Handicaps

Before submitting for handicapping, make sure your score cards have the following
information :-

1. Name in full printed clearly. No first names only.
2. The date the round of golf was played.
3. The score entered for each hole is the total number of strokes played for that hole.
4. The total score for each 9-holes played is entered.
5. The score card has been signed by the player as well as the marker .
6. If the score card has more than one player’s score, make sure the names are
clearly written.

A member needs to submit at least 5 18-hole score cards in order to get a handicap.

Equitable Stroke Control

Sometimes people say they want to finish a hole 'for their handicap'. The
handicapping system uses something called equitable stroke control to eliminate
the effect of 'disaster holes' and prevent sandbagging. Equitable Stroke Control
limits the number of strokes that can be recorded based on your handicap.

Remember, your handicap is a reflection of your potential and NOT an average. As a
results unusually bad holes should be eliminated.

Here are the Equitable Stroke Control limits:

Handicap: 0 to 9 Maximum score: Double bogey
Handicap 10 to 19 Maximum score: 7
Handicap: 20 to 29 Maximum score: 8
Handicap: 30 to 39 Maximum score 9
Handicap: 40 plus Maximum score 10

Therefore, even if you shot a 14 on a hole it will not be recorded as a 14 no matter
who you are. So, when you are told to pick up after 10 strokes it will not impact your
handicap but may improve the pace of play.

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According to Golf Digest you should average about three shots above your handicap.
This is because your handicap is 96% of the average score from your ten best
rounds (out of the last twenty). So not only is it calculated on your best rounds but it
is 4% less than that average!

Generally, if your handicap is above 22 you should only beat it once every 8 rounds.
If your handicap is below 22, you should only do it once every 10 rounds.

To give you an idea - according to the USGA the odds of a 28 handicapper shooting
90 is 1,650 to 1.

Your handicap is an indication of how well you can play, not how well you do play.
And of course, these figures hold true only if your handicap is accurate - that means
current and complete - and that means all of the twenty most recent cards.