Keep Calm

11/01/2024

Are you tIred of posting your scores?

Most likely, you're tired of the handicap committee's reminders to post. Just hang in there for one more month! The Salishan Golf Links season ends on November 30th, giving you a three-month break from posting. Starting December 1, you won't need to post your golf scores if you play at SGL or any other course in Oregon. However, if you travel to the Sunshine States, where golf is available year-round, you must post your scores.

Last Installment of the Handicap Knowledge

2024 Club Authorization Education Quiz

The USGA requires Salishan Golf Links to be certified every year. This allows SGL to use the Rules of Handicapping and provide a Handicap Index for its members. Linda and I must score 80% or more for certification, which we did. To test you, I will share 3-4 questions and their answers monthly. It's not necessary to email your answers to Linda and me.

Question Sixteen

16) Katherine has a Handicap Index of 12.0 and Amanda has a Handicap Index of 14.5. After playing a 9-hole round together from the same tees, they both posted adjusted gross scores of 43. Once the expected score is applied for the second nine, they can expect their 18-hole Score Differentials to be the same.

a. True

b. False

See Definitions and Rule 3.2b Clarifications: 3.2b/1 – Procedure for Calculating a Score Differential using an Expected Score.) Page 39 (Click on the link. Look on the left, scroll down to the table of contents, and click Appendix G; that page will automatically open.)

Question Seventeen

17) A club is running a large field individual net stroke play competition consisting of 120 players with a Handicap Index range of 1.1 to 36.2. More than half of the field are higher handicap players. As a result, it would be appropriate for the Committee in charge of the competition to use the following handicap allowance to create equity:

a. 90%

b. 95%

c. 98%

d. 100%

See Appendix C Clarifications: C/1 – Impact of Field on Recommended Handicap Allowance. Page 96

Question Eighteen

18) Which statement is true regarding a Handicap Index adjustment?

a. Any adjustment must be at least 1.0 stroke(s)

b. It is applied after the player has been informed.

c. An upward adjustment is limited to 5.0 unless exceptional circumstances exist.

d. All of the above

See Rule 7.1a(ii) – Adjusting a Handicap Index. Page 75

Question Nineteen

19) Going into his round, Jerry's Handicap Index is 20.0. He then posts a score that results in a Score Differential of 12.0. As a result, his Handicap Index is subject to:

a. Soft cap

b. Hard cap

c. Exceptional score reduction

d. None of the above

See Rule 5.9 – Submission of an Exceptional Score. Page 66

Question Twenty

20) Handicap Review gives the ability to ensure the Handicap Index of a player reflects their demonstrated ability. Whose responsibility is it to carry out the Handicap Review process?

a. The Handicap Committee of a player's home club

b. The Committee in charge of a competition for which a player has submitted an entry form.

c. The USGA

d. Either A or B

See Rule 7.1a(i) – Conducting a Handicap Review. Page 74

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TL;DR - b, a, d, c, a

This concludes 2024 Club Authorization Education Quiz