While the S.A.G.A. handicapping system
remains the approved method for determining basic player handicaps, it does not
provide the answer to the problem of determining fair allowances for convention
and resort tournaments or 'golf days' which attracts novice or occasional
players. The Callaway System is one answer
to this handicapping problem.
Under this method, a player's handicap is determined after each round by deducting from his gross score for the first 18 holes the scores of the worst individual holes during the first 16 holes of the round.
The table below shows the number of 'worst holes' the player may deduct and the adjustment to be made, based on his gross score. For instance, if his gross score for 18 holes is 96, he may deduct the total of his worst three scores on holes 1 - 16, inclusive. Thus if he has one 9, one 8, and a 7, his handicap totals 24. From this total a further plus or minus adjustment is made according to the adjustments indicated at the bottom of each column. For a gross score of 96, the adjustment requires a deduction of 2 strokes, resulting in a final handicap of 22. Thus 96 - 22 handicap = 74 nett score for this player.
SCORE |
DEDUCT |
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. | 65 | 66 | 67 | . | Scratch - no adjustment |
68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | Scratch - no adjustment |
73 | 74 | 75 | . | . | ½ worst hole and adjustment |
76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 1 worst hole and adjustment |
81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 1½ worst hole and adjustment |
86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 2 worst hole and adjustment |
91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 2½ worst hole and adjustment |
96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 3 worst hole and adjustment |
101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 3½ worst hole and adjustment |
106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 4 worst hole and adjustment |
111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 4½ worst hole and adjustment |
116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 5 worst hole and adjustment |
121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 5½ worst hole and adjustment |
126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 6 worst hole and adjustment |
-2 | -1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Adjustment ... add or deduct from handicap |
Note:
- No hole must be scored at more than twice its par, record 7 on a par 3 as
6
- Half strokes count as whole
- The seventeenth and eighteenth holes are never deducted
- In case of ties, lower handicaps or adjustment should be given preference