Handicapping Master Thread

[sacm3bill]

  StricklandPropane said:

What about 9 hole rounds?

Everything you ever wanted to know about handicapping:

http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Handi...ndicap-Manual/

[zeg]

  StricklandPropane said:

What about 9 hole rounds?

No need, in fact, you need to include those as long as they're on rated courses. You need to find out the 9-hole rating if it's just half of an 18-hole course. If it's not posted, the pro shop should know it, or you can try to look it up through the USGA website. You then start from your first 9-hole round and pair up consecutive 9-hole rounds (irrespective of the time between them) into 18-hole rounds. Using the 9-hole rating and slope for each 9, you compute the 18-hole rating as the sum of the two ratings and the slope as the average of the two slopes (rounding to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up). You then submit the sum of those two scores with a C after to indicate that it's a combined score.

Follow the link that was just posted to get the full details.

[StricklandPropane]

  zeg said:

No need, in fact, you need to include those as long as they're on rated courses. You need to find out the 9-hole rating if it's just half of an 18-hole course. If it's not posted, the pro shop should know it, or you can try to look it up through the USGA website. You then start from your first 9-hole round and pair up consecutive 9-hole rounds (irrespective of the time between them) into 18-hole rounds. Using the 9-hole rating and slope for each 9, you compute the 18-hole rating as the sum of the two ratings and the slope as the average of the two slopes (rounding to the nearest integer, 0.5 rounds up). You then submit the sum of those two scores with a C after to indicate that it's a combined score.

Thanks. This will actually lower my index a few strokes. I play much better on 9 alone.

[alf174]

  3 wiggle said:

I have always just taken my 10 most recent scores and averaged my total over par. I know that's not correct. Whats the best way to get a real handicap? How do you all do it?

join

Golf Assocation of Michigan and post the scores yourself. Also, a GAM card will get you discounts all over the state.