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If I play the front 9 in the morning(finishing a7 11:00am) and then play the back 9 in the evening(finishing at 7:30pm).

Should I post the scores as 2 separate 9 hole rounds or as an 18 hole round? Does it even make a difference?

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I would... To me 18 holes should be consecutive, with a minimal break to get something to eat, but not take a few hour break.. My personal opinion

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I would... To me 18 holes should be consecutive, with a minimal break to get something to eat, but not take a few hour break.. My personal opinion

yeah I am wondering what is correct by the rules.

Generally I play 18 back to back, but I had a lunch meeting for work and could only fit 9 in this morning and the wife just called and told me I could head back out this evening if i wanted.

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I would... To me 18 holes should be consecutive, with a minimal break to get something to eat, but not take a few hour break.. My personal opinion

Aren't the two 9s just combined for handicap purpose anyways?

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Does the calculation differ from 9 to 18 holes? Would the calculated handicap be different if you combined them into one 18 hole round?

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It's the same either way.

The only way you would have to post it as two 9 hole rounds is if you played the same 9 twice (course ratings will vary between the front and back 9.)

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Does the calculation differ from 9 to 18 holes? Would the calculated handicap be different if you combined them into one 18 hole round?

I wouldn't think so, but I wasn't 100% sure, so I thought I would ask those more knowledgeable then me.

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Hybrids- 3dx 3 and 4Irons- 3dx 5-pwWedges- Purespin golf tour series gw,sw,lwPutter- antiguaBall - :taylormade: Burner TP

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I'd post them as two nines.

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I'd double each and add 5 shots to each and post them as 2 18's...

only kidding. I'd post them as one 18 hole score since they were on the same day. But I doubt it makes much of a diffference.

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I always post everything, but I'm thinking I've been wrong. On good, summer days I play with an all hickory set, some of the clubs with bent shafts and rusty blades from 1900. My score is always higher so my handicap is higher than when I play with my modern set. Can somebody help me on this? Should I just not post those hickory days?

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I always post everything, but I'm thinking I've been wrong. On good, summer days I play with an all hickory set, some of the clubs with bent shafts and rusty blades from 1900. My score is always higher so my handicap is higher than when I play with my modern set. Can somebody help me on this? Should I just not post those hickory days?

Sounds like sand bagging to me. . . :-D

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I always post everything, but I'm thinking I've been wrong. On good, summer days I play with an all hickory set, some of the clubs with bent shafts and rusty blades from 1900. My score is always higher so my handicap is higher than when I play with my modern set. Can somebody help me on this? Should I just not post those hickory days?

I would use some sort of an equitable scoring control approach.

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I'm going to keep two handicaps, one on a hickory only site. For the record I never play tournaments. Just with our group of six or seven guys. Does anyone else find tournaments annoying and incredibly time consuming? We all stopped playing them years ago.

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I would use some sort of an equitable scoring control approach.

The issue is the blades and shafts are bent, so it's not really that predictable. On one course he could play fine, and another or even another set of tees with a need for a totally different subset of his irons he could score totally differently.

I'm going to keep two handicaps, one on a hickory only site. For the record I never play tournaments. Just with our group of six or seven guys. Does anyone else find tournaments annoying and incredibly time consuming? We all stopped playing them years ago.

This is probably not a bad idea.

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Based on my experience, posting 9 hole scores separately lowers HI artificially.   It's easier to have a good 9 hole score (HI wise) than 18 hole score (harder to have a solid 18 hole round than 9).   I thought the recommended scoring rule was to combine two 9 scores if they are played consecutively and are front and back 9 of the same course.   Another rule I recall is that for 18 hole round, you must play at least 13 holes to record.   9 hole "course" score may have a different rule as I recall.

I only record 18 hole scores (minimum 13 holes played, course handicap scoring rule applied to unplayed holes).

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In reviewing the USGA Handicap Manual, you are required to post 9 hole scores if:

a. the course has a Course Rating and Slope for the 9 holes, and,

b. you've played at least 7 holes.

To choose not to post 9-hole scores because they might lower your handicap sounds like sandbagging to me.

To the original question, posting the two nine-hole scores could result in a slightly different result only if there's an older 9-hole score that would be combined with the morning nine.  The afternoon nine would then be retained to be combined with the player's next 9-hole score.  If it was me, I'd post it as an 18-hole score, since it was played on the same day.

For guywolf, I think you've made a reasonable choice, to keep separate handicaps, one for "regular" rounds and one for "hickory" rounds.  I'm not sure what the USGA policy might be, though.  You could consider writing them to ask, I've always had good experiences when I've done that with my own questions.

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