Formula – Playing Handicap

Full FORMULA to calculate your Playing Handicap:

PLAYING HANDICAP = (COURSE HANDICAP X HANDICAP ALLOWANCE) + DIFFERENCE IN COURSE PAR

NOTE: PGCC Course Par for Men is 72, regardless of the tees played. Therefore there are no adjustments for difference in Course Par.

HANDICAP ALLOWANCE: The Handicap Allowance is applied to your Course Handicap to determine your Playing Handicap as per the World Handicap System Handicap Allowance Table. (See Appendix C, Rules Of Handicapping, for all format Allowances and Interpretations) 

• All Individual Stroke Play: the Handicap Allowance is 95%. This value may be increased to 100%, at the discretion of the event co-ordinators, if the field is less than 30 players

• All Individual Match Play events (with the exception of the “A” & “B” Flighted event): the Handicap Allowance is 100%.

• “A” & “B” Flighted Individual Stroke Play – Handicaps are not applied and therefore no Handicap Allowance is used.

• Jenkins/Evans Two Ball Trophy (Select Drive/Alternate Shot format): the Handicap Allowance is as follows:
  60% for the lower handicap player on the team.

40% for the higher handicap player on the team. 

• Essroc Four Ball Trophy (2 man best ball stroke play format):  the Handicap Allowance for all players is 85%.

TEAM PLAYING HANDICAPS: The combined total of the Playing Handicaps of both team members is the Team Playing Handicap. 

Please note: Team Handicaps are not applicable in the Essroc Four Ball competition.

STROKE ALLOCATION in MATCH PLAY: Stroke allocation is based on 100% of the difference between Playing Handicaps (team or individual) and are applied based on the Men’s Stroke Index Allocation noted on the scorecard.

• Individual Match Play – Subtract the Playing Handicap of the player with the lower handicap from the player with the higher handicap. The resulting value represents the number of strokes given to the higher handicap player.
• Select Drive/Alternate Shot Match Play (Jenkins-Evans) – Subtract the Team Playing Handicap of the team with the lower handicap from the Team Playing Handicap of the team with the higher handicap. The resulting value represents the number of strokes given to the higher handicap team.
• 2 Man Best-Ball Stroke Play (Essroc Four-Ball) –Playing Handicaps (using 85% handicap allowance) are used by each player to determine individual stroke allocations.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE #1: INDIVIDUAL MATCH PLAY – D’ESTERRE TROPHY, BARCLAY TROPHY, LOU GARRISON TROPHY

EXAMPLE #2: TEAM MATCH PLAY –  SELECT DRIVE/ALT SHOT: JENKINS-EVANS

Determine Stroke Allocation: 18 – 14 = 4. Team One gives Team Two 4 strokes.

EXAMPLE #3: INDIVIDUAL STROKE/MEDAL PLAY: ALLISON TROPHY

EXAMPLE #4: TEAM STROKE PLAY – 2 MAN BEST-BALL: ESSROC FOUR-BALL

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