When the Handicap Was Lost On A Round

How far round did each card get before the handicap was used up? Where it is lost, and who keeps it longest

All Winter League cards, Winter 2020 to Winter 2026. Dates link to the published round results; names link to player pages. Small grey numbers are CDH numbers.

The rule. On which hole was the handicap used up? Worked out from the cards (like a flag competition):
  1. Only complete cards count: a gross score on every hole. A card with a blob (a hole with no score) is left out.
  2. The allowance is the handicap strokes on the card. The league’s own handicap on the card is already the strokes for the 12 holes played.
  3. Play the holes in order, keeping a running total of strokes over par (a birdie takes one off, an eagle two).
  4. The handicap is lost on the first hole where that running total goes above the allowance. Being exactly on the allowance after a hole does not lose it: you have no strokes left in hand, but a par on the next hole keeps you going. Example: a 10 handicapper who goes 8, 8, 8 on three par 4s is 4, 8 and then 12 over – above 10 on the 3rd, so the handicap was lost on the 3rd.
  5. A player who never goes above the allowance kept their handicap to the end, shown with the strokes still in hand, e.g. Kept (+3).
  6. A plus handicap (an allowance below zero) plays the round on an allowance of 0 and owes its strokes at the end: a plus 2 player keeps it only by finishing 2 or more under par; otherwise it is lost on the last hole.
  7. Order: rounds where it was kept come first, most strokes in hand first; then the latest holes where it was lost. On the same hole, the player who was fewer strokes over the allowance there is ahead. Holes done = holes finished before the handicap was lost.

Winter League rounds are 12 holes (1 to 6, 8 to 12 and 16), played in that order. The allowance is the league’s own handicap on the card, which is already the strokes for those 12 holes (lookup table, unofficial). Just for fun: it works like a flag competition, which nobody played on these days – this is what would have happened if they had. Click a column heading to sort.

The season switches choose which seasons are counted – any combination; your choice is remembered on this computer. They change everything below. Each player’s own rounds are on their player page.

* Sunday round

Seasons:

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