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. Substitute
and Blind Scoring
Substitute scores will be used in league or playoff scoring if they have a valid handicap. If no valid substitute is found a blind score will be used. The League Scorer will be responsible for determining a fair blind score for use in each case. The blind score will take into account the handicap and typical score of the player for which the score is being generated.
Before the start of a match in which substitutes are playing, the team members will discuss and decide if the substitutes scores will count and which members of the foursome are playing as the A and B players. When everyone in the group is in agreement the score card should be marked (as stated below) appropriately prior to the start of the match.
Example:
Tom Smith (A)
Sub - Bill Jones (B)
"Subs score will count" or "Subs score will not count" written clearly on the bottom of the score card.
Example : Each team is missing a player and the substitutes have been told prior to the start of the match that there scores will not count in this match. The missing players plan to make up the round later in the week. If for some reason the make up match is not played, the teams will use a blind score to determine the results of the match. In this situation, under no circumstances will the substitutes scores be used in the scoring of this match.
17. Handicaps
The handicaps will be 90% of the adjusted gross score over the last five (5) rounds played.
The "adjusted gross score" refers to the process of limiting the number of strokes over par on an individual hole that counts towards the handicap. Specifically, for the purposes of determining handicaps, no more than three (3) strokes over par on any individual hole will be counted. After applying the above limit to a player's score, the total is then multiplied by .90 to determine handicap. For example, say player Ralph shoots the following round:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par 3 5 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 34
Score 4 9 5 7 4 4 8 7 7 55
When this limit is applied, his scores (as related to handicap) become:
Score 4 8 5 7 4 4 8 6 7 53
Since 53 is 19 over par (34), his handicap for this round would be: 19 * .9 = 17.
Therefore, Ralph would play his next round with a handicap of 17.
This gives us a practical maximum handicap of 24 ( 3*9 * .9 ).
Handicaps will be re-calculated each week using the cumulative average strokes over par (after adjustment) over the last 5 rounds played.
