HCMGA Handicapping Adjustments

 

1.      All individual events are played at full handicaps.

 

2.      All MGA four man team events, that count two or more balls, will be played at ninety percent (90%) of full handicap.


3.      All MGA four man team events, that count only one ball, will be played at eighty percent (80%) of full handicap.

 

4.      All MGA two man team, better ball events, will be played at ninety percent (90%) of full handicap unless there is more than an eight point difference in handicap after the 90% has been taken.  In the event that the difference is more than 8, another 10% will be deducted from both members’ handicaps.

 

5.      In team alternate shot match play, the handicap for the higher-handicapped team is 50 percent of the difference between the combined course handicap of each team. (When selected drives are permitted, the allowance is 40 percent.) The lower handicapped team competes at scratch.

 

6.      In alternate shot stroke play, the handicap is 50 percent of the combined handicaps of the two players.  (When selected drives are permitted, the allowance is 40 percent.)

 

7.      For Scrambles we will use the following table:

                             4 Person                       2 Person

          A Player     20%                               35%

          B Player     15%                               15%

          C Player    10%                               Use 1/2 of total if the play is only

          D Player    5%                                nine holes.

 

8.      In all weekly and tournament play, there will be a score recorded per hole on the card for each player.  If a player’s score for any hole is left blank, the team will be unable to use any of that player’s scores for the whole round.

 

9.      If a member picks up on a hole, the score recorded for the hole is to be the most likely score the player would have made if the ball had been holed out, not to exceed the Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) stroke limit.  The score should be marked with an ‘X’ to signify the player picked up without finishing the hole. (USGA Handicaps Manual Section 4-1)

 

ESC: Equitable Stroke Control

GHIN Handicap

Maximum Score on Any Hole

9 or less

Double Bogey

10 through 19

7

20 through 29

8

30 through 39

9

 

 

 

10.    In all weekly play, the person on the top of the score card will adjust any hole exceeding the player’s ESC maximum and post ALL of the scores for the team on that day.  This does NOT exempt the player from responsibility of seeing that his score is posted.

 

11.    The Pro Shop will post all tournament scores as T scores except for special circumstances (i.e. second day of the Macho Tango).