[jlab-9hgl 00058] 2010 Maximum scores you may record

[David Buckle]

      2 Times Par is the maximum number of strokes you may take on a
      hole before picking up the ball.


      Read ON!**

Dear JLGLrs,

There is a change in the *scoring rule *to speed up play, and it will 
cap handicaps slightly.
The Maximum strokes you may take before picking up on a hole is 2 x Par 
for each hole.
    If you hole out the on the twice par stroke, for example on a par 3 
the 6th shot, you may record the 6, if it is not in the hole pick up and 
record an X which will be entered by the scorekeeper as a 7 for 
handicapping.
The X calls my (the scorekeeper's) attention to the fact that I should 
enter th 2 X par + 1 score on the e-card generated by the program.  This 
differs in the fact that , in years before, we have been using 10 as the 
maximum and 11 as the default score.  Then the maximum score for a round 
would have bee 99 for 9 holes.  Now it will be 81, or 2*36 + 9.
Some of us, including yours truly, found ourselves in this situation and 
were confused yesterday.  I will be checking cards for this correction 
during the week.  This may actually change some of the early results, 
which I am still working on.
  Remember to think 2 x Par after which you mark an X (7,9,11 are the 
three X equivalents while 6,8,10 are scores which
were actually holed out before going over the 2 x Par limit.
   This will, in some cases, actually lower a handicap for some of those 
new to the game due to lower scores being recorded
for par 3 and par 4 holes (7 out of 9 holes  lowered a total of  18 
strokes ) so that now your maximum possible recorded score
for a round is 81 instead of 99.  I can not remember a 99 but then I 
forget much easier now and only remember my sub 50 rounds (very few).

Thank you for reading this note.
Dave Buckle
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