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- From: lavergne@bnr.ca (Marc Lavergne)
- Subject: Re: New USGA Handicapping
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.151525.1954@bnr.ca>
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- Reply-To: lavergne@bnr.ca (Marc Lavergne)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <BzoywM.6F8@icon.rose.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:15:25 GMT
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- In article <BzoywM.6F8@icon.rose.hp.com>, kc@core.rose.hp.com (Kurt Chan) writes:
- |> I heard that USGA was instituting new Equity Stroke Control rules for '93.
- |>
- |> My understanding of existing ESC:
- |>
- |> You are allowed to post X number of double bogeys, where X is
- |> your slope-adjusted index for that course (and X-18 number of
- |> triples if you're over 18).
- |>
- |> My understanding of new ESC:
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- |> For 9-18 indexes, you are allowed to take a 7 maximum on any
- |> hole.
- |>
- The latest issue of Golf Digest confirms your understanding of the
- new ESC. Furthermore, there is no limit to the number of holes on
- which you are required to take the maximum 7.
-