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The World Handicap System is to be revised on 1st April 2024

Here is a little information on how it will work in relation to Whetstone Golf Club.

More About Handicaps

It’s relatively simple to use the handicap system to record and enter your scores, but for those

with an interest in how it all works, read on.

Adjustment

First a few facts-

HANDICAP INDEX . This is your “HANDICAP” and is calculated to one decimal place.

A player’s  COURSE HANDICAP is the number of strokes you would expect to take to play to

par assuming you played to your normal game.

A player’s PLAYING HANDICAP is the strokes received after application of the

STROKE ALLOWANCE and calculated to the nearest stroke (.5 is rounded upwards). 

E.g. 12.5 becomes 13. This represents the strokes received in a competition and will be different

 for different competition formats.

All courses have been allocated a COURSE RATING. (CR) This represents the difficulty of the

course and is the expected score that a scratch golfer will make.

The SLOPE INDEX (SI) is derived from the expected difference in scores of a typical “Bogey” golfer

 from a scratch player. The SLOPE index is used to calculate the

COURSE HANDICAP.

An ACCEPTABLE SCORE is a score from a round that complies with all the requirements of the

 R&A  “Rules of Handicapping” and is therefore processed through the handicap system.

ADJUSTED GROSS SCORE  (AGS):- For the purposes of handicapping only, a player’s

score in a competition is adjusted by a “stableford reduction”. That is, all net scores on a hole

 worse than two over par are reduced to two over. This applies also to holes which have not

been completed (NRs).

The PLAYING CONDITIONS CALCULATION (PCC) is an adjustment to your score to reflect

the weather and course conditions. This only applies to handicap adjustment not to a competition result.

A player’s SCORE DIFFERENTIAL is the difference between a player’s ADJUSTED GROSS SCORE

 and the COURSE RATING, after correction for the SLOPE INDEX and the PCC.

The STROKE ALLOWANCE is a multiplication factor applied to the COURSE HANDICAP this depends

 on the Conditions or format of the competition. (E.g. 0.9 0.75 or 1 (Full)).

 Note STROKE ALLOWANCE does not affect the adjustment of your handicap

Then when you play a round this is what happens:-

 For handicap purposes:-

When you enter your scores this is what the computer will calculate:-

Calculate the ADJUSTED GROSS SCORE.

Calculate the SCORE DIFFERENTIAL=(113/SR) x (AGS-CR-PCC)

The new HANDICAP INDEX is then recalculated as the average of the best 8 of the last

 20 SCORE DIFFERENTIALS . If you haven't got 20 scores in your record then a sliding

scale will be applied until you reach the required 20.

Example: A player with HANDICAP INDEX 14.7 scores 89 (after stableford reduction) off the

 White Tees (course rating 70.4/ Slope 123) when the PCC for the day is 1.

the SCORE DIFFERENTIAL = (113/123)*(89-70.4-1) = 16.2 (rounded to 16).

 The HANDICAP INDEX is the best 8 of these from your last 20 rounds

 But just remember all you have to do is enter your scores.

 The computer does all the rest!

Note that at present not all formats are acceptable for handicap purposes.

In Competitions All singles and 4BBBs are acceptable.

Casual (General Play) Rounds only Strokeplay, Stablefords & Bogeys are acceptable.

Foursomes , Greensomes, Scrambles and AM-AMs are not acceptable.

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For Competition  purposes:-

In the clubhouse or on the first tee there is a table of PLAYING HANDICAPS. Look up the

 correct PH HANDICAP according to your HANDICAP INDEX and the format of the competition

But if you really, really get stuck then contact the Handicap Secretary

                                APPENDIX A

                          COURSE RATINGS and SLOPE INDICES

                                  at  WHETSTONE GOLF CLUB

 MENS WHITE    Course Rating  70.4     Slope  123

MENS YELLOW  Course Rating: 69.1 –   Slope 120

LADIES RED       Course Rating: 72.3 –  Slope 130

MENS RED         Course Rating: 66.7 -   Slope  113                                                

LADIES YELLOW   Course Rating:75.1 - Slope 136

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                                                    APPENDIX B

Calculation of New Handicaps.

Whetstone Golf Club

Cambridge Road

Cosby

Leicester

LE9 1SJ

Telephone

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www.whetstonegc.co.uk

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