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Author: Kevin O'Connor

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Kevin O'Connor

Kevin joined the SCGA in August of 2012, and will oversee utilization of the USGA Handicap System by SCGA members and member clubs, including utilization of the GHIN service. Having worked at the Northern California Golf Association in a similar role, and then more recently in a senior management role with the United States Golf Association, his experience positions him to assist the SCGA and its members in continued successful implementation of these core programs.

  • FeaturedHandicap HintsSummer 2023
    By Kevin O'Connor
    July 21, 2023
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    Handicap Index Calculation

    We receive a fair number of inquiries about the Handicap Index® and why it is not changing/not changing fast enough, not low enough, not high enough, ...
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  • Handicap HintsSpring 2023
    By Kevin O'Connor
    April 23, 2023
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    Playing Conditions Calculation: Were There Outstanding Conditions The Day You Played?

    In late 2022 and early 2023 a fair number of Score Differentials™ were impacted by the automated playing conditions calculation (PCC) as part of the World ...
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  • Handicap HintsWinter 2023
    By Kevin O'Connor
    February 7, 2023
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    New Year’s Daze: Looking Forward and Looking Back at your Handicap

    With the new year, many resolutions are made, including trying to improve our golf games (and our Handicap Indexes®). Unfortunately, “out with the old and in ...
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  • Fall 2022Handicap Hints
    By Kevin O'Connor
    October 25, 2022
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    Handicap Allowances

    There is often anticipation in the air as the date for the next handicap competition at a club approaches. Participants want to know what handicap value ...
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  • Handicap HintsSummer 2022
    By Kevin O'Connor
    July 22, 2022
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    Nine-Hole Scores: The Hows and Whys of Posting

    Nine-hole rounds are acceptable scores and are to be posted for handicap purposes. In general, when choosing to post a score, an option to define the ...
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  • Handicap HintsSpring 2022
    By Kevin O'Connor
    April 20, 2022
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    Keeping You Informed: GHIN Push Notifications on your Mobile Phones

    Last month, a new feature that can automatically provide updated information on a few key items tied to your handicap record and digital profile was introduced. First ...
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  • Handicap HintsWinter 2022
    By Kevin O'Connor
    January 24, 2022
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    New Year, New Handicap?

    Sorry, not quite so fast With the new year, many resolutions are made, including trying to improve our golf games (and our Handicap Index®). Unfortunately, “out with ...
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  • Handicap HintsSummer 2021
    By Kevin O'Connor
    July 16, 2021
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    When Time Is of the Essence: What to Do When You Can’t Finish

    SUMMER OFTEN BRINGS about an opportunity for early evening golf, and this periodically results in a race against darkness. To help get through as much of ...
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  • Handicap HintsSpring 2021
    By Kevin O'Connor
    April 26, 2021
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    Handicap Index Caps

    There are several safeguards in The World Handicap System, and one is a limit on the upward movement of the Handicap Index, known as a cap. The ...
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  • Handicap HintsWinter 2021
    By Kevin O'Connor
    January 15, 2021
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    WHS: A first-year review

    As 2020 was the first year for the World Handicap System™, we thought we would look back at some statistical information to see how things have gone. ...
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FeaturedSummer 2023

Recommended Reading: Course Knowledge

Ever redesign a golf hole in your mind? Pontificate to friends about how you would reposition some pesky bunkers? Or maybe think to yourself, ‘Man, what was (insert designer’s name) ...
  • This Game Belongs To You

    By Adam Hawk
    August 7, 2023
  • Only A Game? So Why am I So Damn Mad When I Play?

    By David Weiss
    July 21, 2023
  • Handicap Index Calculation

    By Kevin O'Connor
    July 21, 2023
  • Beached, But Not Trapped: If an Entire Rule is Dedicated to one Area of the Course, you Know it Must be Important

    By Jimmy Becker
    July 21, 2023
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