Why We Need You to Post Your Score On The  Day You Play

PLAYING CONDITIONS CALCULATION (PCC) Golf is  an outdoor game and thus weather conditions come into play with your expected performance. Course ratings are based on normal playing conditions but the difficulty of the course can vary substantially from day to day due to the above plus course conditions and course setup.  Rule Change for 2020: When abnormal course or weather conditions cause scores to be unusually high or low on a given day, a “Playing Conditions Calculation” will adjust Score Differentials to better reflect a player’s actual performance. The “PCC” is: 1. An automatic procedure by the computation service that compares the scores submitted on the day against expected scoring patterns, 2.  Conservative in nature and applied in integer values, and 3. Applied in the Score Differential calculation of all players – even those who submit their score(s) on a later date. Reasons for Change: 1.To provide a mechanism that allows a better assessment of the difficulty of a course on a particular day. 2. Golf is an outdoor sport with many factors that can impact scoring (weather, rough height, hole locations, etc.). 3. A score of 90 made under challenging conditions could be a more impressive performance than an 88 under normal conditions – and incorporating a Playing Conditions Calculation allows this to be represented. This is one of the more modern features of the system, but a similar calculation has been used successfully in other parts of the world. The PCC is designed to be conservative, so if an adjustment is taking place 4-5 days a week, then the Course Rating may not be accurately representing the difficulty of the golf course. The ability to identify such courses will provide enhanced integrity to the system. The system analyzes how players have performed that day compared to their expected performance on the golf course. If expected results fall outside  a tolerance level, an adjustment will apply to all scores played on that course that day  Is performed only once for a day. Considers acceptable scores submitted on a golf course, including all rated tees and both genders. Requires at least eight acceptable scores submitted by players with a Handicap Index of 36.0 or below. Is applied in the calculation of score differentials for all players. Includes both 9-hole and 18-hole acceptable scores. Regardless of when the score is posted, the PCC will impact the score differential. The maximum PCC calculation is is + or -1 to +3  SO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR SCORES ON THE  DAY YOU PLAY SO YOUR SCORES CAN BE PART OF THE PCC . THE PCC NUMBERS ARE DONE NIGHTLY AT MIDNIGHT IN ALL TIME ZONES AND APPLIED AT THAT TIME IF APPLICABLE.

Video explaining the PCC