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HANDICAP INFORMATION

The 2010 Michigan posting periods begin Monday, March 29 and goes through Sunday, November 7. The 2009 Michigan active golf season ended November 8.  Rounds played in Michigan, during the inactive season, cannot be posted for handicap purposes. Sores should be posted for all rounds played, under the Rules of Golf, during the active season of the state or region you are playing in.

2009 membership and handicap records were inactivated in GAM on December 1 for any members that have not paid their 2010 MWGA membership fee. These records will be reactivated when you renew or join the MWGA for 2010.  You will not be able to post scores until you have renewed your membership.

Before reporting scores, make sure you have made any required adjustments.  Please review and apply, as necessary, the requirements of  Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) and Women's Rating Adjustments as described below.

 On this page: MWGA POSTING FORM,    EQUITABLE STOKE CONTROL (ESC) TABLE ,    WOMEN'S RATING ADJUSTMENT TABLE
Click for additional Questions, issues, reminders
Click for the booklet received in your membership Package => Handicaps & Indexes		 Click to Post scores online
All MWGA members receive GAM memberships and are automatically included in the GAM/USGA handicap system as an MWGA member.

To post scores online go to www.gam.org, then on the GAM home page under “Member Login”:

1) Enter your “username” and “password”
(if you don’t remember your GAM login info, email handicap@mwgolf.org)
2) Select “View Handicap/Post Score”
3) Select “Post Score” then follow the instructions

You should post scores where you played your own ball under the Rules of Golf within the last 12 months.  Post your adjusted gross scores when you play at least 13 holes in an 18-hole round or at least 7 holes in a 9-hole round. On the holes that you did not play, you should take par plus any handicap strokes that you were entitled to take.  On holes you did not finish, post the score you would have most likely scored, but do not exceed your ESC. If you are establishing a new index, you need a MINIMUM of five 18-hole scores or ten 9-holes scores or a combination when combined is equivalent to five 18-hole rounds.  No more than your latest 20 scores are used to calculate your index (see the table at the end of this page).

Scores from Michigan golf courses are to be reported only during the "active" season.  Michigan's active season is generally from April 1 to October 31.  The active season for 2010 is from March 29  through November 7.  If you play out of state during that states active season those scores should be reported.

• MWGA members should post all scores, including MWGA tournament scores.  The MWGA Handicap chair will verify and adjust, as necessary,  tournament scores posted by members.   
• If you play from tees not rated for women, you must adjust the slope and course ratings as described in the Women's Ratings Adjustments below.  Men can find their table in the USGA Handicap manual.

In 2010, you may post your scores at www.gam.org for rounds played from Monday, March 29 through Sunday:
 Apr 11 Apr 25 May 9 May 23 Jun 6 Jun 20 Jul 4 Jul 18 Aug 1  Aug 15 Aug 29 Sep 12 Sep 26 Oct 10  Oct 24 Nov 7 
The Tuesday following these dates are the Revision Dates.  Each revision period starts the Monday following the Sunday date. Try to post scores played in a revision period before that period’s revision date. 

 

You can always post scores by sending your scores with the date, course and slope ratings to the MWGA Handicap Chair, at Handicap@mwgolf.org or by US mail. The scores should be received by the Saturday before the above dates to allow her time to get them entered by the revision date.See the Posting Form below for format and contact information.

 

To participate in MWGA Tournaments your USGA index must be current.  Please report scores for rounds played during each posting period. The maximum women's index allowed by the USGA is 40.4.  If your index exceeds that number, you will use a 40.4 for our events.

 

If you post through the MWGA you can post scores at www.gam.org. If you have not posted scores online before, you may first want to go to our link on Internet Posting.

 

Scores are posted to the system as you enter them.  Any scores reported for a previous revision period will be used to update your current index.   Scores reported before the effective revision date of the current posting period will update your Trend Index, then on the Tuesday following the update period your Official Index will be updated.  Anyone missing two consecutive posting periods is subject to a 15% reduction.

 

Before reporting scores, make sure you have made any required adjustments.  Review and apply, the requirements of  Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) and Women's Rating Adjustments as described below.

 

MWGA POSTING FORM    

To post scores online, click here => Internet Posting
To print the Posting Card, click here => print posting card page

Mail to: Cynthia Pinkard, 26201 Castleton Dr, Southfield, MI 48076-4707
Phone: (248) 227-8170  or email to Handicap@mwgolf.org

Scores must be reported for by the Sunday dates shown below for scores to be reflected in the next revision.  - Scores can be reported online at www.gam.org  
Apr 11 - Apr 25 - May 09 - May 23 - Jun 06 - Jun 20 - Jul 04 - Jul 18 - Aug 01 - Aug 15 - Aug 29 -
Sep 12 -Sep 26 - Oct 10 – Oct 24 - Nov 07
If mailing a posting card, or emailing the scores to Cynthia, scores must be received by the Saturday before the dates above.:
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THE USGA HANDICAP SYSTEM

Please review the USGA Handicap Manual for complete details on the handicap system;  In particular:
Section 4 - covering unfinished holes and ESC
Section 5 - covering which scores to post and how to adjust ratings when posting scores from an unrated set of tees
Section 10 - covering the USGA Handicap Formula - which explanins how your index is calculated

EQUITABLE STROKE CONTROL (ESC)

Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make handicaps more representative of a player's potential ability.  ESC sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole depending on that player's Course Handicap.  ESC is used only when a player's actual or most likely score exceeds the maximum number based on the following table.  Players posted scores must be adjusted to conform to ESC.

Example: A player with a 24 course handicap scores a 98 for an 18-hole round.  Scores on a all holes except two were an 8 or less.  On one hole she scored a 10 and on another hole she scored a 9.  The player must adjust these two scores to 8's and will report her adjusted score for the round as 95.

Equitable Stroke Control
for 18 Hole Handicaps

Course Handicap

Maximum Score Posted

9 or less

Double-Bogey

10 through 19

7 on any hole

20 through 29

8 on any hole

30 through 39

9 on any hole

40 and above

10 on any hole

 

WOMENS RATINGS ADJUSTMENTS

Posting a Score from an Un-rated Set of Tees on a Rated Course
If you play a rated course where USGA Course and Slope Ratings from any tees played are available, locate the nearest set of tees in yardage that have been rated for you.  Determine the yardage difference.  Find the yardage range in the table below.  Add the table values if the tees played are longer, or subtract the values if the tees played are shorter.

Women's Ratings Adjustments

Yards

Change in Rating

Crs.

Slope

0

to

8

0.0

0

9

to

26

0.1

0

27

to

44

0.2

0

45

to

62

0.3

1

63

to

80

0.4

1

81

to

98

0.5

1

99

to

116

0.6

1

117

to

134

0.7

1

135

to

152

0.8

2

153

to

170

0.9

2

171

to

188

1.0

2

189

to

206

1.1

2

207

to

224

1.2

2

225

to

242

1.3

3

243

to

260

1.4

3

261

to

278

1.5

3

279

to

296

1.6

3

297

to

314

1.7

4

315

to

332

1.8

4

333

to

350

1.9

4

351

to

368

2.0

4

369

to

386

2.1

4

387

to

404

2.2

5

405

to

422

2.3

5

423

to

440

2.4

5

441

to

458

2.5

5

459

to

476

2.6

5

477

to

494

2.7

6

495

to

512

2.8

6

513

to

530

2.9

6

531

to

548

3.0

6

549

to

566

3.1

7

567

to

584

3.2

7

585

to

602

3.3

7

603

to

620

3.4

7

621

to

638

3.5

7

639

to

656

3.6

8

657

to

674

3.7

8

675

to

692

3.8

8

693

to

710

3.9

8

711

to

728

4.0

8

729

to

746

4.1

9

747

to

764

4.2

9

765

to

782

4.3

9

783

to

800

4.4

9

801

to

818

4.5

10

819

to

836

4.6

10

837

to

854

4.7

10

855

to

872

4.8

10

873

to

890

4.9

10

891

to

908

5.0

11

909

to

926

5.1

11

927

to

944

5.2

11

945

to

962

5.3

11

963

to

980

5.4

11

981

to

998

5.5

12

999

to

1016

5.6

12

1017

to

1034

5.7

12

1035

to

1052

5.8

12

1053

to

1070

5.9

13

1071

to

1088

6.0

13

1089

to

1106

6.1

13

1107

to

1124

6.2

13

1125

to

1142

6.3

13

1143

to

1160

6.4

14

1161

to

1178

6.5

14

1179

to

1196

6.6

14

1197

to

1214

6.7

14

1215

to

1232

6.8

14

1233

to

1250

6.9

15

Only your lowest scores are used to create your index

Total Scores Posted

Number of Lowest Score Differentials used to create your USGA Index

5 - 6 1
7 - 8 2
9 - 10 3
11 - 12 4
13 - 14 5
15 - 16 6
17 7
18 8
19 9
20 + 10

 

CONVERTING  YOUR  INDEX  TO  A  COURSE  HANDICAP

When you are looking for your course handicap (CH), it is easiest to go to the Course Handicap Table published in the Michigan Links Directory or in a USGA Handicap  publication.  But what if you don’t have one of these publications readily available, or if the tables do not contain the slope rating you are playing from.  It is very easy to determine your CH without one of these tables.  All you need is a calculator.  Your CH is equal to your index times the course slope rating (SR), divided by 113, rounded to the nearest whole number:

CH = index  ´ SR ¸ 113 round to the nearest whole number

 

MWGA POSTING FORM 
EQUITABLE STOKE CONTROL (ESC) TABLE 
WOMEN'S RATING ADJUSTMENT TABLE