Why is my handicap going down?

[clonewars222]

Even though I'm shooting like 9-13 over, my handicap went down from a 8.6 to 8.4. Why?

[Fourputt]

Even though I'm shooting like 9-13 over, my handicap went down from a 8.6 to 8.4. Why?

You need to post what new scores were entered, what scores dropped off the list, what the differentials were, etc. Nobody can tell you anything about it without more data.

[clonewars222]

OHH, scores drop OFF? I didn't know that! Here's the list:

CI 9/14/10 82 67.1/123 13.7
* AI 9/2/10 83 70.5/133 10.6
* AI 9/1/10 80 70.5/133 8.1
CI 8/30/10 80 67.1/123 11.9
A 8/26/10 76 64.6/111 11.6
TI 8/25/10 79 66.5/114 12.4
AI 8/24/10 78 66.5/114 11.4
AI 8/20/10 79 66.5/114 12.4
* AI 8/18/10 74 64.6/111 9.6
* H 8/12/10 79 70.0/121 8.4
* T 8/11/10 77 70.0/121 6.5
* H 8/9/10 78 70.0/121 7.5
* C 8/8/10 82 70.2/121 11.0
* T 7/20/10 82 72.0/125 9.0
T 7/19/10 85 72.0/125 11.8
TI 7/19/10 85 72.0/125 11.8
* H 7/17/10 82 72.0/125 9.0
* H 7/15/10 81 72.0/125 8.1
TI 7/6/10 84 66.0/113 18.0
AI 7/5/10 84 66.0/113 18.0

[B-Con]

Yep, thankfully, scores drop off. Only the last 20 games are used, and of those only the best 10 are used. So even if you post a score that has a differential over your current handicap, if it allows an even higher score to be knocked off then your handicap will go down.

From a quick glance through that list, it looks like you had some differentials in the 11.X range that would've been used in the calculation before you entered your 8.1 and 10.6.