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The Greens at Renton
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Handicap Committee Information
All the information below was taken from the RCGA handicap System Manual
As the active season begins, the Handicap Committee has the responsibility to outline the
RCGA Handicap System, to stress the importance of reporting acceptable scores, and to
report the Handicap Committee's policies. Active Season for recording acceptable scores
is from April 15 to Oct 31 2007.
The Handicap Committee shall verify that all acceptable scores are reported for handicap
purposes, and that recorded scores are available for peer review.
A player must earn a RCGA Handicap Index. No player has an inherent right to a RCGA
Handicap Index without providing full evidence of his or her ability to the Handicap
Committee at his or her golf club.
The purpose of the RCGA Handicap System is to make the game of golf more enjoyable
by enabling players of differing abilites to compete on an equitable basis. The System
provides a fair RCGA Course Handicap for each player, regardless of ability, and adjusts a
player's RCGA Handicap Factor up or down as the player's game changes.
Two basic premises underlie the RCGA Handicap System, namely that each player will try to make the best score at every hole in every round, regardless of where the round is played, and that the player will post every acceptable round for peer review. The player and the player's Handicap Committee have joint responsibilty for adhering to these premises. A RCGA Handicap Factor, issued by an RCGA Member golf club indicates a player's skill and is a number taken to one decimal place, e.g., 10.4. A RCGA Handicap Factor is issued only to individuals who are members of a RCGA Member golf club.
An RCGA Handicap Factor is portable from course to course, as well as from one set of tees to another set of tees on the same course. A player converts and RCGA Handicap Factor to an RCGA Course Handicap based on the RCGA Slope Rating of the tees played.
The Handicap Committee has the responsibility of making certain that a player's RCGA Handicap Index reflects the player's potential ability. Under the following circumstances it will be necessary for the Handicap Committee to make adjustments to the player's RCGA Handicap Index. Before an adjustment becomes effective, the Committee must give the player an opportunity to explain the circumstances surrounding the proposed adjustment, either in writing or by apperaing before the Committee.
- Improving Faster Than The System Can React
- Numerous Away Scores Increasing Index by 3 or more strokes.
- Failure to Post an acceptable score.
- Player Manipulates Round by: Posting erroneous scores; Stopping play before 7 holes to avoid posting a score; Repeatedly playing more than one ball to avoid posting scores; Deliberately taking extra strokes to inflate a score.
In Regular Play
If a player stops after playing 7 to 12 holes, the player shall post a 9-hole score. If a player stops after playing 13 holes or more, the player shall post an 18-hole score. In either case, scores for holes not played shall be recorded as par plus any handicap strokes that the player is entitled to receive on the holes not played. This number may not exceed the player's Equitable Stroke Control limit. An "X" should precede this most likely score.
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC)
"Equitable Stroke Control" (ESC) is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make handicaps more representative of a player's potential ability. ESC sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole depending on the player's Course Handicap. ESC is used only when a player's actual or most likely score exceeds the player's maximum number based on the following table.
Course Handicap Maximum Number On Any Hole
0 or plus 1 over par
1 through 18 2 over par
19 through 32 3 over par
33 and over 4 over par
In Competitions
Scores in both match play and stroke play shall be posted for handicap purposes. This includes scores made in match play, multi-ball or team comptetions in which players have not completed one or more holes or which players are requested to pick up when out of contention on a hole.
If a player starts but does not complete a hole or is conceded a stroke, that player shall record, for handicap purposes, the score he most likely would have made. The most likely score consists of the number of strokes already taken plus, in the player's best judgement, the number of strokes that the player would need to complete the holes from that position more than half the time.
There is no limit to the number of unfinished holes a player may have in a round provided that failure to finish is not for the purpose of handicap manipulation.
Important Reminders
- Please post all acceptable scores using Equitable Stroke Control.
- Please post all acceptable scores at the conclusion of a round where practical.
- Post all away scores from courses having valid RCGA/USGA course and slope ratings in areas observing their active season.
- Post all 9 hole scores.
- Members are encouraged to review other members scoring records.
- Tournament scores will be recorded by the handicap committee.
- Before commencing a competition, be sure to consult the handicap records of your opponent and make sure that your scores are up to date.
- Any inquiries regarding incorrect handicap factors must be made in writing and addressed to the Handicap Chairperson.
Golf is an honourable game and the Handicap Committee is committed to protect it's integrity making it fair for all to compete with each other regardless of skill level.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions, comments or need the assistance of the Handicap Committee.
Email: greenshandicapchair@hotmail.com
John Einboden
Handicap Chairperson
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