palindromicbob
Tour Winner
Think I found an answer to the question.
Who is ultimately responsible for your playing handicap?
You are when it is going down. Club is when it's going up.
Q. Prior to playing in any competition, I am required by Clause 8.5 to ascertain that all appropriate
reductions to Playing Handicap have been made. As a player who keeps track of my Exact Handicap
at all times why am I not allowed, by the same principle, to increase my handicap where appropriate?
A. The Rules of Golf require that a player plays from the correct handicap. If a handicap is entered
on the scorecard lower than the player’s actual handicap, the score is acceptable for competition
purposes. If the player plays from a handicap higher than that to which he is entitled he is
disqualified.The self-reducing procedures set out in Clause 20. following the return of a score
resulting in a handicap reduction are designed to remove the possibility of disqualification in a
subsequent competition through playing from too high a handicap.
‘Self-increasing’, however, following the return of a score(s) above the Buffer Zone has a number
of issues:
• The player does not always know precisely his Exact Handicap.
• Upward movement of the CSS can result in a change to the player’s Buffer Zone that he may
not be aware of, resulting in the player incorrectly increasing his handicap and possibly being
in the embarrassing position of winning a prize to which he is not entitled.
Consequently to safeguard the player and preserve the integrity of handicapping, increases in handicap
may only be made by a player’s Home Club after scores have been duly reported.
Who is ultimately responsible for your playing handicap?
You are when it is going down. Club is when it's going up.
Q. Prior to playing in any competition, I am required by Clause 8.5 to ascertain that all appropriate
reductions to Playing Handicap have been made. As a player who keeps track of my Exact Handicap
at all times why am I not allowed, by the same principle, to increase my handicap where appropriate?
A. The Rules of Golf require that a player plays from the correct handicap. If a handicap is entered
on the scorecard lower than the player’s actual handicap, the score is acceptable for competition
purposes. If the player plays from a handicap higher than that to which he is entitled he is
disqualified.The self-reducing procedures set out in Clause 20. following the return of a score
resulting in a handicap reduction are designed to remove the possibility of disqualification in a
subsequent competition through playing from too high a handicap.
‘Self-increasing’, however, following the return of a score(s) above the Buffer Zone has a number
of issues:
• The player does not always know precisely his Exact Handicap.
• Upward movement of the CSS can result in a change to the player’s Buffer Zone that he may
not be aware of, resulting in the player incorrectly increasing his handicap and possibly being
in the embarrassing position of winning a prize to which he is not entitled.
Consequently to safeguard the player and preserve the integrity of handicapping, increases in handicap
may only be made by a player’s Home Club after scores have been duly reported.
