After i had to quit a round for more important family stuff
This is wrong. If 10 or more holes have been started, the only correct procedure is to add net pars (net bogey for the first hole, if 10-14 holes are started) for the holes not started, with the option of a penalty score if the reason for not played those holes is considered invalid. A family emergency would be a valid reason for abandoning a round.Your club can enter an 'expected score' if none is entered.
Its recommended to be nett par, as a way to stop handicap manipulation.
Ive had some truly awful 'predicted scores'. After i had to quit a round for more important family stuff they put seemingly random numbers in to the system, for example an albatross on a par 5.... when i asked for it to be sorted (I believed nett double bogey was fair as i had no good golfing reason to leave). I was told it was all legit as long as my total gross was in line with my expected performance...
Its another reason I've totally given up hope on the handicaps ability to track performance.
Isn't WHS wonderful.
The asterisk signifies a hole not started; the figure in brackets is the system assigned score based on the players Course Handicap (i.e. net par because the hole is marked as not started); the double-bogey box is being applied because no score has been recorded for the hole (it reflects the actual score recorded rather than whatever counts for handicapping).Hi - Ive seen this on a card of a fellow member at my club on the WHS scores profile. I dont understand the 'black boxes' which according to the legend example should be showing as Double bogey or more but clearly are not against the par below. Also what does the asterisk signify? Cheers
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"The computer" does not assume anything. WHS simply takes whatever has been input (usually by the player) and applies the appropriate adjustments.Ok so is this the likely scenario
Player plays 18 holes
Picks up or no returns 2 holes
Adds his score to the computer with "0" in the NR holes
Computer assumes for handicap purposes that as more than 10 holes have been played, net par is the expected score because as far as it knows, they have not been attempted.
Assuming the round is a medal, then NR is the competition result, but net pars are used to calculate handicap?
In your example, I strongly suspect that the hole scores in question have simply been input incorrectly as "not started" instead of "not completed".Hi - thanks for the great feedback as I didn't know this. I know this was a Stableford Competition and I can see no points were awarded and the scenario is exactly as 'Sweaty Sock' states above. Just odd that a net par taken rather than a net double bogey which is much more likely to be nearer the double bogey + 1 that I would have expected. Would this be the same for a medal of if picked up then is it a par + five shots?
Ok so is this the likely scenario
Player plays 18 holes
Picks up or no returns 2 holes
Adds his score to the computer with "0" in the NR holes
Computer assumes for handicap purposes that as more than 10 holes have been played, net par is the expected score because as far as it knows, they have not been attempted.
Assuming the round is a medal, then NR is the competition result, but net pars are used to calculate handicap?