FuzzyDuck
Assistant Pro
My official club handicap is 24 (23.7), however I also play in a golf society that I joined before I had an official handicap, so I was given a society handicap of 28. It did briefly get cut to 27 after a win but has now returned to 28. The society rules say that in any society match, the society handicap must be used.
So yesterday I was playing a society individual matchplay against another member and he had to give me 11 shots, he was a bit miffed when he discovered my club handicap was 4 less. We played the match and I won 2&1.
I later checked the holes where I received an extra shot to see what difference it would have made, it turned out (assuming the scoring had remained the same) I would have still won the match but by 1 hole. On two of the holes I would have still won and one would have changed from a halve to a loss. Which meant we would have been contesting the 18th with me 1 up. The final hole would now have been halved, instead of a win for me.
So although the final result would have been the same there was a feeling that the society handicapping rules aren't a true reflection.
I was wondering how other golf society handle the handicapping minefield and if my society is doing something unusual?
So yesterday I was playing a society individual matchplay against another member and he had to give me 11 shots, he was a bit miffed when he discovered my club handicap was 4 less. We played the match and I won 2&1.
I later checked the holes where I received an extra shot to see what difference it would have made, it turned out (assuming the scoring had remained the same) I would have still won the match but by 1 hole. On two of the holes I would have still won and one would have changed from a halve to a loss. Which meant we would have been contesting the 18th with me 1 up. The final hole would now have been halved, instead of a win for me.
So although the final result would have been the same there was a feeling that the society handicapping rules aren't a true reflection.
I was wondering how other golf society handle the handicapping minefield and if my society is doing something unusual?