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- Adjusting for the Handicap FILE: HA.HLP
-
- To obtain a USGA handicap, it is the duty of the player to make the
- best score possible at each hole in every 18-hole round and to
- report the score for every round, regardless of where the round was
- played, and regardless of whether it was in match play or stroke
- play.
-
- However, for handicap purposes, the use of hole scores is limited to
- a specific number of strokes over par as follows:
-
- Handicap Limitation on Hole Scores
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- Plus or Scratch Limit of one over par on any hole.
-
- 1 thru 18 Limit of two over par on number of holes equal
- equal to handicap. Limit of one over par on
- balance of holes.
-
- 19 thru 36 Limit of three over par on as many holes as the
- handicap exceeds 18 strokes. Limit of two over
- par on balance of holes.
-
- 37 thru 40 Limit of four over par on as many holes as the
- handicap exceeds 36 strokes. Limit of three
- over par on balance of holes.
-
- For example, if a 20-handicap player scores one over par on each of
- 14 holes, three over par on each of two holes and four over par on
- the two remaining holes, he must reduce the scores for the holes on
- which he scored four over par to be two over par and thereby reduce
- his total score by four strokes for handicap purposes. If a player
- fails to complete a hole, the hole score shall be recorded in
- accordance with the above formula.
-
- From the player's last 20 full 18-holes scores, the lowest 10
- handicap differentials are selected, then are added together. The
- total of the 10 differentials is applied to the USGA Handicap
- Differentail Chart which automatically determines the handicap.
- (DBK takes care of all of this)
-
- If a player has only from 5 to 19 differentials available, a sliding
- scale of differentials is used. If a player has returned fewer than
- 5 rounds, then a handicap is not calculated.
-
- Because of the course rating system and the fact that handicaps are
- determined from differentials and not actual scores, a player's USGA
- Handicap needs no adjustment regardless of where he/she plays.
-
-