Broken Record

09/01/2024

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We hate to sound like a broken record, but the handicap committee wants to remind you once again to please post your score. It's the rightskip rightskip (tap) right thing to do.

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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 2-3 questions and their answers monthly. It's not necessary to email your answers to Linda and me.

Question Ten

When calculating a Playing Handicap, the handicap allowance is applied to the following:

a. Handicap Index

b. Course Rating

c. Unrounded Course Handicap

d. Slope Rating

See Rule 6.2a – Standard Calculation. (Page 70) (Click on the link. Look on the left, scroll down to the table of contents, and click Rule 6.2a; that page will automatically open.)

Question Eleven

Stroke index is the value assigned to each hole on the golf course where handicap strokes are given or received.

a. True

b. False

See Definitions and Appendix E – Stroke Index Allocation. (Page 106)

Question Twelve

Jason's Low Handicap Index is 10.0 and the current average of his 8 best of 20 Score Differentials is 14.5. As a result, Jason's Handicap Index calculation is subject to:

a. Soft cap

b. Soft cap followed by the hard cap.

c. Exceptional score reduction

d. None of the above

See Rule 5.8 – Limit on Upward Movement of a Handicap Index. (Page 65)

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TL;DR - c, a, a