working out my handicap?

[palindromicbob]

my homeclub hasnt adjusted yet so just want to check as i might be playing tomorrow.

Start of play my exact was 22
Todays rounds gave me a nett differential of -5

4 x 0.4 takes me to 20.4 then i start reduction by 0.3. So final exact i think is 20.1?

Does this seem correct? Not sure if i have the grasp of handicap calc yet only ever had to add 0.1 before.

 

[duncan mackie]

yes

you don't do 0.1's - they only apply when posted. you are responsible for reductions like this even if they haven't been posted (based on SSS until the CSS is posted)

 

[palindromicbob]

Thanks duncan.

 

[brendy]

For tomorrow that will be grand you could well be 19.x when all is said and done due to your big score (you mentioned elsewhere) on one of the holes being rounded down to a net double bogey.

 

[beggsy]

How do you know what CSS was it might have been 2over which then makes your score -3

 

[palindromicbob]

Css on golfnet is 71 (sss 69) nd is -5. -2 under clause 19.

 

[Kellfire]

How do you know what CSS was it might have been 2over which then makes your score -3

Irrelevant until published, surely?

 

[sawtooth]

my homeclub hasnt adjusted yet so just want to check as i might be playing tomorrow.

Start of play my exact was 22
Todays rounds gave me a nett differential of -5

4 x 0.4 takes me to 20.4 then i start reduction by 0.3. So final exact i think is 20.1?

Does this seem correct? Not sure if i have the grasp of handicap calc yet only ever had to add 0.1 before.

True if you used the correct CSS and if you took the stableford adjustment into account also. Any holes where you scored a triple bogey or more will be reduced to just a double bogey. If there were any than you would have earned more points (for handicap purposes) and your cut would be greater!

 

[palindromicbob]

True if you used the correct CSS and if you took the stableford adjustment into account also. Any holes where you scored a triple bogey or more will be reduced to just a double bogey. If there were any than you would have earned more points (for handicap purposes) and your cut would be greater!

Should have clarified i used the details published on golfnet to get my ND and the CSS.

Just to clarify when adjusting for stableford does your current handicap come into consideration. Eg 9 on a par 4 adjusts to 7 which then reduces to 6 nett after applying the shot from your handicap?

 

[duncan mackie]

Should have clarified i used the details published on golfnet to get my ND and the CSS.

Just to clarify when adjusting for stableford does your current handicap come into consideration. Eg 9 on a par 4 adjusts to 7 which then reduces to 6 nett after applying the shot from your handicap?

triple bogeys don't come into it - you seem to be on the right lines with your thinking though; once you have a handicap the maximum score on any hole for handicap purposes will be a nett double bogey ie on a par 4 that you get no shots on this would be 6, 7 for a one shot hole, and 8 for a 2 shot hole!

it's much easier for handicap purposes to look as stableford points adjusted for any difference between par and SSS/CSS if you have 'bad holes'

 

[palindromicbob]

triple bogeys don't come into it - you seem to be on the right lines with your thinking though; once you have a handicap the maximum score on any hole for handicap purposes will be a nett double bogey ie on a par 4 that you get no shots on this would be 6, 7 for a one shot hole, and 8 for a 2 shot hole!

it's much easier for handicap purposes to look as stableford points adjusted for any difference between par and SSS/CSS if you have 'bad holes'

Great, that explains the -2 clause 19 adjustment. Looking like a definite 1.9 redution now.