What's the course & slope rating?
Quick poll on your new handicap index
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Just checked my HI again today, and it has dropped from 20.4 to 19.2, which seems to suggest they have now taken CSS into consideration as I have not played any rounds since, and around 19.0 was where I expected to go to.
EDIT: Actually, no it hasn't taken it into account when I look at my scores in hdid - so I have no idea why it has moved.
Very confusing!
EDIT: Actually, no it hasn't taken it into account when I look at my scores in hdid - so I have no idea why it has moved.
Very confusing!
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Was playing off 18.1, index now 15.9
Our slop index is 125 yellows & 130 of whites, which gives me 18 shots on each, so nothing really has changed for me at home.
Our slop index is 125 yellows & 130 of whites, which gives me 18 shots on each, so nothing really has changed for me at home.
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Congu 6.8 WHS HI 1.3!!!!
slope 126
5 comp scores in the system since returning back to golf this year 79, 85, 72, 87, 79 (sss 71)
seems only the freak 72 is being used in the calc...mental.
slope 126
5 comp scores in the system since returning back to golf this year 79, 85, 72, 87, 79 (sss 71)
seems only the freak 72 is being used in the calc...mental.
Cant access the info yet but if memory serves there is a sliding scale for how many cards are counted depending on how many you have and I believe up to 5=1 6 goes to 2 and upwards.
Have you registered on the EG site yet and the cards used will be highlighted.
Have you registered on the EG site yet and the cards used will be highlighted.
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Yes only 1 card of 5 is highlighted on the EG site - the 72.
so potentially if 2 of six cards are used my HI could go up significantl?
so potentially if 2 of six cards are used my HI could go up significantl?
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Thanks for that, no chance of winning anything for a long time then! At least I can tell the kids I was once a 1 handicap. Haha
I think you make a fair point, but I think we could see this coming.
Most golfers, I think, are content to just see what the computer says and play from there. However, it has possibly been overlooked that very keen golfers most often track their handicap. It’s important to them. They try very hard to reduce it (usually) and it’s a big part of their main recreational activity. The new system makes tracking much more difficult if not impossible. The good side to this is that it makes manipulation harder.
We are all used to the CONGU system, we know when we will get a cut and by how many and when we get 0.1 back. So when a new system comes out that throws out a new handicap keen golfers want to know the reasons behind their new number. I think we can accept that most people on here fall into the category of keen golfer, so there was bound to be a lot of discussion.
Most golfers, I think, are content to just see what the computer says and play from there. However, it has possibly been overlooked that very keen golfers most often track their handicap. It’s important to them. They try very hard to reduce it (usually) and it’s a big part of their main recreational activity. The new system makes tracking much more difficult if not impossible. The good side to this is that it makes manipulation harder.
We are all used to the CONGU system, we know when we will get a cut and by how many and when we get 0.1 back. So when a new system comes out that throws out a new handicap keen golfers want to know the reasons behind their new number. I think we can accept that most people on here fall into the category of keen golfer, so there was bound to be a lot of discussion.
This exactly .
Worked to get back to 6 cap again but on Nov 2nd I am off 7.
Course hasn’t got any harder.
Worked to get back to 6 cap again but on Nov 2nd I am off 7.
Course hasn’t got any harder.
Since I've got > 20 scores this wasn't really on my radar until now.
This is great - I was worried about some of our high handicappers who don't have many qualifying comps and looked like getting big increases but the method above will mitigate that!
This is great - I was worried about some of our high handicappers who don't have many qualifying comps and looked like getting big increases but the method above will mitigate that!
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Current Handicap = 8.4
Handicap Index = 8.9, Course handicap Whites (133) = 10.5
Just when we came out of lockdown, I shot 2 consecutive rounds close to par, Exceptional Score Reduction, and handicap was 5.8. That was 49 rounds ago, and WHS indicated my Index would have been cut to 6.4 after that 2nd round. I have been pretty poor since. By August my Congu handicap had gone to 8.7 (Index would have gone up to 9.8). However, I had a good couple of weeks in September. with 3 79's followed by a 72. That got my Congu handicap back to 8.1, my Index would have gone to 8.4.
After my last round, my index went from 8.4 to 8.9, even though my latest round made by best 8. This is because lost a lower round than that, from 21 rounds ago. However, my oldest 7 rounds now do not feature in my top 8. so that looks like I am in a position to get some cuts if I can get the odd decent round in.
Handicap Index = 8.9, Course handicap Whites (133) = 10.5
Just when we came out of lockdown, I shot 2 consecutive rounds close to par, Exceptional Score Reduction, and handicap was 5.8. That was 49 rounds ago, and WHS indicated my Index would have been cut to 6.4 after that 2nd round. I have been pretty poor since. By August my Congu handicap had gone to 8.7 (Index would have gone up to 9.8). However, I had a good couple of weeks in September. with 3 79's followed by a 72. That got my Congu handicap back to 8.1, my Index would have gone to 8.4.
After my last round, my index went from 8.4 to 8.9, even though my latest round made by best 8. This is because lost a lower round than that, from 21 rounds ago. However, my oldest 7 rounds now do not feature in my top 8. so that looks like I am in a position to get some cuts if I can get the odd decent round in.
Not so sure.
Guy at mine only four cards in has gone from 19.5 to 34 cap.
He is fuming ,only found out this morning.
Another has gone 14 cards , 21.3 to 33 cap.
He’s not to happy either.
Great discussion on first tee .
“ I am not playing in the sweep with them two next week “ was very loud.
One of our ladies has gone from 38 to 60 ?.?
Guy at mine only four cards in has gone from 19.5 to 34 cap.
He is fuming ,only found out this morning.
Another has gone 14 cards , 21.3 to 33 cap.
He’s not to happy either.
Great discussion on first tee .
“ I am not playing in the sweep with them two next week “ was very loud.
One of our ladies has gone from 38 to 60 ?.?
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I looked at "improving" high handicappers who'd been cut recently and I feared they were just going to go back up. Not so under this formula.
This method actually keeps handicaps of those with a low number of cards lower than they would with the average of the best 8. I obviously haven't seen the data but if your guy with 14 cards averaged his best 8 it'd come out higher than 33.
The guy with four cards in - that means the best of those was +35! What does he expect? He needs to play better and put some cards in!
This method actually keeps handicaps of those with a low number of cards lower than they would with the average of the best 8. I obviously haven't seen the data but if your guy with 14 cards averaged his best 8 it'd come out higher than 33.
The guy with four cards in - that means the best of those was +35! What does he expect? He needs to play better and put some cards in!