Acceptable Scores | Stoke Rochford Golf Club

Acceptable Scores for Handicap Purposes

It is anticipated that it will be mandatory for all Singles Competition Rounds in Authorised Formats be submitted for handicap purposes, subject to clarification about rounds played with Winter Rules in operation [ 2 ]
Scores from team competitions and match play will not be acceptable in England initially, although this may change based on feedback from other jurisdictions that include those formats
The recommendation from England Golf is that scores from regular organised social events (Swindles and Roll-Ups) in authorised formats are submitted

Players are required to register their intention in the Pro Shop to submit a score from general (non-competition) play before commencing the round [ 3 ]
Scores submitted from general play are called Social Scores and are similar to the current Supplementary Scores

Scores may be submitted over 9 holes or 18 holes.
All 9 holes must be played to submit a 9 hole score. Two 9 holes scores will be combined to produce one 18 hole score on the Scoring Record
An 18 hole score will count as long as 10 or more holes have been completed. Holes not played are recorded as Net Par or (Net Par + 1), depending on the number not played [ 4 ]

For handicap purposes a high score on any hole is reduced to Net Double Bogey, using the player's Course Handicap. Holes started, but not completed are also recorded as Net Double Bogey [ 5 ]

The Adjusted Gross Scores is compared with the Course Rating and is "de-sloped" to give the Score Differential for the round, which is added to the player's Scoring Record [ 6 ]

Determines if course and weather conditions on the day differed from normal to the extent that they significantly impacted players’ performance
Calculated using all scores submitted on the course that day, as long as 8 or more golfers with a Handicap Index of less than 36 and a fully developed Scoring Record played [ 7 ]
It is conservative in nature and can increase the Adjusted Gross Score by 1 in easy conditions or decrease it by 1, 2 or 3 in difficult conditions [ 8 ]