why isnt my handicap going down?

[zeg]

This seems a bit strange, I may be wrong, but from the ESC table, it looks like you can play maximum 3 over par on a par 5, and you can play 5 over par on a par 3.

Once your handicap index is 9 or less, you get no more than double-bogey under ESC, so that means 5 on a par 3 and 7 on a par 5. Until then, yeah, you just get a fixed number of strokes per hole.

And yes, other than the ESC rules, the handicap index calculation makes no distinction about which hole you get high scores on. Then, in stroke play, it just adjusts the course's overall par without regard for per-hole scores. In match play, you get those strokes allocated by hole difficulty rating.

[M2R]

Let's see if I got this right.

Very nearly correct, the target score is the course handicap plus the course rating (95.4) rounded to the nearest shot or 95. I think it is a very common practice to use course handicap plus par as you did. The guys I play with do exactly that.

Text from Did I Play to My Handicap? " We use the phrase "target score" regarding playing to your Handicap. How is a target score determined? First, go through the normal process of converting a Handicap Index to a Course Handicap. Then add that Course Handicap to the Course Rating. "

[firstcut]

why isnt my handicap going down?

Because you suck?

Sorry, with all the serious posts in here I can't help but be a smart ass once in a while. Enjoy the game.

[AlCzervik]

hey! it went down by .1 yesterday