Posting Scores From Anywhere
I am often asked how one goes about posting scores outside the region or outside the state.
It all depends.
Much of the rest of the country subscribes to the same handicap service that we do (GHIN). When playing in such a state, you simply activate the Guest Score Posting feature appearing on the score posting screen and then enter your NCGA/GHIN number when prompted. The only difference in your GHIN posting experience outside Northern California is that here the computer will recognize your number and display your name and current Handicap Index. This is because you are a member of the NCGA and we want this information displayed to confirm that you are entering a score into the correct scoring record.
Outside the NCGA, the screen will not recognize your number and will not display your name. Instead, you will need to type in your last name as a form of verification. When the score makes its way back to GHIN, it will be accepted or rejected based upon a perfect match between your number and last name as registered with GHIN. Once these formalities are out of the way, you record your score, confirm the correct tees and date, etc.
How about score posting in areas that subscribe to a different handicapping service such as Southern California or Arizona?
Many inquirers are surprised to learn that the process of posting scores from these areas is nearly as simple.
Though the screen shots and terminology may appear different, all such programs will include a reference to Guest, or Visitor or Non-Member posting. Activate such a feature and look for a reference to IGN identified by the following logo:
IGN (International Golf Network) allows for the exchange of scores between golf associations that subscribe to different handicapping services. It was brought about by the desire to allow for the quick and convenient posting of scores immediately following play at the course regardless of handicapping service or location.
When posting on unfamiliar screens, again, activate some sort of Guest/Visitor or IGN feature. When prompted, identify yourself as a member of the NCGA, enter your NCGA/GHIN number and last name and then input the scoring details. Due to transmission schedules that vary by state, it may take a little longer for the score to make it to your home club, but the score will arrive.
But IGN doesn’t stop there.
If you are a snowbird and reside in Southern California or Arizona for much of the winter, contact the NCGA with your southern handicap identification number and we will cross-register it with your NCGA/GHIN record. We will likewise contact your southern association and provide them with your number here. Once fully cross-registered, a single score posting to either of your records will result in the score being routed both north and south.
If you find the unfamiliar screens too daunting and your club permits Internet Score Posting (all but a handful do), you always have the option of logging onto the NCGA website to post your scores.
Besides Northern California, all or parts of the following states or regions subscribe to GHIN.
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I forgot to post at the course…is there a way to post from the internet?
Thanks,
April 26th, 2008 at 7:56 amRalph
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Ralph – On our homepage, in the green box on the left side, is a link called “Post a score.” Click that and follow the steps to posting a score.
This assumes that your club has allowed Internet score posting.
Thanks,
April 27th, 2008 at 4:09 pmwhat do the headings U and T in the score history of the online posting mean? my postings are all AI or CI. i assume the * means the score has been included in my handicap calculaiton.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:51 pmTerry, thank you for your message. The “U” heading represents whether the score was “used” in the calculation or not (whether it was one of your 10 best of 20 most recent scores). You are correct regarding the *. The “T” heading is for Score Type such as a Home score, Away score, Tournament score, Internet score. In general this assists you, your peers and your Handicap Committee is reviewing and recalling rounds. Thanks – Jim Cowan
June 10th, 2008 at 10:32 amWhen checking a member’s GHIN number I find that some members scores are apparently all posted on a single day of the month such as the 8th for example. In addition, the course rating and the slope is shown but the name of the course is ommitted.
June 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pmUnder my own GHIN number everything is shown, the date played (posted) and the name of the course. Why does this occur? Is it because I always post my score on the date played and before I leave the course while the other individuals might save their scorecards for a one time posting? Please advise, I think whenever possible the score should be posted on the day the round is played.
Tony – Thank you for your comments. Depending on whether you know the golfer’s NCGA/GHIN number or not, you will receive two different views of a scoring record. If you do know the golfer’s number you will see a view that includes day and month and year of round and, typically, the course name in addition to the ratings. If you have to resort to last-name look-up, you will only find the month and year of round and you will not find the course name. This is all the result of a USGA Handicap System change in 2008. It seems a lot of people were utilizing the look-up feature for non-handicap related reasons such as reporters tieing CEO golf to corporate jet use and the like. Now if you cannot provide the number, you only receive a General view of a record, not a Complete review. For more info see the No Executive Privilege article. Thanks again – Jim Cowan.
June 24th, 2008 at 4:14 pmHow do you post a score from another Country such as England or Scotland where I just played a few rounds?
Thanks,
Dave King
June 27th, 2008 at 9:09 pmDave – Thank you for your comment. If the course does not have a USGA Course and Slope Rating, the score cannot be posted. Our Handicap System simply is not compatible with non-USGA ratings. Fortunately much of the rest of the world has adopted the USGA Course Rating System, but not England. Some courses in Scotland have been rated under the USGA System. You would have to find out from the course whether they have such ratings. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
June 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pmJim Cowan,
I am playing the Malenquin Golf Club in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico through September. How do I post scores, or can I? The course is 9-holes, with white and black tees for front/back nines. It is 6743 yards total, slope 125, rated 71. Thanks for your help.
Kevin Ramirez
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pmKevin, Thank you for your comment. As the course has been rated under the USGA Course Rating System, you are required to post the scores. Assuming your club permits internet score posting, you can certainly use that feature on our website as a means of posting. Since you will not be able to retrieve or look up this rating via the site, you will need to type in the Course and Slope Rating. The best way to do this is to click on the Find Course Rating/Slope button; accept the Alaska and A values and click Next; and then select the Course Not Found button. This will open up a screen where you enter the 71.0 and 125 values. Thanks again, I hope Hurricane Dolly is not in your vacinity. Jim Cowan
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:34 pmHow log does the transmittal of a score take to go through? I submitted two scores at an AWAY club that’s part of the NCGA 5 days ago, but haven’t seen the scores posted yet. Should I keep waiting or do an Internet posting?
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 amDave, thank you for your comment. Most courses in No Cal send in scores on a daily basis. There are a minority of clubs that send in scores less frequently. I would need to know your NCGA/GHIN number and the course that you posted the score at to investigate further. This can probably be better handled via e-mail (jcowan@ncga.org). Thanks again – Jim Cowan
August 25th, 2008 at 9:53 amHi, When checking my handicap this month, I see that the last score I posted was entered twice. I don’t know why this happened but would like to know how to deleat the duplicate score. Please help, Thanks, Michael
October 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pmThis is probably not the correct forum for this question but I have not been able to find a contact for this. I can’t remember my Login name nor my password. I tried using the ‘forgot my password’ but to no avail.
My membership number is 1203504, Allan Tanaka and my email address is one of 4 accounts as follows:
pegtanaka@sbcglobal.net (I think this is the one I used)
atanaka@mail.arc.nasa.gov
allan.m.tanaka@mail.arc.nasa.gov
allan.m.tanaka@nasa.gov
Please email your response to pegtanaka@sbcglobal.net
Thanks, Allan
November 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pmUsed to be able to post score on line.
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pmCan’t seem to figure out how to do w/ the current changes.
thanks
Pierre 4092575
I posted a score untilizing the womens slope rating instead of the mens,how can I correct this problem?
February 12th, 2009 at 10:11 amVia the internet, I mistakenly posted the same round twice. Is there a way for me to delete the duplicate entry?
February 19th, 2009 at 5:28 pmHow do you change an incorrect posted internet score?
March 20th, 2009 at 7:26 pmBill – Contact the handicap chair at your club. The handicap chair at your club has the authority to do this.
Thanks
March 20th, 2009 at 10:50 pmI didn’t post my scores at courses played in AZ, and now am unable to post online. Any way of posting AZ rounds?
March 24th, 2009 at 8:00 amThanks
Gehrig – You can post at any NCGA member golf course. Each club has a posting computer. Thanks,
March 24th, 2009 at 8:06 amI posted an incorrect score at the golf course that I played on April 6, 2009. How do I correct this?. Thanks.
Gil Sanguinetti
April 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pmtrying to post scores from 4 rounds in Ireland at the European Club and Royal County Down. I know the SS value for each course but am unclear on how it converts. I figured this challenge out last time I played over there but have since forgot.
Help.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:22 pmIs there a complete listing of courses with USGA Ratings? I often golf when traveling and post when I get back home. Some Cards don’t have USGA Ratings on their cards. Example: City Park New Orleans North Course. Can’t find any listing on the internet or through NCGA or USGA.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pmPatrick, thank you for your comment. Only scores recorded on courses with a USGA Course and Slope Rating can be posted. There is no way to convert an SS value to a USGA Course and Slope Rating, so the scores cannot be posted. That being said, many courses in Ireland and Scotland have secured USGA ratings, in large part, to allow Americans to adjust their Handicap Index to the tees they are playing. If you ran across such a rating, post to those values. If not, they cannot be posted. Thanks again – I hope you had a great trip (RCD is my favorite course)! Jim Cowan
May 13th, 2009 at 11:20 amLeroy, thank you for your message. The USGA has a national golf course database available via their website, but it is not reliable at this point in time. Steps will be taken in future months to make it more reliable. If you played in an area that subscribes to the same handicap service that we do (GHIN), you can perform a rating lookup via our Internet Score Posting link. Louisiana does not subscribe to GHIN, however. Personally I would see if the golf course has a webiste. Most courses list their ratings somewhere on their site. Another option would be to look up the state or regional association website for the area that you visited. Most are like ours and include a course directory or rating directory. Thanks, I hope you had a nice trip. Jim Cowan
May 13th, 2009 at 12:50 pmI posted a score at the clubhouse after my round on Apr 30, 2009, the first month of posting for me, and expected it to be included when my index would be issued on May 1st. When I received my index, that score wasn’t on the list. I waited a few days, but it didn’t appear on my score list. So, on May 4th, I posted the score again from home. On May 5th, both score entries appeared, the one I posted at the clubhouse and the one I re-posted from home! Is there any way to remove one of those postings?
May 20th, 2009 at 3:16 pmJack, thank you for your comment. Posting a score at a golf course is not “real-time.” The score sits on the computer for a short period of time and then is transmitted to our handicap service. Nearly all golf courses in No Cal send in scores early each morning. A score posted on April 30th that arrives on the morning of the 1st would be too late for the May handicaps (the “button” to update handicaps is “pushed” on the evening of the last day of the month). Contact your club to have the duplicate score removed. They have the necessary software to perform such a correction/deletion. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
May 21st, 2009 at 8:56 amI posted 9 rounds from my recent Michigan golf trip, however I forgot to change the correct date on one of my rounds. Is there a way to make that update myself or do I have to go thru my home course? Thanks!
May 30th, 2009 at 9:54 pmDaniel, thank you for your comment. For all score corrections, deletions, etc., you need to contact your club. They have the necessary software to perform such transactions. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 amCan I post scores from St. Andrews, I played 6 rounds on the Links Courses…
June 10th, 2009 at 6:20 pmWhen posting a score from today’s round, evidently my computer was slow to respond,and I hit the return key a few more times. When the posting eventually appeared, it appeared three times! How do I eliminate two of the same postings for the same course/day?
June 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pmMike, thank you for your comment. Only scores recorded on courses with USGA Course Ratings and Slope Ratings may be posted. Much of the world has adopted the USGA Course Rating System. If you can find the appropriate ratings for the Links course, post away. If not, there is nothing that can be done. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
June 14th, 2009 at 8:53 pmHerrick, thank you for your e-mail. See the comment two above yours for the answer. Thanks – Jim Cowan
June 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pmPosted a score at Spanish Bay on June 26th. Have not seen this score posted on the NCGA website. It was not used for my July Index .
July 8th, 2009 at 9:14 pmDick
Is it possible to edit scores already entered? I accidentally submitted a score with a date of 3/20/2008 when in fact it was supposed to be 3/20/2009.
August 1st, 2009 at 2:01 pmDerek – Contact the handicap chair of your club. They are the only ones with the authority to change score information. Thanks
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pmPosting scenario: Player shoots a round in the high 90′s and elects NOT to post, stipulating that due to the fact that they seldom have a round that high that it’s irrelevant because it will never be used in calculating their handicap since the best 10 out of 20 will be used. I understand that every postable round should be entered accordingly, but based upon the calculation methods used…it would be counted as one of his 20 rounds played, but since it won’t be used as one of his 10 best, do they have a valid point?
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 pmFreddy, thank you for your comment. He does NOT have a valid point. One, there is no such thing as electing to post or not, he has to. Secondly, by not posting he is disrupting the order of his scores. Had he posted, his 21st oldest score would have fallen off his record. By not posting, it didn’t fall off meaning that the calculation was based upon the best 10 of wrong 20 most recent rounds. And the same will be true for the next several weeks or months until he posts 20 more rounds. One score will always be included in the calculation that shouldn’t have been. So even though the score is not a “keeper,” it does occupy a space among the 20 most recent rounds. And he has disrupted this 20 most recent scoring file. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
August 4th, 2009 at 9:22 amI posted a score at an away course, and when I went online to check for it the score had not been posted. So, I re-entered it on line. Now, its posted twice. How can this be fixed?
October 26th, 2009 at 9:47 pmJuan – It can be done, but it has to be done by the handicap chair of your club. They are the only ones authorized to change or delete a score.
Thanks
October 27th, 2009 at 8:08 amI played golf in Palm Desert over the Thanksgiving holiday. I neglected to post my score. I can’t find it in the listings for CA. Should I just post it manully with slope and rating? The course was Shadow Ridge.
Thank you for your assistance!
Glen
November 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pmGlen, thank you for your comment. At this moment in time So Cal does not subscribe to the same handicap service that we do. As a result, we do NOT have access to their ratings. You will need to “hand” enter the appropriate ratings (hopefully they appear on the scorecard or website for the course). So Cal will be moving to the same handicap service that we use (GHIN) in January 2010, so we will gain access to their ratings at that time. Thanks again, hope you had a nice trip to the desert. Jim Cowan
November 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pmI posted a score online and selected the wrong course (Empire Lakes when it was supposed to be Empire Ranch). How do I get this changed?
January 6th, 2010 at 9:02 pmTom – Contact the handicap chair of your club to get that corrected. They are the only ones with the authority to make that sort of change. Thanks,
January 6th, 2010 at 11:16 pmSince we post our own scores,via local computers or on the internet. Why can’t the player himself correct an incorrect posting? Contacting the handicap chairmain is a real inconvience to both individuals..We should be able to keep the ideals of the game in hand,that we are under the pretenses of following the honor system….
February 5th, 2010 at 11:32 amJack, thank you for your comment. Giving golfers this power would also enable them to, for example, remove old Tournament Scores impacting their handicap, remove Penalty scores assigned by the Handicap Committee at the club for score posting infractions, etc. This is precisely what occurred when we used to respond to member e-mails requesting a deletion or change. That is why we now direct them back to their Handicap Committee. Thanks again – Jim Cowan
February 8th, 2010 at 9:49 amI just played several courses in New Zealand, they have course ratings and slopes and wanted to know if I could post my scores from these ccurses?
March 18th, 2011 at 10:13 amMike, thank you for your comment. If the country subscribes to the USGA Course Rating System, you are required to post the scores. The fact that the courses have ratings and Slopes tells you that they are on board with the USGA System. Thanks again, I hope you had a great trip! Jim Cowan, Director
March 18th, 2011 at 4:30 pmHi – the state of wisconsin does not seem to be available to post scores on the ncga website. i didnt enter them at the courses I was playing at in Kohler, Wisconsin – can I get them posted somehow?
July 23rd, 2011 at 1:12 pmVish – thank you for your comment. Unfortunately Wisconsin subscribes to a different handicap service than we do (same situation with Arizona, So Nevada, Carolinas, etc.). As a result, we do NOT have access to their ratings. You will have to hand-enter the rating values (select Manual posting of scores rather than looking up the ratings). Hopefully you have retained the scorecards. If not, the websites of the courses will likely have the ratings. Just be certain to edit the dates of the rounds to the proper values in order to retain the correct chronological order of your rounds. The USGA is working on a solution that will permit the look-up of all national ratings, even those that subscribe to different services. This solution is still some months away. Thanks again, I hope you had a nice trip to Wisconsin. Jim Cowan, Director of Course Rating and Handicapping
July 24th, 2011 at 8:10 pmI am a member of an e-club. Recently I’ve had a couple of scores that were posted twice. I played in consecutive weeks and posted at the clubhouse and after a couple of weeks neither score was posted. I then posted my scores on the internet. About another week went by and the original scores were then posted. Can anything be done to get rid of the double posted scores?
August 31st, 2011 at 7:35 pmTom, I am going to need to have you send me an email directly with your name, NCGA/GHIN number and the scores in question. My email address is jcowan@ncga.org Thanks, Jim Cowan, Director of Course Rating and Handicapping
September 1st, 2011 at 7:45 pmWe resently played in Ireland and Scotlad where a number of courses had USGA ratings; should those scores be posted?
September 27th, 2011 at 2:43 pmCarl, thank you for your comment. If they have USGA Course and Slope Ratings, yes, you are required to post them as long as they were played “in season” (which they were). Without a USGA Course and Slope Rating, they cannot be posted. Thanks again, I hope you had a great trip! Jim Cowan, Director of Course Rating and Handicapping
September 27th, 2011 at 3:08 pmhi – i just played at blue canyon golf course, blue tees in phuket thailand. is it possible to post this score?
the rating and slope were 73 /137 respectively
December 12th, 2011 at 4:34 amVish – thank you for your comment. Yes, you are required to post scores from foreign courses as long as they have a USGA Course and Slope Rating and you played the course while it was “in season.” This one would seem to qualify on both counts. Thanks again and I hope you had a great trip. Jim Cowan, Director of Course Rating and Handicapping
December 12th, 2011 at 12:07 pmI am new to ghin and posted the same dates for different rounds. How can I correct the dates?
March 30th, 2012 at 12:38 pmNorvell, thank you for your comment. You will need to contact your club. They have the necessary means to perform such corrections. Thanks again and congratulations on your new membership. Jim Cowan, Director of Course Rating and Handicapping
March 30th, 2012 at 3:09 pm