MY GAME

2 person scramble tournament at Stone Creek on Saturday 4/30. Message me if you interested.

just shouting out to anyone that lives in the metro area and wants to play sometime. send me a message.

What is the difference between a ghin number and handicap number?

So what's going on here...
I've posted 6 scores within the revision date and I'm not getting my handicap.
Anyone ????

Ok so here's a question ? I see when posting a score it reads AI ( away Internet ) so is there a home course I'm not aware of ? If so, what is it ?

Anyone want to play Eastmoreland Friday at 6:37 am ?
I have a tee time.

Steve

Thursday or Friday morning

Looking to set a tee time for stonecreek in Oregon city. Early morning by 7am. Anyone want to join me ???

Steve

So I need to make some friends and play some round according to the bylaws of the club. HaHaHa... I'm such a rule breaker... :-)

Playing OGA tomorrow, but would like to find someone who can play Thursday or Friday early morning. Don't really care where. My favorite is probably Stonecreek in Oregon City, but I'm open. Let me know and we'll set something up...

Steve

New to this site and club. Looking forward to meeting some new people and even getting together and playing some rounds with new people.
Really working hard on improving my game. Would enjoy some rounds with better players to watch and learn.
See ya on the course

Steve

Hi All,
I'm new to this club. Is the handicap provided on this site legit? Can we use it to play on USGA handicap required tournament? thnx

Played Tetherow in Bend. I have heard horror stories about this course, but I really enjoyed. Forecaddie is a huge help when playing the first time. Huge undulated greens. True links course in the high desert.

Hi All,

I am a recent member. I am trying to get some information about other people's experience using their handicap index from this club to enter tournaments in the area. I corresponded a bit with the Director of Marketing at the OGA and below is what he said. Any feedback/comments would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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From: Eric Yaillen <eyaillen@oga.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Subject: RE: Contact Us Request

Not necessarily true.

First, the USGA does not have a review process for individual golfers and their scores. That is the responsibility of the club and your peers.

We often find that Type-3 Clubs are not in compliance. For instance, there was a local Type-3 club run by a retailer that did not have a Handicap Committee, did not have regularly scheduled events for the membership to play in, and did not have a member of the club that was certified. The person indicated as the Handicap Chair and certified as required by the licensing agreement actually lived and worked at the retailers headquarters in another state. So the club, was not in compliance based on several different rules.

The rules of the USGA Handicap System allow a tournament committee to make adjustments to anyone, and sometimes that is based on experience with the particular player historically in their events. I know there have been numerous local member-guest events where guests (who were members of other OGA Member Clubs), were not allowed to play at their full course handicap...simply because of past experience. We had a guy from North Carolina playing an OGA Tour event last year that we only gave 80% of his handicap because we discovered his club was not in full compliance with the terms of their licensing agreement. Both are allowed by the rules.

Additionally, you should know that the Handicap Indexes from Stracka (as well as many other for-profit services) are sometimes inaccurate because they do not regularly update the Course R

Hi All,

I am a recent member. I am trying to get some information about other people's experience using their handicap index from this club to enter tournaments in the area. I corresponded a bit with the Director of Marketing at the OGA and below is what he said. Any feedback/comments would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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From: Eric Yaillen <eyaillen@oga.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Subject: RE: Contact Us Request

Not necessarily true.

First, the USGA does not have a review process for individual golfers and their scores. That is the responsibility of the club and your peers.

We often find that Type-3 Clubs are not in compliance. For instance, there was a local Type-3 club run by a retailer that did not have a Handicap Committee, did not have regularly scheduled events for the membership to play in, and did not have a member of the club that was certified. The person indicated as the Handicap Chair and certified as required by the liceating/Slope Rating information in a timely manner. That results in the differential being incorrect. It is differentials that are used to compute an Index, and we have found discrepancies in several audits. For instance, we have found this to be true with the members of the EWGA who use only the free service provided by the national organization post their scores (Most EWGA members locally get their Handicap through the EWGA's OGA Member Club, but some just use the service which happens to be powered by Stracka).

As it is the responsibility of the State/Regional Golf Associations to issue the Course/Slope Ratings, our systems always have the most up-to-date information giving greater assurance that the numbers used to compute a Handicap Index are accurate.

Your past scores are not automatically transferrable, but we certainly suggest that you manually repost those scores, including the actual date played, when establishing your GHIN record. You might find that the Index might cha

Hi All,

I am a recent member. I am trying to get some information about other people's experience using their handicap index from this club to enter tournaments in the area. I corresponded a bit with the Director of Marketing at the OGA and below is what he said. Any feedback/comments would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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From: Eric Yaillen <eyaillen@oga.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Subject: RE: Contact Us Request

Not necessarily true.

First, the USGA does not have a review process for individual golfers and their scores. That is the responsibility of the club and your peers.

We often find that Type-3 Clubs are not in compliance. For instance, there was a local Type-3 club run by a retailer that did not have a Handicap Committee, did not have regularly scheduled events for the membership to play in, and did not have a member of the club that was certified. The person indicated as the Handicap Chair and certified as required by the licenge just a tad if the course rating information for the course selected was inaccurate.

Eric Yaillen
Director of Marketing & Communication
Oregon Golf Association
(503) 981-4653 • Cell: (503) 358-8216 • Fax: (503) 981-7599
www.oga.org
eyaillen@oga.org


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 2:36 PM
To: Eric Yaillen
Subject: Re: Contact Us Request

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the info. Can you clarify the part about the tournament committee's discretion? If it is a USGA licensed club then the USGA's review/approval process ensures it is conforming and that the handicap index is valid. You can verify the club's compliance status on USGA's website.

I am just trying to understand if I can play in OGA events. I am not opposed to joining an OGA club but since I have already invested the time and money to join (and track scores) with this other club I want to at least finish this season. If I join another club will my scores be transferable?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Ch