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rwfastrax

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rwfastrax Well Established Member

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Guys I just want to get some opinions on my league situation. For my match last week I went into the day with an 11 hcap. My opponent was a 14. I shot 41 and he shot 48. Should have been an easy win. The match results however were based on the new (post match) hcaps in which mine was dropped to 8 and his was raised to 16. I lost the match by .02 strokes. I see our schedule today and my hcap is now a 6. I can assure everyone I'm not 6 away from scratch by any stretch of the imagination. Am I getting hosed? This is my first league and I may not know all the details...

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Sounds like your getting hosed to me. Your handicapped should be established and shouldn't fluctuate that much, depending on how many rounds your handicap is based off of. Then again your playing in Fort Wayne, we Indiana people only know how to play basketball, so it shouldn't really matter anyway....

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The trouble with leagues is that too many of them have their own handicap systems, and they are often based on quite peculiar formulas. Either they are too cheap to pay the $25 or so per year for proper handicap maintenance, or they have the misguided view that they have a better idea. I have yet to see any of them come up with a better system than the USGA handicap system.

The USGA has been tracking handicaps and tweaking their system for several decades, and they have it down pretty good. The biggest shortcoming is that it requires honesty from the players who are submitting scores for inclusion, so all a league has to do is to only use scores from their competitions and that should pretty much eliminate sandbagging.

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You ARE getting hosed. Regardless of how handicap is calculated, your round should have been based on handicap going into the round, not after.

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and how the heck can your handicap be dropping so fast. In the span of one week, you went from 11 to 8 to 6? I am guessing you only posted the one round for your league. I would assume they have a convoluted handicapping system.

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thats BS, unless its your first time you are playing in that league, which the handicap is usually set at the first match you play.

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martytilma Well Established Member

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How many rounds have you played in your league?
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We've played about 8 rounds so far. I think someone is trying to make sure me and my partner don't run away with it halfway through. That's ok..my main intention for playing was to be able to get 9 in after work during the week and playing in a league was the only way. Mission accomplished. Thanks for the replies.

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We've played about 8 rounds so far. I think someone is trying to make sure me and my partner don't run away with it halfway through. That's ok..my main intention for playing was to be able to get 9 in after work during the week and playing in a league was the only way. Mission accomplished. Thanks for the replies.

No way your hcp should drop that much with 8 rounds being calculated. I would ask what formula they are using? Everyone in the league that I play in knows the formula so there are no questions!

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I asked if the matches were based on hcaps before the match or after...I was told that all the numbers went into the computer program and it gives us what it gives us. These are people I work with and I'm certainly not going to make a stink about it. I don't want to take all the fun out of it. Guess I just need to continue to play well.

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