CALLAWAY HANDICAPPING SYSTEM

Callaway Handicapping System

The Callaway system is a one round handicapping system, designed to be used in competitions, when not all players have a proper handicap.

The Handicap is calculated using the table below, which allows players to remove the scores from some of their worst holes. The table shows how many "worst holes" may be deducted and what other adjustments need to be made, if any, to the handicap.

Score					Holes to Deduct
68	69	70	71	72	0
.	.	73	74	75	0.5
76	77	78	79	80	1
81	82	83	84	85	1.5
86	87	88	89	90	2
91	92	93	94	95	2.5
96	97	98	99	100	3
101	102	103	104	105	3.5
106	107	108	109	110	4
111	112	113	114	115	4.5
116	117	118	119	120	5
121	122	123	124	125	5.5
126	127	128	129	130	6
-2	-1	0	+1	+2	Adjustment Factor

Calculating the Callaway Handicap.

Step 1; Calculate how many holes you can deduct from your gross score

Any hole except 17 and 18 may be deducted under the system. For example if a player hands in a card with a gross score of 96 they may deduct their worst 3 holes from holes 1 through to 16 (Shown in right column of table below).
If these scores were 9, 8, and 7 the total of the deductions is 24 (this is it what will be adjusted in the next step).

Step 2; Calculate the adjustment factor and apply it to the result of Step 1.

In our example - find 96 on the table and read down to the adjustment factor
(along the bottom of the table). The figure is minus '- 2'; so deduct 2 from the deductions calculated in Step 1; the result is the players Callaway Handicap.
For example, taking the 24 from Step1, deduct the 2 from it and you have the Callaway handicap for the day of 22. This gives the player on 96 a net score of 74.

Note the following provisions:

• No hole may be deducted at more than twice its par. Eg. if you have an 11 on a par five you can only deduct 10 strokes.
• Half strokes count as a complete stroke. Eg. if you have a 9 on a par 5 and you can deduct only half the hole, you can deduct 5 strokes.
• The seventeenth and eighteenth holes are never deducted although they are used in the total score to ascertain how many holes may be deducted;
• In the event of a tied competition the lowest handicap and/or adjustment wins.

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