can a golf player have their handicap reduced even though they did not sign their card?

[diana960825]

can a golf player have their handicap reduced even though they did not sign their card?

[bengalcliff719]

Though the question is lacking in what may be necessary detail, let me take a stab at it.

It sounds like you are talking about a player in a handicapped tournament who shot a low score (in relation to submitted handicap) and the committee lowered the submitted handicap based on the score turned in. Is that correct? If so, then actually the committee should disqualify the player for not signing the scorecard. If the player did sign the card, then the committee usually reserves the right to lower submitted handicaps, as they see fit.

Or, it sounds like a player shot a good score during a regular (non-tournament) round of golf. When he turned it the card to the handicapping committee at the end of the round, he forgot to sign it, and you are wondering if the score will count toward the handicap. In this case, the handicapping committee should first verify that the round was played and the score was correct, if it was, whether signed or not, the score should count toward the players handicap. Otherwise, players who didn't want their handicap to go down, would conveniently forget to sign cards when they scored well.

Hopefully, one of these two scenarios is what occured, and hopefully I have answered your question!

[googie351]

If a player does not sign his card he is disqualified from the tournament . For a score to be official it has to be kept by a fellow competitor , signed by him and attested to by the person whose score was kept. Unless the tournament or handicap committee states a penalty will be assessed for not signing usually a handicap is not reduced.