badgergm
Newbie
Updating our Terms of Comp. It specified card countback and referred to R&A Committee Procedures for that but on examination it doesn't say what I was expecting, on two counts:
1. I had always thought that last 9, 6, 3, 2, 1 holes was the norm. But those procedures talk of last 9, 6, 3, 1. I think that is what ClubV1 also uses when it suggests order (although you can change the order manually if you wish).
2. It seems to suggest using 'fractional' handicaps for individual strokeplay:
"where the stroke index allocation as set by the Committee is not used, such as individual stroke play, if the last nine, last six, last three holes scenario is used, one-half, one-third, one-sixth, etc. of the handicaps should be deducted from the score for those holes."
I'm not entirely sure what that means - is it suggesting that (with odd indexes on back nine) that with equal net scores on front and back 9 that a PH of 18 would beat a PH of 17? On countback we have always used stroke indexes on countback.
I realise that we can define how we want (and will go with 9, 6, 3, 1 and use of stroke indexes I think), but what do others do?
1. I had always thought that last 9, 6, 3, 2, 1 holes was the norm. But those procedures talk of last 9, 6, 3, 1. I think that is what ClubV1 also uses when it suggests order (although you can change the order manually if you wish).
2. It seems to suggest using 'fractional' handicaps for individual strokeplay:
"where the stroke index allocation as set by the Committee is not used, such as individual stroke play, if the last nine, last six, last three holes scenario is used, one-half, one-third, one-sixth, etc. of the handicaps should be deducted from the score for those holes."
I'm not entirely sure what that means - is it suggesting that (with odd indexes on back nine) that with equal net scores on front and back 9 that a PH of 18 would beat a PH of 17? On countback we have always used stroke indexes on countback.
I realise that we can define how we want (and will go with 9, 6, 3, 1 and use of stroke indexes I think), but what do others do?