HANDICAPS
It is the goal of the Handicap Committee that all handicaps accurately reflect the
playing abilities of our members. To meet this goal, we need the help of all members.
We are requesting that all scorecards for rounds played at Callippe be turned in.
The handicap committee will review these cards, and make corrections as necessary.
If there are any questions about handicaps, posting, etc., please contact the Handicap
Director through the website.
Posting Scores:
Home Scores: You must post all rounds played, and we request that you submit
a scorecard in the box attached to the computer stand. The scorecard should clearly
(key word, as it saves our eyes) show your full name (first and last), GHIN number,
tees played, course handicap, gross score and score adjusted for Equitable Stroke
Control (ESC – see more below). Also, be sure that your math is correct! The submitted
scorecard is the deciding factor in resolving any discrepancies, so be sure that
it is correct. If you post a home score on the Internet, please try to put the scorecard
in the box within a day or two of posting.
Tournaments: Do NOT post your score for tournament rounds,
we will post for you.
Away Scores: You should not submit a scorecard for away scores posted at
the course played. If you are unable to post at that course, and post instead at
Callippe, you should then put the away scorecard in the box.
Errors:
The following is a list of the most common mistakes in posting scores. Please take
a look at the list, remember these items, and carefully review your scorecard before
posting your score. The handicap committee will notify you when any of these errors
appear on your scorecard or in the posting of your score.
ESC - Not adjusting per Equitable Stroke Control – see below
FTP - Failure To Post, card in the box
PE - Posting Errors (posting a score different than scorecard)
ME - Math Errors (score posted matched card, but card has math errors)
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC): ESC is a procedure used by the USGA in the
calculation of handicaps that eliminates very bad holes from impacting handicaps
to a disproportionate degree. ESC sets the maximum number that a player can post
on any hole, depending on the player's course handicap (not their index). That table
is shown below. One caveat: if your index is around one of the break points, such
as 9.5, 10.1, 19.8, 20.2, etc., you should be very careful to check your course
handicap before applying ESC. A 19.8 index may be a 19 handicap at one course (with
a maximum per hole score of 7) and a 21 handicap at another course (with a maximum
per hole score of 8), depending on the Slope Rating of the course. Most courses
should have the Slope table that shows index ranges and corresponding handicaps,
so be sure to check.
For example: you are a 16 handicap, playing with your regular group or in a tournament,
and on the 15th at Callippe, you dump a couple of approaches in the water, then
compound the error with a three-putt, end up with a smooth 10 on the hole, and including
the 10, shoot an 87. For purposes of the tournament, or for any bets you might have
with your friends, you must put the 10 on the scorecard. However, when you post
the round on the computer, you have to adjust your score down, because the most
strokes you can take for posting purposes as a 16 handicap is 7 on any one hole.
Therefore, you should post an 84, reducing the 10 to a 7, and the 87 to an 84.
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Course Handicap
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Maximum Per Hole Score
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9 or less
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Double Bogey
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10 to 19
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7
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20 to 29
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8
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30 to 39
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9
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40 or more
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10
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You can obtain further information about handicapping, ESC, etc. on the NCGA website
or the USGA website, which can be accessed from the Callippe Golf Club website.
Callippe Golf Club Local Index Policy
The USGA has done studies on the odds of a golfer shooting a score better than
their handicap and has published tables for these occurrences. Callippe Golf
Club will track these exceptional scores shot in Callippe Golf Club and other
tournaments. These include home tournaments, away tournaments, all rounds played
in the summer long match play, and any other score posted as a “T” score in the
GHIN network. An exceptional score is defined as any score where the odds of
shooting that tournament score are 25:1 or greater.
Tournament scores are reviewed at the beginning of each new handicap period. If
a member has two or more exceptional tournament scores within the prior six
month period, a “local index” will be calculated for that member. This local
index will be the average differential (gross score minus course rating) of the
two lowest exceptional scores multiplied by 0.96. If this computed local index
is at least 1.0 lower than the member’s published NCGA index, this will become
that member’s “local index” to be used in Callippe Golf Club tournaments. This
is done so that handicaps used in Callippe Golf Club tournaments “appropriately
reflect a member’s potential ability” (USGA wording).
The local index will be dropped in either of the following conditions:
- The member no longer has two or more exceptional tournament
scores in the six-month period immediately prior to the current handicap period.
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- The NCGA index drops to less than 1.0 greater than the local
index
The NCGA also conducts an annual review of all net scores recorded in NCGA
handicap events for the past three years. If a golfer outperforms their handicap
by a wide margin in these events, then the NCGA institutes a maximum handicap
level at which this golfer can participate in NCGA events. This maximum handicap
is communicated in writing to the golfer and to the local golf club. Any maximum
handicap level assigned to an individual by the NCGA will also be utilized as
that individual’s maximum handicap level for participation in Callippe Golf Club
tournaments.