss the buffer by 1 for example when scores are published you'll find handicap unchanged

 

[Foxholer]

Golf is a very complicated game with many rules and swing thoughts etc. However one thing I have never really understood has been "rounded down for handicap"

That's not to say I don't get the jist of what it means, I'm just never sure if i've seen it actioned, or indeed when it gets actioned.

Say a handicapper off around 18 plays a relatively steady round but takes an 8 on a par 3, will this always be rounded down to a 6 (Nett Double Bogey)?

The thing I'm not really sure is when this is used i.e always/automatically.

Anyone able to sum it up in layman's term?

It depends on the Stroke Index of the hole and the actual playing handicap.

For handicap purpose (only, not the competition) all 'blow-up holes are rounded to nett double-bogey (0 stableford points).

Pretty simple for an 18-capper - as that'll be a 6 on that Par 3. But if the SI was more than playing handicap (say a 16-capper on SI 18) then it would be rounded down to a 5 - as he wasn't 'getting a shot'.

That's why the Congu is deemed a Stableford measure - and the relevant clause is actually called 'Stableford Adjustment'.

HTH

Note that on many Scoresheets, a Stableford Adjustmment is indicated by an asterisk (*) beside the Nett Score.

 

[rosecott]

Stableford Adjustment is automatically applied in strokeplay medal qualifiers. Any high score on any hole is reduced to one more than the score which would have scored one stableford point. This is for handicap purposes only and has no effect on the competition result.

 

[Jungle]

Thanks guys,

Its making more sense now that I'm looking at it from a Stableford point of view.

So in theory, when viewing in strokes you can be 2 strokes outside the buffer, however by using Stableford the score would be within buffer.

 

[Val]

Thanks guys,

Its making more sense now that I'm looking at it from a Stableford point of view.

So in theory, when viewing in strokes you can be 2 strokes outside the buffer, however by using Stableford the score would be within buffer.

Exactly that pal, net double bogey maximum

 

[Foxholer]

Thanks guys,

Its making more sense now that I'm looking at it from a Stableford point of view.

So in theory, when viewing in strokes you can be 2 strokes outside the buffer, however by using Stableford the score would be within buffer.

I think you are using 'buffer' differently from how I am used to seeing it being used. You lot do speak a different language at times!

You appear to be using it for each hole, whereas Buffer is a term used to for distance from Nett Score and CSS - and equates to your Category - buffer for a Cat 1 is 1 shot, Cat 2 is 2 shots etc!

Probably best to simply deal with it from a Stableford point of view. For Handicap purposes, any score higher than zero Stableford Points is 'rounded down'/reduced (Stableford Adjustment) to zero Stableford Points.

 

[Jungle]

I think you are using 'buffer' differently from how I am used to seeing it being used. You lot do speak a different language at times!

You appear to be using it for each hole, whereas Buffer is a term used to for distance from Nett Score and CSS - and equates to your Category - buffer for a Cat 1 is 1 shot, Cat 2 is 2 shots etc!

Probably best to simply deal with it from a Stableford point of view. For Handicap purposes, any score higher than zero Stableford Points is 'rounded down'/reduced (Stableford Adjustment) to zero Stableford Points.

Nah, that's just my poor explanation :mmm:

When I mentioned buffer I was meaning total strokes for the round.

 

[Foxholer]

Nah, that's just my poor explanation :mmm:

When I mentioned buffer I was meaning total strokes for the round.

The Stableford Adjustment is a hole by hole basis.


And unrelated....
That reminds me of another of the 'language differences' - 'hole-on-hole' = Matchplay!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I can sum it up...

I shot a gross 82 today (Nett 73) against a par, sss and css of 70. That would normally see me go up 0.1 but today, my customary treble bogey was on the 17th, par 3 SI 13 so I don't get a shot. This means my 6 becomes a 5 and my nett for h'cap purposes is 72 so in the buffer.