Adding a new course
To add a new course, select the New Course tab. If you have not yet added any courses, this tab will be selected by
default when you log in.
The drop-down list box next to the text "Add a new course for" allows you to choose whether you will be adding this course
for yourself or for one of your friends. See Adding and Deleting Friends.
To add the new course, enter the name, Standard Scratch Score, and Slope Index (if applicable) and the Pars and Stroke Indexes for each hole.
You may wish to copy the information from a course that has already been created by one of your friends. Any courses
that belong to any of your friends will appear in the drop-down list box next to the text "Populate form with course information from".
This will not create the course, it will just fill the form with the existing course\'s details so that you can make any amendments necessary.
When you are happy with the course details, click the Update button. If there are no errors, the course will be added and
you will be taken to the Courses screen where you will see that the course has been added to your course list.
Adding new tees for the same course
You have the option to specify the tees you are using at a given course. If you wish to add another tee for the same course, go to the "Edit Course" page
for the relevant course, and follow the instructions in the information box above the "Tees" field.
You will be taken to the "New Course" screen and can amend the course for the new tee details before clicking the "Add Course" button. This will create a second
version of the course with the new tee information.
Note that if you simply change the tee value on the "Edit Course" page, this will not create a new tee for the same course - instead it will just change the existing
tee value for that course.
Adding a nine-hole course
To add a nine-hole course, enter holes 1-9 and the system will duplicate these to holes 10-18.
Editing an existing course
To edit an existing course, select the Course tab and click the edit icon  next to the course
you wish to edit.
A page will appear showing the course details. Make any changes and then click the Update Course. You will then be returned to
the Courses page.
If you have a friends list containing one or more players who have granted you access to their account and they have the same course (by name, location and tees) as the one you are updated, you can cause the update to happen to their course as well. To do this, ensure that the Update Friends Courses Where Applicable checkbox is selected.
Note that this checkbox will only appear if you are editing your own copy of the course.
Deleting a course
To delete a course, select the Course tab and click the delete icon  next to the course you wish to delete.
You will be prompted to enter the word 'delete'. This is to make certain that you are aware that you are about to delete all the course
and round information recorded for this course.
Adding a new round
To add a new round, click on the new round icon  next to the course on which the round was played.
A score must be entered for each hole. If a hole was not played, you should enter a dash ('-'). If a hole was forfitted, you should enter an 'x'.
The Fairway Hit and Putts entries are optional.
Editing an existing round
To edit a round, bring up the rounds for a particular course (by clicking the course name on the Courses tab, or by selecting the course from the
drop down list on the Rounds tab) and click the edit icon next to the round you wish to edit.
A page will appear with the round details. You may now make any changes and click the Update Round button. You will
be returned to the Rounds tab.
Deleting a round
To edit a round, bring up the rounds for a particular course (by clicking the course name on the Courses tab, or by selecting the course from the
drop down list on the Rounds tab) and click the delete icon next to the round you wish to edit.
You will be asked to confirm your request before the round is deleted. If you click cancel, no action will be taken.
Viewing your history at a course
You can access your history at a course in one of two ways:
- By clicking the course name on the Courses tab.
- By selecting the course from the drop down list on the Rounds tab.
Both methods will take you to the same screen where you will see a table containing the course details and showing all the rounds
you have recorded at that course. A key to some of the column headings in this table is given below:
- Fr = Front Nine
- Ba = Back Nine
- To = Total
- Ha = Handicap for this round
- St = Stableford score (based on handicap entered for this round)
- Fa = Number of fairways hit (if recorded)
- Pu = Total number of putts (if recorded)
There are four rows at the bottom of the table that give interesting information on your performance at the chosen course:
- Average shows the average number of strokes taken on each hole
- Average Over is the Average for the hole minus the par
- Best shows a theoretical best round based on the best score achieved on each hole
- Your Stroke Index shows how difficult each hole is based on your own performance at the course. The lower the stroke index, the harder the hole has proved to be for you in the past.
Viewing a scorecard / comparing rounds with friends
To compare your friends' rounds with your own for a particular day, click the compare icon  next to the round
on the "rounds" tab page.
Adding and deleting friends
On the Friends tab, you may maintain a list of other Golfing Record users in whom you have an interest.
To add a user to your list of friends, enter their name and click the Add Friend button. The user will be added to the list.
Alternatively, if your friend does not yet have an account, you can create one for them by clicking the link to the right of the Add Friend button.
In order to create an account for a friend, you will need to know your friend\'s email address (if they do not have an email address, you might consider creating one for them at one of the free email providers like Hotmail.
If you create their account in this way (by clicking the link from the Friends page), you will automatically be added to their friends list, and they will be added to yours.
You will be given update access to their new account by default.
Your friend will receive an email notification of the account creation.
Please note that in order to add a friend to this list they must have an account of their own. The name that you will be adding is
the username of their account. If your friends do not have accounts, or do not have frequent access to the Internet, you may wish to create accounts on behalf of your friends and grant yourself update access to each
of them. If you use the correct email address for your friends' accounts, they will receive an email when the account is created
containing their username and password.
To remove a friend from the list, click the delete icon next to the friend's name.
Granting Access To Your Account
Anyone on your friends list may view your golfing history at Golfing Record. If you wish, you may allow anyone on the site to view
your details by de-selecting the Allow Only Friends To View Your History option on the Site Settings tab.
You may also grant anyone on your friends list access to Update your account. You can see what level of access
a friend has to your account on the Friends tab in the Access To Your Account/Click To Toggle column. The access
level will either be Update or View. By clicking in this column, you will switch the access level from one to the other.
When a friend has Update access to your account, they may maintain your golfing history for you (although they are not
allowed to delete courses). This will be useful if you play regularly with the same group of friends and one person wishes
to take responsibility for maintaining the record.
Maintaining your friends' courses and scores
If you have been given Update access to another account, you can perform the following actions to maintain their account:
- Add a new course by selecting a friend from the drop down list on the New Course tab.
- Add a new round. When adding a new round, you are given a drop down list containing any of your friends who have the same
course on their account.
- Edit a course. Beware this option because updating a course only updates the course details for THAT user. In an imminent
site update, Golfing Record will provide an option to synchronise course details between friends.
- Edit a round. When viewing the rounds for one of your friends, click the edit icon next
to the round you wish to edit.
Viewing your statistics
The Statistics tab page gives you a summary of your performance between two dates of your choice.
Strokes By Par
This dreaks down the number of birdies, pars, bogeys, and so on, that you have made for each par type. Within each category
there are two columns. The first column shows the exact number of times you are achieved that result (i.e. 12 birdies on Par 3 Holes),
while the figure on the right shows the cumulative total (for example, 45 Pars on Par 3s would also include the 12 birdies).
Percentage By Par
This is similar to the above table but instead breaks down the percentage of birdies, pars, bogeys, and so on, that you have made for each par type.
Again, there are two columns for each category, with the second column being the cumulative totals.
Handicaps
Please be aware that none of the handicap systems used by The Twentieth Hole are recognised by any golf
authority as an official tournament handicap.
The handicap calculation
The Twentieth Hole can calculate your handicap in a number of different ways. The system used determines the maximum
number of strokes that may be considered for each hole.
Capping the number of strokes on each hole helps to make your handicap resemble your potential scoring ability.
As an example, if you make 17 pars but make 20 strokes on one of the holes, it clearly makes no sense consider all of
those 20 shots when calculating the handicap.
Score adjustments
When using a the Strict system, the holes with stroke indexes 1-10 are capped at
double-bogey and the remaining holes are capped at bogey. Using the Regular system, all holes are capped
at double-bogie. The table below shows the capping for all the systems.
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| Strict | Bogey (Double Bogey on stroke indexes 1-10) |
| Standard | Double Bogey |
| Relaxed | Three Over |
| Very Relaxed | Four Over |
| Maximum | Ten Over! |
Once these adjustments have been made, the calculation is performed as below.
- For each of the last 20 rounds played, the course's Standard Scratch Score (or total par where SSS is not known) is subtracted
from the total number of strokes taken (after the adjustments detailed above).
- If the course has a slope index, each of these scores is then divided by this number and multiplied by 113.
- A slope index is usually found on American golf courses, although it is becoming increasingly used also in the UK.
- At this point, the ten best scores are kept and the others are discarded. If ten or fewer rounds have been recorded, then no
rounds are discarded.
- This value is then multiplied by 0.96 which is designed to give a slight advantage to better players.
- The handicap is then taken to be the average of all the scores that were not discarded.
Changing the Handicap System
To change the handicap for yourself or one of your friends, use the drop down list on the Handicap tab. This will show the handicap calculation based on the new system and, if you have permission to update the account, will make the new system the default for that player.
Stableford Scoring
The column headed 'st' in the scores table shows the Stableford score for the round.
Stableford points are awarded per hole based on a combination of your handicap and the number
of strokes taken for the hole.
Scores for the scratch player
Before factoring in the handicap adjustments, here are the scores that are
awared to a zero handicap (scratch) player.
In the case of the scratch player, two points are awarded for a par plus one point for each shot
below par; a bogie scores one point; a double-bogie or greater receives no points.
Handicap adjustments
Your handicap is used to give you extra shots on certain holes.
For example, a player with a handicap of 10 would get an extra shot on the 10 hardest
holes (the holes with Stroke Index 1 to 10), while a player with a handicap of 20
would get an extra shot on all 18 holes plus another extra shot on the hardest
two holes (Stroke Indexes 1 & 2).
The extra shots you receive are used to modify the par of the hole before applying the
scoring as described for the scratch player.
For example, a player with an
extra shot on a par 4 hole would be scored as if the hole were a par 5;
a player with two shots on a par 4 hole would be scored as if the hole were a par 6.
Scores based on a player's handicap are refered to as the net scores.
Updating your email address and password
To update any of your personal details, use the My Details tab page.
Choosing your site preferences
The Site Settings tab page provides two options:
Allow Only Friends To View Your History
Selecting this option will prevent anyone who is not on your friends list from viewing your scores.
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