18-Hole Women's Association
18-holewomensassociation@comcast.net
The Captains Golf Course ~ Brewster, MA
Posting Scores as "T" Tournament Scores
Major tournaments i.e. club championships & club match play championships are to be posted in the handicap system as tournament scores: they'll appear in the system with a “T” next to the score. It is up to the committee running the tournament to designate the competition as a type to be posted as a “T”. Tournament scores can be stroke play, match play, or four-ball. Routine events, such as weekly league play should not be posted as tournament scores. The Associations should designate any major tournaments during their season that should be posted as tournament scores. Nine hole scores should not be posted as “T” scores.
If you are playing team play & pick up because you are out of the hole (or concede a hole in match play), you must still post a tournament score. Simply take the score you most likely would have made had you finished the hole, no higher than your Equitable Stroke Control limit.
What impact does the “T” score have on your handicap? Most of the time, a “T” score will have no impact on your handicap. When you see an “R” next to your handicap index an adjustment has been made to your index because of extraordinary tournament scores. In order for this to occur, you must have posted two extraordinary “T” scores in a twelve month period or within the current 20 scores used to calculate your handicap. An extraordinary “T” score is one with a differential that is 3 or more strokes lower than your index. The differential (the number displayed to the right of each score in the computer) is like your handicap index - it normalizes scores to a common level of difficulty, since some courses are more challenging then others.
If you have two tournament scores that are deemed extraordinary, an appropriate reduction will be made to your handicap. The reduction is based on how much lower the scores are & how many tournament scores you have posted in the last 12 months. The reduction is greater if you have very few tournament scores. The reduction will continue until either your normal level of play improves so that one of the scores is no longer extraordinary, or if the tournament score is older than 12 months.
Pat Eggers, Handicap Chair, Captains G.C. Handicap Committee
Major tournaments i.e. club championships & club match play championships are to be posted in the handicap system as tournament scores: they'll appear in the system with a “T” next to the score. It is up to the committee running the tournament to designate the competition as a type to be posted as a “T”. Tournament scores can be stroke play, match play, or four-ball. Routine events, such as weekly league play should not be posted as tournament scores. The Associations should designate any major tournaments during their season that should be posted as tournament scores. Nine hole scores should not be posted as “T” scores.
If you are playing team play & pick up because you are out of the hole (or concede a hole in match play), you must still post a tournament score. Simply take the score you most likely would have made had you finished the hole, no higher than your Equitable Stroke Control limit.
What impact does the “T” score have on your handicap? Most of the time, a “T” score will have no impact on your handicap. When you see an “R” next to your handicap index an adjustment has been made to your index because of extraordinary tournament scores. In order for this to occur, you must have posted two extraordinary “T” scores in a twelve month period or within the current 20 scores used to calculate your handicap. An extraordinary “T” score is one with a differential that is 3 or more strokes lower than your index. The differential (the number displayed to the right of each score in the computer) is like your handicap index - it normalizes scores to a common level of difficulty, since some courses are more challenging then others.
If you have two tournament scores that are deemed extraordinary, an appropriate reduction will be made to your handicap. The reduction is based on how much lower the scores are & how many tournament scores you have posted in the last 12 months. The reduction is greater if you have very few tournament scores. The reduction will continue until either your normal level of play improves so that one of the scores is no longer extraordinary, or if the tournament score is older than 12 months.
Pat Eggers, Handicap Chair, Captains G.C. Handicap Committee
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