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HIMGA 18 HOLE GROUP HANDICAP INFORMATION
2023
WITH NEW COURSE RATING NUMBERS APPLIED
The handicaps for
the Holiday Island Men’s Golf Association are calculated using a
computer program titled Handicap System.
This program is used in conjunction with a Program called
Tournament Manager which provides the weekly tournament setup and team
selection, and calculates the winners etc..
The handicap system
we use is based on the USGA formula with a few custom settings. The USGA
and the rest of the Golf World have adopted a new system called the
World Handicap System (WHS).
HIMGA will be
adopting the principles of the WHS where it is possible. Some of the new
features of WHS are not supported by our software and the vendor will
not be updating the stand-alone version we use.
Our handicaps will
be calculated using the LOW 5 Rounds of the LAST 8 rounds played.
Obviously some rounds will not be used for handicaps, like
Scrambles. The HIMGA 2023
Season has approximately 25 handicap events on the Schedule.
Members are encouraged to play on these days so that your
handicap will reflect your current state of golf expertise or lack
thereof.
DEFINITIONS
AGS = Adjusted
Gross Score, see Equitable
Stroke Control below. WHS
uses NET Double Bogey, our software does not support that, but should be
very similar.
The Number 113
is the SLOPE of a Standard Course.
Course Rating
= What a Scratch Golfer should score playing from those Tees.
FORMULA
AGS – Course Rating
x 113 / Slope = Differential (low 5) added together and divided by 5.
This number would be the same as Golf Handicap Index Number.
This number is
multiplied by the Slope of the Tees you play from and then divided by
113.
NEW with the
WHS
This
number is then modified by the Course Rating of the Tees you play minus
PAR. This is your
COURSE HANDICAP !
Course
Handicap = Handicap
Index x (Slope Rating / 113) + (Course Rating – Par)
EXAMPLE OF
CALCULATION FOR EACH SET OF TEES PLAYED WITH AN INDEX NUMBER OF 18:
WHITE TEE RATED 68.9 / SLOPE 122/ 5,855 YARDS
18 X 122 / 113 =
19.43 + (68.9 – 71) or -2.1 = 17.33 rounded to 17.
Shoot 88 for net Par
GREEN TEE RATED 65 / SLOPE 114 / 5,098 YARDS
18 X 114 / 113 =
18.16 + (65 – 71) or -6 = 12.16 rounded to 12. Shoot 83 for net par.
SILVER TEE (over 85) RATED
61.5 / SLOPE 100 / 4,137 YARDS
18 X 100 / 113 =
15.93 + (61.5 – 71) or -9.5 = 6.43 rounded to 6.
Shoot 77 for net par.
The Course
Handicap is based on PAR
not the course rating as was previously used, so your handicap will
appear lower, but it is the same for everyone.
Because the
WHS computes your Course Handicap from the Tees you play from there is
no further adjustment necessary when competing from different sets of
Tees, as before.
EQUITABLE STROKE CONTROL
|
HANDICAP |
MAXIMUM PER HOLE FOR HDCP
CALCULATION |
|
9 OR
LESS |
DOUBLE
BOGEY |
|
10 TO 19 |
7 |
|
20 TO 29 |
8 |
|
30 TO 39 |
9 |
|
40 OR
MORE |
10 |
The Course Handicap
on the HIMGA Webpage (himga.org) will be approximate and may not exactly
match what you see on the Tournament Sheet on Tuesday morning do to
rounding from two decimal places.
Accuracy should be within plus or minus one.