Comments on: What the new Australian golf handicapping system could mean to you

By: ed douglass

ed douglass — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:39:57 +0000

further to my previous comment…it refers of course to the new course ratings which will determine the indexes and ratings of holes…and in addition one could theorise that my twenty flagged games could have been played in perfect conditions whereas my oppopnents twenty flagged games were recorded on just the opposite days…where is the balance

By: ed douglass

ed douglass — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:18:47 +0000

our club in the last three years has beenn inundated with rain ..as a result holes have been closed. many balls lost in the mud..the run has been nil and scores have been abysmal…this new system does not allow for these conditions being based on a theoretical scratch and eighteen marker playing the perfect game whereas the ccr system reflected the conditions of the day…my handicap went from 25 to 34 because of these
conditions ..there has to be a compromise

By: Peter Fahl

Peter Fahl — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:15:03 +0000

I think the old system was best as everyone new what the result was of a person breaking the CCR of the day together with the severity if you were in C Grade.At the moment I have seen a C Grade player shoot 46 Stableford points and loose one shot.When the new system came in I was altered from 10.4 to 8.6 and the C Grade player lost one shot from 29 to 28.

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:56:43 +0000

I fail to see how this system is an improvement eg some casual golfers
may only play 20 games in 6 months! And I believe you can now play
with a hcp of 36 This means some of them would have rounds in excess
of 120 I have been the handicapper of our social golf club Carramar
40s + and we are not changing from the old system the members feel
the way we are doing it suits us fine it gives everyone a chance in
the winners circle
Lyndsay Copeman Carramar 40s +