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Handicap Restrictions for Scratch Cups

  • 10-08-2009 04:25PM
    #1
    donalos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    I was wondering if anyone's encountered this problem.

    I played in my club's scratch cup not so long ago expecting to be in the intermediate scratch cup and shot a decent score. When I checked the results I found that I was entered in the Junior Scratch and that my score no longer looked decent!

    Are there any rules which govern and standardise the handicap restrictions which the committee of a golf club should put in place when organising their scratch cups?

    I had a look at the R&A's publication 'Guidance on Running a Competition' which stated that:

    'When a competition is played on the basis of handicap, it is a matter for the Committee to specify the handicap allowance for the form of play being used. The National Union, Federation or Association, as part of their handicapping system, may give guidance on allowances for the various forms of play and procedures for competitions. However, where a Club has affiliation to a National Union that chooses to make such allowances mandatory, the Club should abide by these, having effectively deferred its right to determine such conditions to the National Union.'

    This would suggest that the each club which is affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland (GUI) have effectively, consequent to their membership, deferred their right to determin such conditions. However, the GUI website provides no direction on this subject and merely re-directed me to the Congu website, which again failed to provide an answer.

    If there are no prevailing rules for the determination of which classes players with such handicaps must be entered into, surely this leaves the possibility for individuals in certain golf clubs to exert influence which may lead to bias?

    It seems, from a severely limited snapshot, that such matters of regulation need to be reviewed.

    I'd love if someone could answer this for me! Thanks


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  • #2
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    You can't really impose a standard to say Senior is 0-4, Junior 5-9, Inter 10-18 etc because some clubs will have their Junior as 4-9 which allows a broader entrance to the competition.. others will have a full sheet at 5-9.
    What was your handicap on the day and did you swipe into the intermediate competition and get 'moved'?


  • #3
    donalos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭donalos


    yeah, I know that it would be in probably most instances restrictive for golf clubs to impose such intervals for different classes but I think there should be a system whereby their determination of classes should be mathematically justified. Maybe that already exists, I don't know?!

    I'm off 12 so I just entered into the scratch cup presuming I'd be in the intermediate cup. When the results were posted i found myself in the junior, that's about it! So I wasn't moved. The classes were already set and stated on the club's website in advance of the competition, I've subsequently discovered. It's no biggy whatsoever I just think it could possibly be looked at!


  • #4
    dvemail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭dvemail


    At my club their latest scratch cups were Junior 5 - 12 and Intermediate 13 and over.
    I dont think that there are any rules which define handicaps for junior or intermediate, it is all up to the club and how they would like to do it.


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