Gentlemen,

Below is a little primer to explain the new score card and it's use for our tournaments.  I know that for most this will be old business, but for some it could be helpful.

 

Step 0: Fold the card on the middle "score line" so it fits the steering wheel of the golf cart.  If you don't need the team and skins results you could also fold along the horizontal score line below the regular scores.

Step 1:  Names.  You would be amazed how many times a score card was submitted without names.  Hard to figure what to do with it.  Also, if you enter Skins competition enter names on the bottom "skins" line.  See examples below.  A column is provided next to the folding line for initials for keeping track of who is on what row, for the back 9.

Step 2:  Please make the names LEGIBLE.  The new card has enough space to enter without "squishing", so please practice careful handwriting.

Step 3:  Handicap.  In the HCP column put the current month's handicap.  You find the handicap using your index, but it is not the index.  Get it from the course's computer, under "member information", using your name or SCGA number.  After finding your index you look on the handicap posting "green sheets" on the wall next to the computer, or even easier you push the little button on the index information which says "course handicap" and this leads you to the correct handicap for the three tee locations.  See Joe Stick's handicap of 2 and Bob Hacker handicap of 16 in the sample.

Step 4:  Handicap Strokes.  If we are doing anything where strokes on a given hole are relevant, you can help keep track by putting a little dot or whatever in the column for that hole.  Note Joe Stick has a dot on hole 5, which is handicap number 1, and hole 13, which is handicap number 2.  This is just a convenience for people playing skins or when we have a monthly/team competition where Net scores are used on each hole.  For "regular" golf this step is not needed.

Step 5:  Play Golf, Enter Scores.

Step 6:  Add.  As a convenience for the guys doing the results for the day, it is nice if you add everything, subtract handicap, and give net score.  You need the Gross score (TOT column) for posting in any case.  At this time we are not using a computer to do scores.

Step 7:   Team Results.  If a team competition is being done this week, then enter appropriate scores in the team area.  If not, use it or don't as you may see fit - all the betting guys really wanted these rows.

Step 8:  Skins.  If you are entered in Gross skins you can simply repeat the score, as shown on the front 9.  If you are in the net skins competition, enter your net score for each hole in the "skins strip".  For each hole take gross score and subtract the number of dots you have already entered in step 4.  See the sample for Joe Stick and Bob Hacker.  Also note that if both players have the same score there is no chance of getting a skin so you can enter an "x" next to the score, or simply do not record the score at all, since it can't win any money.

 

  

			Redhawk Mens Golf Club                 Tournament Score Card
	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36
	Handicap No.	15	5	13	17	1	9	7	11	3	OUT		8	6	18	2	16	14	4	12	10	IN	TOT	HCP	NET
	strokes					●										●
	Joe Stick	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	3	3	38		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	74	2	72
		●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●			●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●
	Bob Hacker	6	5	6	4	5	6	7	4	4	47		5	6	6	5	7	5	5	3	7	49	96	16	80
			●			●		●		●			●	●		●			●
	John Dokes	6	5	4	3	4	5	6	3	4	40		4	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	39	79	8	71
		●	●	●	●	●●	●	●	●	●●			●	●	●	●●	●	●	●	●	●
	Jim Fairway	5	4	7	6	8	5	6	3	3	47		5	6	5	5	4	5	6	4	5	45	92	21	71
	Date:		Signatures:															Tees: tips ____ blue _____  white _____
	Team Competition
	Joe & Bob net	10	8	9	8	7	10	12	6	6			8	9	9	7	10	8	8	5	11
	John & Jim net	9	6	9	7	8	8	9	4	4			6	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	8
	Date:		Signatures:															Tees: tips ____ blue _____  white _____
	Skins (optional)
	Joe Stick	5x	4x	4	4x	3	5x	6	3x	3x					3		4
	Bob Hacker	5x	4x	5	4x	4	5x	4	3x	3x										2