Combining 9-hole rounds (Handicap / Round Diff)

[Newbie Collection Agency]

Hello,

How do I combine two 9-hole rounds played on two different courses? I need to get the round differential as an 18-hole round (9 x 2?) so I can use it for handicap purposes, right? Or do I get the differential for the two 9-hole rounds and sum them up?

Thank you,
Mike

[Old Tom]

Just submit them as two separate 9 hole scores; they'll be combined and show up on your GHIN card as a single 18 hole score. The GHIN computer thingy at your local course will take care of the slope ratings and all that, assuming the courses you played are listed in the database.

[Guest]

Hi, sorry I failed to mention that I am developing a golf scorecard application that will have the ability to get the player's handicap based on the rounds entered.

Thanks

[mediaguru]

I'm not a believer or combining 9 hole scores. One club did that to me. One week I shot a 35 and one week I shot a 32. Totally different conditions. They combined those and posted a 67 into my hcp record. I've only broken 70 once. That knocked my hcp way down in the club.

[golfchief]

Handicaps are not based on conditions of the course or weather, only slope and course ratings.
If you play the whole 18 then they will be under the same conditions to turn in. But they still only use the s/r for the course.

[mediaguru]

The point is that I've never even sniffed a 67. If I did manage to shoot -5 on the front, which I've done before, I'd be so racked mentally I'd shoot +5 or more on the back. Net score 72 or higher, 5 shots higher than a 67 posted to my hcp.