Not a winner yet?
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2. This is a huge misconception by almost all golfers. The hole by hole handicap does not directly indicate the hole's difficulty, but in most cases it is the same. Hole by hole handicapping is done for equalization purposes between players of differing abilities (to read,,,,"for betting purposes" although the USGA will vehemently deny this). Based on very complicated calculations, or monitoring of hundreds of score cards, the number 1 handicap hole is the hole which produces the biggest difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers, and the number 18 handicap hole is the hole which produces the least difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers. The reason this does not "directly" relate to difficulty is because the #1 handicap hole is often a birdie hole for a scratch golfer due to their ability to hit the ball further and hit the required shot, where the bogey golfer can not, thus the vast difference in typical scores on that holes.
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I almost forgot!
RBBrock, gets honorable mention because his answers made me laugh out loud! Especially this one.
6. Before each shot for the rest of the hole, your opponent must place his forehead on the end of his club's grip with the clubhead on the ground, and spin around the club for fifteen seconds. If a divot results from the spinning, your opponent has to hit on the beer cart girl with any pickup line of your choosing. If he gets her number, you automatically lose the match.
As I explained to RB, although I played competitively for many years, I also played a lot of beer golf......and had I ever heard this one before I would absolutely have used it!
He will also get a few sticks for the entertainment provided!
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2. This is a huge misconception by almost all golfers. The hole by hole handicap does not directly indicate the hole's difficulty, but in most cases it is the same. Hole by hole handicapping is done for equalization purposes between players of differing abilities (to read,,,,"for betting purposes" although the USGA will vehemently deny this). Based on very complicated calculations, or monitoring of hundreds of score cards, the number 1 handicap hole is the hole which produces the biggest difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers, and the number 18 handicap hole is the hole which produces the least difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers. The reason this does not "directly" relate to difficulty is because the #1 handicap hole is often a birdie hole for a scratch golfer due to their ability to hit the ball further and hit the required shot, where the bogey golfer can not, thus the vast difference in typical scores on that holes.
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First off, thanks for the contest. Great idea.
Now for the threadjack:
Thanks for the explanation above. I (we) have long bitched about the way the holes are handicapped at our course and I've never heard it explained like this before. Allow me to elaborate:HERE's the score card from the course in case anyone's interested.
- The 6th at our course is a fairly short par 5, playing 489 from the tips and 476 from the whites. It's ranked #1 handicap and I could never understand why it was the ranked as "hardest hole" on the course. I mean, let's face it, any decent golfer can hit 3 7 irons (including off the tee) and 2 putt for a par. What's so hard about that?. Now I understand it's a popular misconception and that the ranking is truly correct. The approach is over water, but has quite a lengthy landing area between the pond and the green, so the better golfers can routinely make it in 2, hence a normally easy 2 putt for brdie, where-as hackers are playing pinball in the trees down both sides of the fairway and then dumping a couple in the water, hence the huge difference in scores.
- The 11th is a fairly long par 3 (197 from the tips, across a hazard, through a narrowed opening through the trees due to the angle, whereas the whites play less than 190, hazard down the left only and a wide opening), and while it's the 16th ranked hole at our course, brochures and magazines of the area class it as "The hardest par 3 in Essex County". WTF we always say. Again, I now understand the reason for the ranking on that particular hole.
Yeah this is pretty common. Imagine a 900 yard par 4 with a 1 yard wide fairway and water on both sides! It would be the #18 handicap hole because everyone would score the same on it!
The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
The answers:
1. The best 10 of your last 20 rounds are used in the following way.....the difference between each of 10 scores and the corresponding course rating, where played, is totaled and divided by 10 producing your handicap. Par and "Slope rating" are not used in determining handicap. For example, if you shoot 75 on a course which has a rating of 70.2 you use 4.8 for that round. The best ten of these are added and divided by ten.
Thanks for the contest!!!
Per USGA procedures, your answer to Question 1 is not exactly correct. The Handicap Differential = (Adjusted Gross Score - Course rating) x 113 / Slope. You then take the best 10 differentials computed from the last 20 qualified scores, find the average differential, multiply by 0.96, and truncate to one decimal place. :laugh: There is also another "tournament factor" but I never learned how that works.
Cheers,
antaean
The questions:
1. How is a player’s handicap determined?
The answers:
1. The best 10 of your last 20 rounds are used in the following way.....the difference between each of 10 scores and the corresponding course rating, where played, is totaled and divided by 10 producing your handicap. Par and "Slope rating" are not used in determining handicap. For example, if you shoot 75 on a course which has a rating of 70.2 you use 4.8 for that round. The best ten of these are added and divided by ten.
The "tournament factor" you reference is interesting. It is a caveat in the system to capture cheaters or sandbaggers (the ones who magically shoot their best scores in tournaments) and penalizes them by lowering their handicap based on the delta between the tournament scores and their everyday scores. I used to know the formula because it happened to a friend of mine who is the last person in the world to cheat or sandbag, he simply played out of his butt in two consecutive tournaments shooting 74 and 76 as a 14 handicap. A week later he attempted to post a 98, which he shot with me, and the computer flashed "this is an exceptionally high score, are you sure you want to post it?" and when he hit "yes" his handicap went down! The look on his face was priceless!
Golf surely is a tricky little game. :love:
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2. This is a huge misconception by almost all golfers. The hole by hole handicap does not directly indicate the hole's difficulty, but in most cases it is the same. Hole by hole handicapping is done for equalization purposes between players of differing abilities (to read,,,,"for betting purposes" although the USGA will vehemently deny this). Based on very complicated calculations, or monitoring of hundreds of score cards, the number 1 handicap hole is the hole which produces the biggest difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers, and the number 18 handicap hole is the hole which produces the least difference between scratch golfers and bogey golfers. The reason this does not "directly" relate to difficulty is because the #1 handicap hole is often a birdie hole for a scratch golfer due to their ability to hit the ball further and hit the required shot, where the bogey golfer can not, thus the vast difference in typical scores on that holes.
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First off, thanks for the contest. Great idea.
Now for the threadjack:
Thanks for the explanation above. I (we) have long bitched about the way the holes are handicapped at our course and I've never heard it explained like this before. Allow me to elaborate:HERE's the score card from the course in case anyone's interested.
- The 6th at our course is a fairly short par 5, playing 489 from the tips and 476 from the whites. It's ranked #1 handicap and I could never understand why it was the ranked as "hardest hole" on the course. I mean, let's face it, any decent golfer can hit 3 7 irons (including off the tee) and 2 putt for a par. What's so hard about that?. Now I understand it's a popular misconception and that the ranking is truly correct. The approach is over water, but has quite a lengthy landing area between the pond and the green, so the better golfers can routinely make it in 2, hence a normally easy 2 putt for brdie, where-as hackers are playing pinball in the trees down both sides of the fairway and then dumping a couple in the water, hence the huge difference in scores.
- The 11th is a fairly long par 3 (197 from the tips, across a hazard, through a narrowed opening through the trees due to the angle, whereas the whites play less than 190, hazard down the left only and a wide opening), and while it's the 16th ranked hole at our course, brochures and magazines of the area class it as "The hardest par 3 in Essex County". WTF we always say. Again, I now understand the reason for the ranking on that particular hole.
Is that Ontario course in meters or yards?