HANDICAP

MAXIMUM STROKES. The maximum strokes a player can take on a given hole, for handicap calculation purposes, and for our club weekly tournaments, is found by using today’s handicap in looking at the following table:

Today’s handicap      Maximum strokes for the hole

9 or less------------------------- double bogey

10-19---------------------------------------- 7

20-29---------------------------------------- 8

30-39---------------------------------------- 9

40 and up --------------------------------- 10

Remember:

            a. Your handicap can vary from day to day. Your index is constant for the entire month, but if you play a different course, the slope may be different, and when you look up your handicap for the day in the “slope table”, you may have a different handicap.

            b. Your maximum strokes may vary from day to day. Golfers with indexes near to multiples of 10 have to be particularly careful as their handicap change from day to day may cause them to cross the boundary to a different number of maximum strokes.

INDEX. You may find your monthly index on the Internet at www.ncga.org by going to “Your Handicap Index” and then entering your NCGA number. Usually your index will also be available on a list at the monthly luncheons and our golf outings. The NCGA no longer provides us “index stickers” to put on our NCGA cards.

POSTING SCORES. You are supposed to post all rounds into the NCGA computers. If there is a problem with the computer at the golf course, you can post it at another golf course, or go to the Internet at www.ncga.org, then go to “Internet Score Posting”, etc.

If you play as many as SEVEN golf holes you are still expected to report the results to the NCGA computer.

            a. If you play 7-12 holes, a nine hole score is reported.

            b. If you play 13-17 holes, an eighteen hole score is reported.

The missing holes are scored as par , plus the handicap strokes you are allowed for that hole.