I'm going to use Alice again as an example. (I'm in trouble if Alice ever joins NH). Alice was delayed from teeing off on the first hole because she had a Doctors appointment. She met her group on the 3rd tee.
Alice is a 30 handicap. Her allowable strokes are 1 on the first 18 holes and 12 more on the 12 hardest rated holes.
Hole #1 is rated as the 7th hardest and hole #2 is rated as the 9th hardest.
On every hole not played Alice would post par + her 2 handicap strokes.
So her score for #1 would be 7 and #2 would be 6.
Now this is where it is different:
On all the other holes that Alice did play the hole, the maximum she can post on each hole would be:
Par of the hole + 2 (referred to as net double bogey) + handicap strokes received.
And another scenario: if Alice starts the hole and the siren goes off because of a storm coming in or she is playing a match and her partner has already won the hole or a hole is conceded in singles match play she must record her most likely score if lower than her net double bogey limit.
The most likely score is:
- The number of strokes already taken to reach a position on a hole, plus
- The number of strokes the player would most likely require to complete the hole from that position, plus
- Any penalty strokes incurred during play of the hole.
The following chart will help you to determine what your score should be:
You must have a valid reason for picking up and not for the purpose of gaining an unfair scoring advantage.