All club members should know by now that they are requred to post all scores themselves—including our weekly 9-hole rounds. The Koret staff no longer posts scores for our weekly events.

If you get back to the clubhouse too late to post, as is often the case, note your score, turn in your card to Mike or Tom for updating the player of the year stats, and post your score online through the NCGA website when you get home or back to the office.

If you have not done this before never fear, it really couldn't be simpler. Follow the link on the NCGA website for online posting and you will encounter an interface very similar to the posting computers at member golf courses. You can post 9 holes or, if you play 13, run out your score based on your handicap and post it as 18. The one thing you will need to post 9-holes is the specific slope and rating for the 9 you played. Here is what those are for our regular courses (note that ratings and slopes vary for men and women as well as for tee position):

Presidio White (men): Front 35.2/135 Back 35.6/129
White (women): Front 37.8/129 Back 38.2/133
Red (women) Front 36.2/127 Back 37/127

Lincoln White (men): Front 32.1/116 Back 33.0/98
White (women): 33.8/101 Back 34.2/112
Red (women): 33.2/106 Back 33.6/110

Sharp White (men): Front 34.8/118 Back 35.5/116
White (women): Front 35.4/117 Back 37.1/121
Red (women): Front 35.9/118 Back 37.1/121

Gleneagles Blue: Front 35.2/139 Back 34.7/129
Black: Front 36.4/140 Back 36.4/140
Red: Front 38.1/141 Back 37.5/131

Crystal Springs White (men): Front 35.5/118 Back 34.7/124

Cypress White (men): 32.3/115
White (women): 34.8/119
Red (women): 33.6/114

On Posting Incomplete Rounds:

Several members have asked what they should do if they play on at the end of the evening but fail to complete 18 holes. Do we post the round as 9 or as an incomplete 18?

The answer depends on how many holes are played. If 7-12 holes are played, post as a 9-hole score. If 13 or more are played, run out your card and post as 18.

The run out your card concept has been a hard one for several of our members. Here's how you do that. First, know your Equitable Stroke Control maximum for your handicap. Look it up on the NCGA site, but basically if you have an index in the teens your ESC is 7, if in the 20's it's 8. This number is the most you can score on any given hole. The next thing you need to know is your current index. Take these two pieces of information and look up the Handicap Chart for the course you are playing. This can be found near the computer in the clubhouse, or you can calculate it using the course slope and rating (use the charts in your NCGA Bluebook or the course handicap calculator on the NCGA website). Once you have this chart you can look up your real handicap on that particular course.

Now comes the calculating. Look at your scorecard and pay attention to the hole handicap number above each unplayed hole on the card. For discussion purposes, let's say your handicap index is 20.3. You look up your course handicap on the chart and find that your handicap for the course is 22 (and you know that because you are in the twenties your maximum postable score under ESC is 8). You've played 14 holes before dark so you need numbers for the last 4 holes. Number 15 is a par 4 and it's handicap number is 3. As a 22 handicap at this course, you get one stroke on every hole and two strokes on the 1-4 handicap holes. So for hole 15 you get two and would mark down a 6 on your card for that hole. The next hole number 16 is a par 3 and is the 14 handicap so you would get a 4, mark that down and continue on. In this way you "run out" your score by using your course handicap. Then use your ESC to reduce all your blow-up holes where you chunked and went OB and three putted down to a score of 8 for those holes and add it all up. Then post that as your final 18 hole score.

It's admittedly a little unusual but you'll get the hang of it. Refer to your Snoopy Handicap book for more info or to the NCGA or USGA websites. Good luck and good shootin.