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In handicap stroke play competitions, a golfer's playing handicap is subtracted from the total number of strokes taken to produce a net score, which is then used to determine the final results. In handicap Stableford competitions, a player's handicap is distributed according to predetermined hole ratings (stroke index) and strokes deducted ...
The race was inaugurated in 1935 as the San Antonio Handicap. It has been a Grade II event since 1990, and was changed from handicap to allowance conditions in 2011. It has been a Grade II event since 1990, and was changed from handicap to allowance conditions in 2011.
It was used to adjust recorded scores in order to more accurately calculate a player's handicap. Its purpose was to avoid one or more very high scores on individual holes inflating the handicap calculation. Equitable stroke control was a sliding scale system, based on the course (or playing) handicap of the golfer.
Jake Olson and Watertown High School's boys golf team made it 2-for-2 this week by winning titles in the Huron Invitational on Friday.
In match play the stroke index is used to evenly spread the handicap allowances across the course. This is done by allocating the odd stroke index numbers to the more difficult half (9 holes, Out or In) of the course, which is usually the longer half, and the even stroke index numbers to the easier half of the course.
A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give him or her a disadvantage when racing against slower horses. The handicapper's goal in assigning handicap weights is to enable all the horses to finish together (in a dead heat).
your brackets, try and select teams that are playing good basketball lately (look at the L10 ... Morris 12.3, Aldrich 11.2 #16 Lehigh (22-10) 3-0 ATS 8-2 L10 72% FT ...
White Abarrio won the $3 million Pegasus World Cup by 6 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream on Saturday. Sent off at 5-2 odds, White Abarrio paid $7.60, $3.80 and $3. Locked returned $3.20 and $2.40, while ...