What's the rule on dropping hcp?

[Mandofred]

I was 9.8 until Wed when I shot 79/39pts. I usually expect to come down about .2 per shot under hcp (still waiting on results). Is there a cut-off depending on hcp? I assume low hcp drop about .1 per shot under and higher hcp drop .3? for each shot. Is there a set amount for each level of hcp?

 

[phils226]

Yea - 0.1 below 5.4, 0.2 from 5.5 to 12.4, 0.3 from 12.5 to 20.4, 0.4 20.5 to 28 are the main reductions - all against CSS not SSS.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Yes.
0-5 hcp 0.1, 6-12 0.2, 12-20 0.3, 21-28 0.4

 

[Mandofred]

Thanks....if they don't have the result by morning I'll assume I'm 9.2 now.

 

[Springveldt]

Welcome to the single figures club which I will be leaving after tomorrow’s round. ?

 

[ScienceBoy]

Welcome to the single figures club which I will be leaving after tomorrow’s round. ?

Once a member, always a member, even if it just by 0.1 for a single round...

 

[jim8flog]

Thanks....if they don't have the result by morning I'll assume I'm 9.2 now.

If results have not been published it depends on what the SSS is verses the par. If the par is 72 and SSS is 72 you are correct

 

[rulefan]

I was 9.8 until Wed when I shot 79/39pts. I usually expect to come down about .2 per shot under hcp (still waiting on results). Is there a cut-off depending on hcp? I assume low hcp drop about .1 per shot under and higher hcp drop .3? for each shot. Is there a set amount for each level of hcp?

Was it medal or stableford? What is the par and SSS or CSS?

 

[Springveldt]

Once a member, always a member, even if it just by 0.1 for a single round...

True, I took a screenshot of my handicap certificate on HDID when I got to 9.
Looking like a wise choice going by my current form.

 

[Mandofred]

Was it medal or stableford? What is the par and SSS or CSS?

Stableford....kind of a charity thing. Held Wed and Thurs. Par 72. I think the sss is 73.

 

[rulefan]

Stableford....kind of a charity thing.

Was it a handicap qualifier?

 

[Foxholer]

Yea - 0.1 below 5.4, 0.2 from 5.5 to 12.4, 0.3 from 12.5 to 20.4, 0.4 20.5 to 28 are the main reductions - all against CSS not SSS.

Pity the poor sods on 5.4 then!

And FWIW...Initial cut - until CSS, therefore actual cut, is known - should use SSS as reference.

 

[Mandofred]

Was it a handicap qualifier?

That's what I was told.....

 

[jim8flog]

Stableford....kind of a charity thing. Held Wed and Thurs. Par 72. I think the sss is 73.

If you are correct then you have played 4 shots better than your H/C so the self adjustment would be 4 x 0.2 not 3 x 0.2, either way if you play another comp before results are published then playing off 9 is correct.

 

[Mandofred]

Well, now I'm confused. Results out today and I dropped from 9.8 to 9.4. So 3 shots under my handicap and I came down .4

 

[cliveb]

Well, now I'm confused. Results out today and I dropped from 9.8 to 9.4. So 3 shots under my handicap and I came down .4

Then CSS on the day must have been 1 under par.
(Which also means that SSS can't be 1 over par as you previously suggested - CSS can only ever be 1 less than SSS).

 

[rulefan]

Well, now I'm confused. Results out today and I dropped from 9.8 to 9.4. So 3 shots under my handicap and I came down .4

I am puzzled about the figures in your OP
Are you measuring you score against the CSS, SSS or Par.

If you have come down 0.4 that suggests 2 (net) strokes under CSS.
Your net differential (+ or -) is the difference between your net score and the CSS.
It is not related to par.

 

[Mandofred]

Well, the things I KNOW.
1. I was 9.8
2. I shot 79 on a par 72 course.
3. 39 stableford pts.
4. I'm now 9.4
Other than that...the things I'm pretty sure of...... I'm pretty sure Trump is nuts. If you fall off a cliff you will probably get hurt. If you stick a needle in your eye, you won't like it.

 

[jim8flog]

Well, the things I KNOW.
1. I was 9.8
2. I shot 79 on a par 72 course.
3. 39 stableford pts.
4. I'm now 9.4
Other than that...the things I'm pretty sure of...... I'm pretty sure Trump is nuts. If you fall off a cliff you will probably get hurt. If you stick a needle in your eye, you won't like it.

It keeps being said 'ignore the par' for handicap purposes use the SSS before the result is published and look at the a CSS when it is published and work out your differential to those figures.

'Handicaps' do not care what the par is for a course only the SSS and CSS.

From from your figures CSS on the day in stableford terms was 37 points.

 

[Mandofred]

It keeps being said 'ignore the par' for handicap purposes use the SSS before the result is published and look at the a CSS when it is published and work out your differential to those figures.

'Handicaps' do not care what the par is for a course only the SSS and CSS.

From from your figures CSS on the day in stableford terms was 37 points.

So if I was the equivalent of 37 points.....(which is one stroke under my hcp)...shouldn't I have come down .2 instead of .4? Ahhhh....whatever.......I guess there is a plan to the madness.