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Myth 6

Myth ….'There are too many players with a plus (+) handicap nowadays …… and many of them cannot play to it!'

Since 1996 the Scottish Golf Union has conducted an annual audit of the returns of players with a handicap of one or better. Clubs are required to submit the full handicap record for each player falling into this category.
· The number of players in this category with handicaps in the range 1 to +5 is shown in the following table. This illustrates the sharp reduction in numbers through the plus handicap range.
Handicap v Frequency

Handicap	1	Scr	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5
Number	424	257	126	49	14	1	1

Source: Scottish Golf Union Handicap Audit 2003

This table is shown in graphical form in the  chart below.

· To further evaluate the playing capabilities of the very low handicap golfers the handicap records arising from the 2003 audit were used to plot the nett differentials returned by players with a handicap of one or better in the course of a playing season. This included Club, Area, National and International events. The resulting distribution is shown in the chart below:

· The chart features the expected bell shaped curve or normal distribution.
· The mean nett differential of this group of players was 1.7.
· This analysis demonstrates that as a group, players with a handicap of one or better are worthy of their low handicap status.
· In support of this contention it is of interest to examine the performance of the top player in the Scottish Golf Union Ranking which has been run since 2000.
· This award goes to the player with the lowest running average of all rounds recorded in the 72 hole Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit events expressed in relation to the CSS.
· The winners since inception and their performance details are listed below.

Scottish Golf Union Ranking – Running Average v CSS

Year	Player	Rounds Played	Cumulative Score V CSS	Average GD v CSS
2000	S O'Hara	32	-57	-1.78
2001	S O'Hara	30	-79	-2.63
2002	G Gordon	42	-90	-2.14
2003	S Wilson	26	-75	-2.89
2004	j McLeary	26	-61	-2.35

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