Enter your scores on our new FREE Handicaping System.

[Kilroy]

Enter your scores on our new FREE Handicaping System.
RCGA Certification is pending.
RCGA members at courses usiing the Reservation Masters Booking System will be able to use this for official handicapping.

handicap.ottawagolf.com
handicap.kingstongolf.ca
handicap.centralontariogolf.ca
handicap.golfresource.net
handicap.reservationmasters.com

[Kilroy]

This was a ReservationMasters project. We hired two excellent contractors to produce the code. I oversaw the project and layed out the requirements, directing the programmers and dealing with the RCGA. Thanks to Nathaniel, Dave and our lead programmer Richard for a job well done. We will be enhancing this further as time goes on, but it is pretty darn good right now!

[broken27]

This was a ReservationMasters project. We hired two excellent contractors to produce the code. I oversaw the project and layed out the requirements, directing the programmers and dealing with the RCGA. Thanks to Nathaniel, Dave and our lead programmer Richard for a job well done. We will be enhancing this further as time goes on, but it is pretty darn good right now!

Well then, thanks to those guys as well. Appreciated by many. Owe ya's a beer for sure!

Dan

[Kilroy]

No ya don't. It's free!
But, if yer gonna buy anyway, OK.

[g8r]

Great news. Any future plans to have hole by hole entry and advance stats tracking (GIR, PPR, etc)?

[jmr73]

Enter your scores on our new FREE Handicaping System.

Is the system currently down? I have tried last night and this morning to enter a "Round Entry" but I get the following server error...
"Input string was not in a correct format"

Is it something I am doing wrong?


Edit - DISREGARD.... I was being a dummy

[leftylucas]

That is great. I am always onthis site and now to input my handicap here is very convenient. Thanks to all involved.

[bobblehead]

Its working for me. Looks good!

[jmr73]

Is it something I am doing wrong?

Never mind, it was me.

I thought clicking submit score would give me a popup to enter the hole by hole score. I didn't even see the field for adjusted score....

[jmr73]

Question... I think I know the answer here but just want to make sure.

Using the ECE
1 through 18 2 over par
19 through 32 3 over par

So if you were 18.9 would that mean you use 2 over par?

[daveyc]

So if you were 18.9 would that mean you use 2 over par?

Equitable stroke control is based on your course handicap, not your handicap index. A course handicap is always represented as a whole number.

To calculate your course handicap...

A player's Course Handicap is determined by multiplying their RCGA Handicap Factor by the RCGA Slope Rating of the course played and then dividing by 113. The resulting figure is rounded off to the nearest whole number (.5 or more is rounded upward).

Often a course will have a spreadsheet in their pro shop linking handicap index to course handicap for their course.

[lovemygolf]

Am I correct in assuming that you need to enter 10 or more scores before you get a handicap index

[daveyc]

Am I correct in assuming that you need to enter 10 or more scores before you get a handicap index

Nope. It will start generating a handicap after you have entered 5 scores. The chart below explains how many differentials (rounds) are used in the calculations. For example, if you've played 11 rounds, your lowest 4 differentials will be used in the calculation

Number of Acceptable Scores	Differentials To Be Used
5 or 6	Lowest 1
7 or 8	Lowest 2
9 or 10	Lowest 3
11 or 12	Lowest 4
13 or 14	Lowest 5
15 or 16	Lowest 6
17	Lowest 7
18	Lowest 8
19	Lowest 9
20	Lowest 10

[g8r]

should I enter last years scores into this?

how about a January trip to Myrtle (or should it only be the April-November scores)?

[Kilroy]

Enter your last 20 rounds. No time or regional concerns.

[Kilroy]

Great news. Any future plans to have hole by hole entry and advance stats tracking (GIR, PPR, etc)?

Yes, but it may be next season for that.

[Longball]

Can someone tell me how to get an "adjusted score" I have no idea what that means. Thanks

Thanks to everyone involved. This is gonna help alot of people.

[daveyc]

With equitable stroke control, a maximum number of shots per hole relative to par is identified based on your handicap. This is performed to make your handicap more realistic and representative of what you can shoot. Adjusting the score involves reducing the score of each hole if you have exceed your maximum allowable shots on that hole.

The posted the chart (see above) which relates your handicap index to how many strokes over par you get per hole.

For example:

You have a handicap factor of 15.6 and your course handicap is 17. You can shoot a maximum of 2 strokes over par on a hole. When adding up your score any holes where you have exceed 2 strokes over par should be counted as two strokes over par. eg - if you shot a 6 on a par 3, you should be adding it as a 5.

Adding your scores without adjustment is called your gross score.

Note that if you do not have a handicap factor, you use the maximum allowable factor (which results in 4 strokes over par per hole)

For more info visit: Section 4-3 of http://rcga.org/english/Handicapping/manual4.asp

[EWhelan]

I'm a memeber of Hylands but also play a lot of courses in the Ottawa area. I have entered 4 rounds so far this year, two from Hylands and two away. On the scoring tag they are all marked away. How can I have my scores from Hylands as my home course?

Cheers

[Kilroy]

Courses that use the ReservationMasters booking system will use it for official handicapping, and members of those courses can declare home course status in their profile. Hylands does not use our booking system so you can't set yourself up as a member.

[KoryB33]

Thanks for this great tracker. FREE Tracker!!!

Excellent. You are certainly providing a great service and web site for us golf nuts in Ottawa!!!

Thanks again!
Kory

[jeffc]

can anyone access this? (e.g. not members of the reservations system)?
I have a username/password for Ottawagolf.com. do I have to create another one?

[Kilroy]

If you have used the Reservation Masters system for booking it is the same password.

If not, just register It's free. Then you can use the booking system too.

[72 Divots]

Awesome! Great tracker! I had kept track of many of my previous scores in paper format and was able to input them into this tracker. Very easy to utilize. Thanks again.

It can be made even better if at some point in the future, there will be the ability to enter such info as: fairways, greens, putts, sand saves, etc. (don't want to sound greedy though!)

[Kilroy]

Next year it will be enhanced to include a lot of icing on the cake..

[larry]

Can I enter a score for a course not on the list? Thanks.

[daveyc]

Can I enter a score for a course not on the list? Thanks.

Yes. But you'll need to know the slope and rating of the course. This can generally be found on the course's score card (or website).

Select 'Manual Entry' from the drop down list (it's at the top), and then enter the slope and rating along with your score in the text boxes underneath.

[EWhelan]

How are the Rankings going to work. Will you see everbody's handicap under their nick name?

[Kilroy]

The forum and the RM system are separate. Rankings will list all players by name, and you will be able to sort the list alphabetically, or by handicap. This will not be visible on the forum, just the handicap page.