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Executive Women’s Golf Association

Executive Women’s Golf Association. Handicaps. Why Establish a Handicap?. Monitor your improvement by tracking stats Participate in business events Play in casual games with friends Gain understanding of the Rules of Golf Compete fairly with players of differing abilities.

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Executive Women’s Golf Association

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  1. Executive Women’s Golf Association Handicaps

  2. Why Establish a Handicap? • Monitor your improvement by tracking stats • Participate in business events • Play in casual games with friends • Gain understanding of the Rules of Golf • Compete fairly with players of differing abilities

  3. Where do Handicaps come from?

  4. Key Formulas • Handicap Differential • (Score – Course Rating) x 113 / Course Slope • Round to nearest tenth. Example: 18.34 = 18.3; 22.45 = 22.5 • Handicap Index • Average of 10 lowest Differentials x 0.96 • Drop all digits after the tenths. Do not round. Example: 22.567 = 22.5 • Course Handicap • (Handicap Index x Course Slope) / 113 • Round to the nearest whole number Example: 25.58 = 26; 17.45 = 17

  5. Handicap Strokes • Your Course Handicap tells you how many strokes you will receive. • Every scorecard shows the Handicap Stroke Allocation for each hole. It will be a number between 1 & 18. • For example: A player has a 28 handicap so she will receive 28 strokes, that’s one handicap stroke on every hole plus an additional stroke on the handicap holes #1 through #10. 18 strokes + 10 strokes = 28 strokes

  6. Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) • ESC sets a maximum number of strokes that a player can post on any hole depending on the player’s Course Handicap. • Reduces high hole scores in order to make handicaps more representative of a player’s potential ability. • All scores are reduced for ESC before posting – even tournaments. • There is no limit to the number of holes on which a player may adjust their score. • Important! ESC is for POSTING only. In stroke play competition or games, players must hole out and record actual score on card.

  7. Using ESC Convert your Handicap Index to a Course Handicap (Index x Slope Rating) / 113 *: (24.3 x 124) = 3,013.20 3,013.20 / 113 = 26.67 Round to the nearest whole number = 27 * 113 is the Slope of a course of standard playing ability Use ESC Table to find maximum strokes per hole • Before posting • Adjust any hole score above allowed maximum • Re-total score to arrive at your Adjusted Gross Score (AGS) • Post AGS to handicap record

  8. Common Questions • How long does it take to establish a handicap? • The system requires five 18-hole scores or ten 9-hole scores to calculate a handicap • Where do I go to get a handicap? • For EWGA GN21, must log in to EWGA Member Portal and click on Handicap • For GHIN, must sign up in order to use the GHIN • Why don’t they use all of my scores to figure out my handicap index? • Handicap is intended to reflect you potential ability, not an average of how you always play. It provides a built in incentive to improve.

  9. Common Questions • Should I be posting 9-hole scores? • Yes, absolutely! 9-hole scores are automatically combined by the system to create 18-hole scores. Scores should be posted in the order they are played. • How do I enter my handicap? • Course Name • Date Played • Number of holes played • Course & Slope Ratings for tees played • Adjusted Gross Score (based on Equitable Stroke Control)

  10. Handicap Revisions • After posting at least 5 rounds, you must go past a revision date. A revision date is the day the handicap indexes are calculated. • Revisions are done on the 1st and 15th of every month. • You also must be in an active season in order to post. New York’s active season is April through October.

  11. When not to post • You played less than 7 holes. • The tournament restricted the clubs you used – such as an irons only competition. • When an 18 hole course is less than 3000 yards or a 9 hole course is less than 1500 yards. • A majority of the holes were not played according the Rules of Golf such as a scramble. • The area in which you played is currently in an “inactive season”.

  12. Post the score you most likely would have gotten had you finished. You are the sole judge of what score you believe you would have gotten. Always adjust these holes for ESC. Post par plus any handicap strokes you get on that hole. For Example: You did not play the 18th hole and it’s a par 4. You check the scorecard and find that it is the #5 handicap hole. You are a 30 handicap so you receive 2 handicap strokes on this hole. Par 4 + 2 strokes = 6You will post a 6 for this hole. Uncompleted holes You start but do not complete a hole You did not play every hole

  13. More Information? If you want more information on handicaps, please contact: • Golf Handicap Chair Director, Colleen Brady at cllnbrady@yahoo.com • EWGA Handicap Services at handicap@myewga.com • USGA website at www.usga.org

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