I believe that each day I should try and learn something new. As it turns out, yesterday I did because of two readers, Stephan and Tiffani, who comment on my post of being chased off the golf course. They recommend that I post my score anyway because that is the rules of golf. Truthfully, I never knew that a singles match play round is supposed to post for my handicap, but now I do.

After reading the comments, I noticed that my knowledge and understanding of what scores should be post for my handicap was lacking, So, I did some research and this is what Golf Canada says:

• In individual match play, the match is won by the player who is leading by a number of holes greater than the number of holes remaining to be played.
• Acceptability of Score: Individual Match Play is an authorized format of play, and acceptable scores made in this format must be posted for handicap purposes. If a hole is conceded (a player starts a hole but does not hole out), then that golfer must record their “Most Likely Score” for handicap purposes. If a match ends before all holes are played, any remaining unplayed holes must be recorded as Net Par.
• Allowance: The higher-handicapped player receives the full difference in Playing Handicap between the two players; the lower-handicapped player plays from scratch.
• Example: A player with a Playing Handicap of 17 receives four strokes from a player with a Playing Handicap of 13. The player receives them on the first four allocated handicap-stroke holes.

Given the above information, I finished my round at a minus 2 and posted such to my handicap app. The challenge I have for my handicap rounds this year is my home course does not subscribe to Golf Canada and I cannot any scores I shoot at Mattawa. That is okay, so I am using a free app called “Simple Handicap” to keep track of my scores. Currently, I have 17 rounds posted and I am carrying a 2.2 handicap index. I think this handicap is a bit soft, but the numbers are not supposed to lie…..right?

Well, I am grateful for learning something new about my passion. I am not sure if my oversight is as a result of the rules from 2019, but it does not matter moving forward.

I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!