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Posting Your Score

Post your gross (as opposed to "net", not as in "disgusting"!) score, adjusted for Equitable Stroke Control, EVERY time you play - as long as you are following the Rules of Golf (i.e., play your own ball throughout the round, play from the course's standard tees, etc.).

The Pro Shop post scores when the SCWGA determines the round to be a "tournament posting round" - for example the Ladies Club Championship and Saturday Play Dates.  So, post your own score all other times.

What is Equitable Stroke Control?
Equitable Stroke Control is the maximum number you can post on any hole depending on your Course Handicap.  Use the chart below (or the one posted above the posting computer in the Lodge, or the one in "Uncle Snoopy Wants You to Know How to use Your Handicap) to determine the highest score you can take on any hole:

If Your Course Handicap is The Max Number You Can Post On Any Hole is
9 or less Double Bogey
10 through 19 7
20 through 29 8
30 through 39 9
40 or more 10

So, following this chart, if your Course Handicap is 30, and you get a 10 on a hole, when you add up your score, that 10 must become a 9 for purposes of the score that you post.

Important! If you are playing a new course, or if you are playing a different set of tees than you usually play, be sure to check your course handicap to make sure you take the correct max.  For example, if your are a 29 from the red tees you can only post a max of 8 on any hole.  But if you play from the gold tees, you will be a 30 and your max increases to 9.

Tournament vs. Non-Tournament Play
It is important to remember that in a  tournament, you MUST complete each hole, regardless of the score you are allowed to post - if you do not finish a hole, you are out of the tournament.

In non-tournament play, however, in order to keep up the pace of play, if you reach the maximum score you can post, it is acceptable to record your "max" with an "x" to indicate you picked up the ball.

Posting
Scores should be posted immediately after playing, whenever possible.

Post a nine hole score any time you play nine holes - or up to seven holes. If you don't play the full nine holes, record a score of par plus any handicap strokes you were entitled to receive for the holes you didn't play. If you play 10, 11 or 12 holes, ignore those scores for posting purposes.

Post an eighteen hole score when you play thirteen or more holes. As above, on the holes that you did not play, record a score of par plus any handicap strokes you were entitled to receive.

When don't you post? When you play fewer than seven holes, when you are playing in a competition limiting the types of clubs used, or when you don't play your own ball the entire round, or when the Rules of Golf are not followed.

For example, ladies do not post a score in our "Tiger" tournament, because we tee off from a spot out in the the fairway, not our regular tees. We also don't post in "scrambles" because in those games, everyone hits, but the next shot is from the point of the best shot - so you're not playing your own ball. In our "Pick Your Weapons" game, we pick only 3 clubs and a putter, so we can't post our scores.