For your 1st 3 to get your initial handicap, it's any round with a member, and for subsequent cuts it has to be competitions, home or away.
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For your 1st 3 to get your initial handicap, it's any round with a member, and for subsequent cuts it has to be competitions, home or away.
Soldato
I track my handicap on a very old system which uses the USGA handicapping process. IMO, it's way better.
96% of the average of your best ten scores out of the last twenty.
Equitable Stroke Control removes "unrepresentative" holes (e.g. an 8 on a par 3 for a single-digit handicapper gets marked down to a four)
Slope Rating determines course difficulty (equivalent of Standard Scratch)
96% of the average of your best ten scores out of the last twenty.
Equitable Stroke Control removes "unrepresentative" holes (e.g. an 8 on a par 3 for a single-digit handicapper gets marked down to a four)
Slope Rating determines course difficulty (equivalent of Standard Scratch)
Hi all, and E1tsy when we gonna get out for another game 
MikeTimbers is there anyway to work out a slope based on SSS as myself an E1tsy use a blackberry app called accelgolf whihc is an american designed app that uses slope, i think currently i map all the courses on a slope of 115.
MikeTimbers is there anyway to work out a slope based on SSS as myself an E1tsy use a blackberry app called accelgolf whihc is an american designed app that uses slope, i think currently i map all the courses on a slope of 115.
Soldato
113 is the "normal" slope rating so I suppose it's kind of a gut call as to whether you think the course you just played is higher or lower than "normal". For me, SSS is a good indicator of the "course rating" but not the slope. See here for some additional details. Slope is how much more difficult a course is for a bogey golfer (18 handicap) compared to a scratch golfer. i.e. 113 is 13% more difficult for a bogey golfer than a scratch golfer.
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island has a course rating of 79.6 and a slope rating of 155 meaning a 18 handicapper who shoots 105 has an adjusted differential of 105-79.6 x113/155 which is 18.5 and has therefore shot to his handicap even though he's shot 33 over par!
For my system, I tend to set slope to 113 and course rating to SSS. It's approximate but it's applied consistently so works for me.
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island has a course rating of 79.6 and a slope rating of 155 meaning a 18 handicapper who shoots 105 has an adjusted differential of 105-79.6 x113/155 which is 18.5 and has therefore shot to his handicap even though he's shot 33 over par!
For my system, I tend to set slope to 113 and course rating to SSS. It's approximate but it's applied consistently so works for me.
i found that I am getting a better contact, but my ball flight is quite low with irons, how do I get my ball to get up in the air more and get more stop?
Is it just a better downwards contact on the ball that imparts backspin, which causes the ball to rise and also stop quicker on greens?
Is it just a better downwards contact on the ball that imparts backspin, which causes the ball to rise and also stop quicker on greens?
Associate
Something i am working on at the moment
As posted above, its all about Ball-Turf-Divot Get the feeling of hitting down on the ball as apposed to try and hit it (If that makes sense)
I find this difficult to work on down the range (Unless you have grass area)
Once you get to grips on this you will notice spin and stop happening a lot more and i also find that i get better projectory
Cheers, will bring it up at my next lesson, but I know he can only work on so many things at a time, we have got my balance, weight shift, address and back swing (almost there) done. I'm sure it is in the pipeline.
Do you guys carry on playing through winter or call it a day and just go the range and put? I have all day during winter so can get out before it is dark so I can't see the difference.
Do you guys carry on playing through winter or call it a day and just go the range and put? I have all day during winter so can get out before it is dark so I can't see the difference.
Associate
Personally i love playing in the Winter, it brings in a whole new set of challenges for me and i can only see that as a good thing on improving my game.
I say, Purchase some under amour and and away you go
Depends, if its peeing down then yeah give I it a break.
If its just plain cold then I get out there for sure
Soldato
Out 2-3 times a week in winter. It's great, all the summer golfers stay at home and you can have the course all to yourself on a saturday/sunday morning. It's better if you can find a local course who dont make you play off the winter mats and onto winter greens. Got a couple up near me who have normal tees and greens open all year round.
Associate
I have one of these
It only has 1 winter green hole (Maybe left alone this year as all work around the green has finished) They even change the 15th hole completely and swap to a BACK UP hole! lol Yes a BACKUP hole for the winter The only thing with the course is that it is prone to water logging in the wetter months
Winter greens are another term for temporary greens. When the weather turns bad they sometimes switch to temp greens to preserve the quality of the summer(propper) greens for the better quality weather.
Soldato
They are usually just parts of the fairway that have the grass cut a bit closer, usually not very good surfaces unless you are at a decent club. They are starting to appear around our way now, not for use, but just getting them ready. The proper greens can suffer in winter with a lot of use, through frost damage and the wet weather, so a lot of clubs will use the winter greens instead (means less work for ground staff and less money to pay for decent drainage etc)
Associate
Normally they are an area of fairway that has a flowerpot sized hole cut in the ground, sometimes with a white line denoting Green outline
Normal play for myself and friends is, play to anywhere within a club length of the hole and then its a gimme
These winter greens sound like a terrible idea, I think I'm going to join my local club that I practice at and get lessons, I still count as a junior so it isn't too expensive, but will ask about winter play.
How big of a flower pot, CD sized?
How big of a flower pot, CD sized?
Associate
These winter greens sound like a terrible idea, I think I'm going to join my local club that I practice at and get lessons, I still count as a junior so it isn't too expensive, but will ask about winter play.
How big of a flower pot, CD sized?
Yes i would say that size, but remember some clubs don's play them. My local only has temp green on one hole!
Soldato
There are a couple of clubs up here that also don't like play off the fairway during winter. One of them insists that you tee up every shot, the other gives you a small piece of range mat that you have to place your ball on and play your shot off that. Needless to say they don't get much business during the winter months, but to be fair, they are in pristine condition come spring.
Associate