Golf Rules: Scorecard Do's And Dont's

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In this golf rules video, Golf Monthly rules expert Jeremy Ellwood looks at what you can and can't do when it comes to filling out your scorecard

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00:00 Hello there, we're talking today about some of the essentials for filling in your scorecard.

00:10 Well I suppose it's not you that fills in your scorecard, it's the marker that fills

00:13 in your scorecard and at the end of the round in a stroke play event you sign to certify

00:18 that what the marker has written down is correct.

00:20 There is really only in some ways one key thing to remember when it comes to the scorecard

00:26 and that is that you are signing only for the gross scores taken on each individual

00:31 hole.

00:32 You don't have to do the maths, you don't have to calculate the Stableford points in

00:36 a Stableford, all you are doing is saying yes that's what I scored on that hole, gross.

00:42 Now the problems arise when wrong scores get marked down and you don't notice them before

00:48 you sign your scorecard and it depends which way the error has gone as to what's going

00:52 to happen to you.

00:53 If you sign for a score lower than what you've actually taken, unfortunately that is a DQ

00:58 offence and your score for that tournament will not count, you will be disqualified.

01:04 If however you sign for a score higher than that that you actually took on an individual

01:08 hole, well then that's kind of your tough luck unfortunately and that score stands as

01:13 recorded and there have been some famous instances where top names have fallen foul of that particular

01:19 rule.

01:20 One other thing that's worth mentioning is a lot of people think you have to initial

01:24 and sign for scorecard mistakes, you don't as long as it's clear what you scored on that

01:29 particular hole, it doesn't have to be further certified by another signature or initial.

01:36 One or two other things just to talk about, let's talk about handicaps on scorecards and

01:40 again if you make a mistake in this it will depend which way round you get it.

01:44 If you put a handicap down in a handicap competition that is higher than that to which you are

01:49 entitled or you fail to put a handicap down on the card at all, unfortunately you will

01:53 be disqualified there because you are giving yourself more shots than you are entitled

01:57 to.

01:58 The other way round though, if you put a handicap down that is lower than that to which you

02:01 are entitled to, the only person you are doing any disservice to is yourself and the score,

02:07 your handicap score, net score will stand based on that lower handicap.

02:12 One or two other little things, obviously you have to remember to sign the card and

02:16 you must make sure that your marker signs the card too and if for any reason you have

02:21 had to have two markers in a round, someone has been taken ill or twisted their ankle

02:24 and injured themselves, you must make sure that both markers sign the card before you

02:28 sign it and submit it.

02:30 And talking of submitting it, the final point here is you are obliged to return your scorecard

02:35 promptly at the end of the round to wherever the committee has designated scorecards must

02:40 be returned to.

02:41 And that does mean that if you drive home, forget about your scorecard and then only

02:46 remember later in the day and drive back up to the club, unfortunately by then it is too

02:49 late and you will be disqualified I am afraid for not returning your scorecard in a prompt

02:54 manner.

02:55 So just a few things to remember there about the scorecard, it is fairly easy to get right

03:00 but occasionally little errors slip in when perhaps you have had a bad round and you don't

03:04 really check it as thoroughly as you should be doing, so the key message really is check

03:08 it thoroughly, make sure everything is right before you submit your scorecard.

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