Golf Handicapping on BCGolfPages.com
Entering Your Score to Obtain a Handicap
We will be using the total adjusted score entry method until we have a sufficient roster of players with an established handicap / factor. This will allow players to enter previous scores and establish their handicap quickly.
Calculating Your Handicap for Different Courses
You need to use your potential (factor) to calculate your handicap when playing different courses. The RCGA has the trademark on the word factor so I have substituted the word factor with the word potential on the handicapping system provided by BCGolfPages.
For example, I have a 12 handicap and a 12.3 potential (factor). Also the majority of my rounds have been played at Tall Timber which has a slope rating of 112. Next week I am going to go play Belmont which has a higher slope rating of 130. Obviously I am going to have a higher handicap at Belmont because it is a more difficult course than Tall Timber.
To calculate my handicap for Belmont, I would take my potential times the slope and divide it by 113. (113 is the median slope rating used for all handicap calculations) and then round it up or down, .5 and above gets rounded up.
So here is how it would look.
(12.3x130)/113=14.1
So my handicap for playing Belmont would be 14 instead of my regular 12.
Entering Total Adjusted Score
In order to duplicate RCGA handicapping, it is imperative that you adjust your gross score using the RCGA formula of Equitable Stroke Control prior to posting for handicapping purposes.
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC)
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make Handicap Factors more representative of a player's potential scoring 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 their maximum number based on the table below but is applied to all scores for handicap purposes, including tournament scores. There is no limit to the number of holes on which a player may adjust their score.
| 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 above | 4 over par |
Example: A player with a Course Handicap of 13 has a maximum of double bogey for any hole regardless of par; a player with a Course Handicap of 42 has a maximum of quadruple bogey for any hole.
A player without an established RCGA Handicap Factor shall use the maximum Handicap Factor of 36.4 for men, or 40.4 for women, converted to a Course Handicap to determine their maximum number.
Hole by Hole Score Entry
When using the hole by hole score entry method, the ESC is calculated automatically and your score is adjusted accordingly. This is the preferred method since it eliminates mistaken adjustments made by players.
How is an RCGA Handicap Factor Calculated?
1. Determine Your Adjusted Score:
For handicapping purposes, Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole depending on your Course Handicap. See table above.
2. Calculate Your Differential:
A handicap differential is the difference between the adjusted gross score and the Course Rating multiplied by 113 and then divided by the Slope Rating with the result being rounded to the nearest tenth. The following is an example for a course with a 71.5 course rating and a 130 Slope Rating:
Adjusted gross score 95
Course Rating 71.5
Difference 23.5
Handicap Differential (113 x 23.5) /130 = 20.4
The value 113 in the above formula is the national standard for Slope ratings and is used to weight differentials.
3. Calculate Your Handicap Factor:
a. The Handicap Factor is computed from the best 10 differentials of the player’s last 20 rounds as follows:
Total of lowest differentials 147.1
Average 14.71
Average multiplied by 96% 14.12
Delete all numbers after tenths digit 14.1
RCGA Handicap Factor is 14.1
b. If fewer than 20 differentials (posted scores) are available:
Number of Acceptable Scores Differentials to be Used
5 or 6 Lowest 1
7 or 8 Lowest 2
9 or 10 Lowest 3
11 or 12 Lowest 4
13 or 14 Lowest 5
15 or 16 Lowest 6
17 Lowest 7
18 Lowest 8
19 Lowest 9
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