Jimmy Clay Handicap Issues

Several members have questioned their posted team scores versus their self-scored results for the 4-M Two Best Ball Net scores.  There could have been errors in recording the hole-by-hole scores for each team member but another issue is more likely the cause for most of the scoring questions.  An error was made in the delivery of the handicaps that were sent to Jimmy Clay.

To summarize the normal handicap distribution process:

• Handicaps for the next month are updated near the end of the current month to include all counting scores for the current month (four events for May 2018).
•  Course handicaps are sent to the courses on Monday for use in the Wednesday signup for the next Tuesday event.
• Distribution of member handicaps is completed on the first of the month with the latest data for the courses with events for the month (delayed until June 3 this month).

Events on the first Tuesday of the new month require that the new month handicaps be sent to the course before the end of the current month.  Updating of the member handicaps then follows on the first of the month.  This process has normally worked well but in this instance the May handicaps were sent to Jimmy Clay and that is what was used on the scorecard stroke indicators (dots).  This was an error that was corrected to use the June handicaps for the June 5 event for the event scoring.

In summary, there was no "changing" of handicaps after the event and any differences in the self-scored results and the posted results were due to either changes in  member handicaps from May to June, or errors in entering the data (unlikely).

Note:  Most handicaps differences from May to June were up or down a single stroke but changes were as much as a decrease of five strokes.

Members needing details on their handicap status can contact Handicap Chairman Bill Burke.