Comments on: Mythbusters – Part 1 http://www.ncga.org/2006/04/03/mythbusters-part-1/ Northern California Golf Association Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Cowan http://www.ncga.org/2006/04/03/mythbusters-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Jim Cowan Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:54:56 +0000 http://thebacknine.ncga.org/2007/07/03/mythbusters-part-1/#comment-717 Phil Hart - Thank you for your comment. You always need to compare your net score to the Course Rating, not par, to get some sort of gauge on how you played that day in relationship to your handicap. Take a look at the Mythbuster II column, it covers this subject. Thanks - Jim Cowan. Phil Hart – Thank you for your comment. You always need to compare your net score to the Course Rating, not par, to get some sort of gauge on how you played that day in relationship to your handicap. Take a look at the Mythbuster II column, it covers this subject. Thanks – Jim Cowan.

]]> By: Phil Hart http://www.ncga.org/2006/04/03/mythbusters-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Phil Hart Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:25:48 +0000 http://thebacknine.ncga.org/2007/07/03/mythbusters-part-1/#comment-713 Jim: I believe you have explained this before but I cannot find anything on it now. The question has come up what does the term playing to ones handicap mean? Is it playing to par or course rating? If I am a 24 handicap and shoot a 96 on a par 72 is that playing to my handicap? Or if I am a 24 with a course rating of 67.2 would I have to shoot a 91 to be playing to my handicap? Thanks, Phil Hart Jim: I believe you have explained this before but I cannot find anything on it now. The question has come up what does the term playing to ones handicap mean? Is it playing to par or course rating? If I am a 24 handicap and shoot a 96 on a par 72 is that playing to my handicap? Or if I am a 24 with a course rating of 67.2 would I have to shoot a 91 to be playing to my handicap?

Thanks, Phil Hart

]]> By: Jim Cowan http://www.ncga.org/2006/04/03/mythbusters-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Jim Cowan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:45:07 +0000 http://thebacknine.ncga.org/2007/07/03/mythbusters-part-1/#comment-540 Thank you for your comment. The System is fair and without the adjustment you would enjoy a huge advantage over your counterpart. From your comments it sounds like the Blue tees are rated 4 strokes more difficult resulting in you giving one stroke instead of receiving three. Let's attach some numbers to those ratings; let's say the Senior tees are rated 70 and Blue tees are rated at 74. If you go out and play exactly to your handicap that day, you are going to shoot a gross 78 resulting in a net 70 (a net score equal to the Course Rating indicates you played to your handicap). If your younger counterpart plays exactly to his handicap that day, he is going to shoot a gross 79 resulting in a net 74 (the Course Rating of the tees he his playing). Last time I checked, net 70 crushes a net 74. So without the adjustment, you have a huge advantage. With the adjustment, he transforms into a 9 for your head-to-head competition and his gross 79 works out to an adjusted net 70 and you tie. The biggest mistake people make in this arena is comparing their net scores to par. Don't. You need to compare your net scores to the Course Rating of the tees you played to determine how you played in relation to your handicap that day. So keep on playing from the Senior tees if that's where you enjoy playing from. Just recognize that those playing more difficult tees need extra strokes to keep up with you. Thanks again. Jim Cowan Thank you for your comment.
The System is fair and without the adjustment you would enjoy a huge advantage over your counterpart.
From your comments it sounds like the Blue tees are rated 4 strokes more difficult resulting in you giving one stroke instead of receiving three. Let’s attach some numbers to those ratings; let’s say the Senior tees are rated 70 and Blue tees are rated at 74.
If you go out and play exactly to your handicap that day, you are going to shoot a gross 78 resulting in a net 70 (a net score equal to the Course Rating indicates you played to your handicap). If your younger counterpart plays exactly to his handicap that day, he is going to shoot a gross 79 resulting in a net 74 (the Course Rating of the tees he his playing). Last time I checked, net 70 crushes a net 74. So without the adjustment, you have a huge advantage. With the adjustment, he transforms into a 9 for your head-to-head competition and his gross 79 works out to an adjusted net 70 and you tie. The biggest mistake people make in this arena is comparing their net scores to par. Don’t. You need to compare your net scores to the Course Rating of the tees you played to determine how you played in relation to your handicap that day.
So keep on playing from the Senior tees if that’s where you enjoy playing from. Just recognize that those playing more difficult tees need extra strokes to keep up with you. Thanks again. Jim Cowan

]]> By: Jack Leong http://www.ncga.org/2006/04/03/mythbusters-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Jack Leong Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:46:22 +0000 http://thebacknine.ncga.org/2007/07/03/mythbusters-part-1/#comment-539 If I as a senior derrive a handicap of 8.0 from the front or senior tees and a younger friend derrive a 5.0 handicap from the blue tees, Why should there be a course rating adjustment whereby I would have to give 1 stroke instead of receiving 3 strokes from him ? This method force me to play from the blue tees so I am a 14 handicap but that is not as fun as playing within the yardage that is comfortable for me to play. But if I obtain my handicap from the front tees and have to give course rating adjustment when we play puts me completely non competative. I would like your comments on this other than that the system is not always fair. Thanks- you Jack Leong If I as a senior derrive a handicap of 8.0 from the front or senior tees and a younger friend derrive a 5.0 handicap from the blue tees, Why should there be a course rating adjustment whereby I would have to give 1 stroke instead of receiving 3 strokes from him ?
This method force me to play from the blue tees so I am a 14 handicap but that is not as fun as playing within the yardage that is comfortable for me to play. But if I obtain my handicap from the front tees and have to give course rating adjustment when we play puts me completely non competative.
I would like your comments on this other than that the system is not always fair.
Thanks- you
Jack Leong

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