Handicaps and How we Score Events...
Our Handicaps are run and managed by Craig Evans [Vice Chairman] and overseen by the rest of the committee.
Automated software has been produced by Craig Evans to provide accurate and fair scoring systems and the workings of such are explained below.
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Automated software has been produced by Craig Evans to provide accurate and fair scoring systems and the workings of such are explained below.
***NOTE*** You can click any of the text in BLUE to provide a link to further information.
The Handicaps below are following WYCHWOOD PARK
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Bunkers Handicaps Explained...
We appreciate that some golf terminology takes time to understand, and handicaps and scoring as a rule are quite complex to appreciate. Therefore, if you CLICK HERE you can see a glossary of terms/words used.
What is a Golf Handicap and why is it used?
Bunkers Golf Handicap System
The Bunkers system currently calculates golf handicaps for the UK and Ireland similar to the specifications used by UK golf clubs and for the US using an similar system to the USGA. All other countries use our UK method.
Calculation of the Intitial Golf Handicap
The following requirements are needed to allow our system to calculate your golf handicap :
• The round played must be 18 holes.
• The course/tee played must have a SSS (Standard Scratch Score) stored on the Golfshake.com system.
• A golf handicap will only be set once 3 rounds have been added, based on the above criteria.
• Once the first 3 rounds are added, the handicap will be calculated as an average of these rounds.
• Your golf handicap will be adjusted accordingly for each round thereafter.
The handicapping system we use is based on your current game performance. Your last round score will generally affect your golf handicap.
How We Calculate the Golf Handicap
1. Each individual hole score is first adjusted to remove any bad holes.
Unlike The ESC under USGA , the UK system allows (nett +2) maximum for men and (nett +3) for women, sometimes known as the nett double bogey rule, on any hole.
For example if a male player of handicap 17 shoots 8 on a par 4 SI (stroke index) 1, the maximum score allowed for that hole is 7. Another way to understand the adjusted score is to think of it as the first score where no stableford (britsh format) points are earned.
2. Adjusted score is compared to the SSS (Standard Scratch Score) with playing handicap
Standard scratch for the course somewhat resembles Course Rating in the USGA system. ( 70,71,72 etc.) although the SSS system is not a stringent application of a course review/rating system.
The gross score is adjusted, based on the first point (max nett double bogey), to become an adjusted gross score.
The Adjusted Gross Score less playing handicap less Standard Scratch then provides the basis of the golf handicap system. A negative value is playing below your handicap and postive would indicate above your handicap.
What is a Golf Handicap and why is it used?
Bunkers Golf Handicap System
The Bunkers system currently calculates golf handicaps for the UK and Ireland similar to the specifications used by UK golf clubs and for the US using an similar system to the USGA. All other countries use our UK method.
Calculation of the Intitial Golf Handicap
The following requirements are needed to allow our system to calculate your golf handicap :
• The round played must be 18 holes.
• The course/tee played must have a SSS (Standard Scratch Score) stored on the Golfshake.com system.
• A golf handicap will only be set once 3 rounds have been added, based on the above criteria.
• Once the first 3 rounds are added, the handicap will be calculated as an average of these rounds.
• Your golf handicap will be adjusted accordingly for each round thereafter.
The handicapping system we use is based on your current game performance. Your last round score will generally affect your golf handicap.
How We Calculate the Golf Handicap
1. Each individual hole score is first adjusted to remove any bad holes.
Unlike The ESC under USGA , the UK system allows (nett +2) maximum for men and (nett +3) for women, sometimes known as the nett double bogey rule, on any hole.
For example if a male player of handicap 17 shoots 8 on a par 4 SI (stroke index) 1, the maximum score allowed for that hole is 7. Another way to understand the adjusted score is to think of it as the first score where no stableford (britsh format) points are earned.
2. Adjusted score is compared to the SSS (Standard Scratch Score) with playing handicap
Standard scratch for the course somewhat resembles Course Rating in the USGA system. ( 70,71,72 etc.) although the SSS system is not a stringent application of a course review/rating system.
The gross score is adjusted, based on the first point (max nett double bogey), to become an adjusted gross score.
The Adjusted Gross Score less playing handicap less Standard Scratch then provides the basis of the golf handicap system. A negative value is playing below your handicap and postive would indicate above your handicap.
Working example;
• Work out the Rounds Adjusted Score ie Gross score with 'nett double bogey' adjustments
• Determine the Rounds Net Score. e.g. Adjusted Gross Score - Current golf handicap
• Determine what Category this Golfer falls into based on current handicap.
• If Net Score is greater than Golfers Category Buffer Zone then simply add 0.1 to Golfers Handicap
• If Net Score Ranges from 0 to Buffer zone handicap is then unchanged.
• If Net score is negative then for each shot less than 0, the Golfers Handicap is reduced by the amount specified by the category he/she is currently in.
Your starting handicap of 24 puts you in Category 4. The following are the adjustments made to your handicap based on subsequent rounds submitted :
• Work out the Rounds Adjusted Score ie Gross score with 'nett double bogey' adjustments
• Determine the Rounds Net Score. e.g. Adjusted Gross Score - Current golf handicap
• Determine what Category this Golfer falls into based on current handicap.
• If Net Score is greater than Golfers Category Buffer Zone then simply add 0.1 to Golfers Handicap
• If Net Score Ranges from 0 to Buffer zone handicap is then unchanged.
• If Net score is negative then for each shot less than 0, the Golfers Handicap is reduced by the amount specified by the category he/she is currently in.
Your starting handicap of 24 puts you in Category 4. The following are the adjustments made to your handicap based on subsequent rounds submitted :
Many Thanks to Craig Evans for the above and for producing the software used by Bunkers.