Equitable Stroke Control (ESC)

Sometimes you may have a bad hole - a really bad hole. You end up shooting a 100 because of a 13 on a par 3. Your handicap may actually rise, but your potential shouldn't change because of one bad hole. So when entering your score, we adjust it for this bad hole. This is not the same as saying you shot anything other than 100. That's what you shot. But when entering your score into MyScorecard, you adjust the score you enter downward according to the following table:

Maximum # of Strokes/Hole by Course Handicap
9 or less	Double Bogey
10-19	7
20-29	8
30-39	9
40 or more	10

The calculation of your ESC should be based off of your course handicap. So, if you are an 18 handicap (ESC max of 7) but play on a course with a slope of 130, your course handicap will be 20, and thus you should employ an ESC max of 8.

If you do not have a handicap yet, men should assume a course handicap of 36, and women a course handicap of 40, when using the table.