• Download the GHIN app
• Open the GHIN app on your phone and log on.
• From home page, click on "POST SCORE" tab in the middle of the screen Or click on "Post Score" located on the bottom of the screen
• Enter 'Lake of the Pines CC' in the search area, then select 'Lake of the Pines CC'
• Click on 'Hole-By-Hole' tab (preferred)
• Click on '9 Holes' tab
• Select the correct tee (i.e. Green - Front 9 or Gold - Back 9). If Front 9 and Back 9 aren't showing up, you will be posting an 18-hole score so make sure you have selected the 9-Holes tab.
• Click on "Score Type". If playing at LOP, select "HOME". If playing elsewhere, select "Away".
• Date defaults to current date. If posting a score from a previous date, click on the date field and enter the correct date.
• Click on the 'Enter Hole-by-Hole Score' tab. Note: This option is to ensure ESC (adjusted score) done automatically by GHIN
• Enter score for each hole played
• Look over screen one last time checking to see that the tee/course, type, date, and score is correct. Click on "Post Score"
• Note: weekly Tuesday sweeps score is posted by Golf Genius on your behalf

CONGRATULATIONS!You have now posted your score!!!

• Login to your GHIN account using your GHIN number and your password
• Click on "9 Holes" tab at top of screen
• Click on (highlight) course/tee you played (may need to click on "Page Up or "Page Down" tabs on right hand side)
• Will default to the current date. If posting a previous date, click on "Play Date" and update
• Click on "Next"
• Enter ESC Score (this is your adjusted score). (See "What is ESC" and "What is an Adjusted Score?" sections for more information.
• Click on "Next"
• Review all information and click on "Cancel" if something is wrong. If all correct, click on "Post Score".
• Logout when done to take the computer back to the home page.

• Adding up your actual strokes for each hole to get a "gross" score.
• Next, you "adjust" this gross score by applying the maximum hole score rule (see above). This "adjusted" score is the score you post!

1. Connie has a handicap of 18 for LOP Front 9, Green Tees. On hole 1, par 4, Connie's gross score is 10. Her adjusted score when posted for hole 1 will be 8 based on the maximum hole score rule, 4 (par) + 2 + 2 (Connie’s pops for hole 1).

Note: you can skip this manual adjusted score calculation by posting 'Hole-by-Hole Score' in GHIN

• Fill out last name, first initial of each player (preferably in alphabetical order)
• The color of tee each player is playing from (Red, Green, or Gold)
• Legible score received for each hole for each player
• Complete tournament table "game of the day" on your scorecard per Tournament Table Instructions
• Gross score in correct column (TOT column on scorecard)
• Enter Handicap (from tee assignments posted on Lady Niner Website prior to Tuesday). If player does not have a handicap yet, put N/A here. Net Score (Gross score minus handicap. Players with no handicap yet will have this blank)("NET" on scorecard)
• Adjusted Score (subtracting any ESCs (see section above) from Gross Score to obtain score to post in GHIN
• Two signatures and date/tee time (bottom of scorecard)

The handicap index is "a measurement of a player's potential ability on a course of standard playing difficulty," according to the USGA. The golfer uses the handicap index to determine their handicap at a particular course, based on the difficulty of that course. Your "index" is a universal number that you take with you wherever you play golf. That index is used to determine your actual handicap for any course you play (depends on difficulty and length of that course, etc.)

The World Handicap System (WHS) implemented worldwide as of Jan 1, 2020, enables golfers of different abilities to play and compete on a fair and equitable basis no matter how or where they play. With WHS, maximum handicap index is capped at 54 for both men and women.

For players with over 54 index, the Lady Niners chose to support your 18-hole index by manually calculating it and when you play, your playing handicap is provided. This is to ensure pops are calculated correctly so you can compete on a fair and equitable basis. Your handicap index is emailed directly to you on the 1st of each month from your handicapper.

For players with 54 and under index, your 18-hole index can be found in NCGA Handicap Revision and News email sent to you on the 1st and 15th of each month or from your GHIN app.

Defined by Wikipedia: A golf handicap is a numerical measure of a golfer's potential ability. In stroke play, it is used to calculate a net score from the number of strokes played during a competition, thus allowing players of different proficiency to play against each other on somewhat equal terms. Generally, your gross score minus your handicap (net score) should be equal (or close to "par" for that course). For example: Looking at a scorecard, you may see that the 9 holes you are playing is a par 35. If you have a handicap of 20, you would expect to see your gross score to be around 55. If you play better (less than 55), you are playing really well and you should see your handicap improve if you continue to play with those scores. If you score above 55, you are not playing as well as your handicap indicates and if you continue with higher scores, your handicap will go up over time.

For players with over 54 index, Lady Niners chose to support your 18-hole index by manually calculating it and when you play, your playing handicap is provided.

Or you can visit USGA Handicap calculation link HERE

For a variety of reasons, i.e. pace of play, sometimes you may "pick up" your ball on a hole. This could be because you went out of bounds, but did not hit a provisional ball, and there is not enough time to go back and hit again, you are playing really bad and taking up too much time and/or getting frustrated, etc. In those cases, you take your current strokes you've already hit and add strokes for what you "reasonably" think you would have to complete the hole. For example, you've hit 7 strokes, you pick up, and believe it would take another 4 strokes to complete the Hole. You write an 11x on the scorecard. The x indicates that you picked up. Depending on your handicap (ESC score) you would be posting a 7, 8, 9, or 10 for that hole.

Another example is you get sick and quit playing after 8 holes and don't complete the 9th hole. You (or your teammates) would fill in "par + 2 + pops" (Par for that hole + pops for that hole) (See "How do I find out what my pops are?" section) for that Hole and that is the score that is used for posting.

First, you need to download the GHIN app from the app store on your smartphone or you can go to www.ghin.com and you must have an email address. You can initiate this email via the 'Create Profile' button on the GHIN login page by verifying your last name, GHIN number and email address. Once this occurs, you will receive an email with a link that will take you to GHIN to set and confirm a password and accept the privacy policy and terms of service.

If you need to make changes to your profile in the future, you need to login to your GHIN account. Click on the More option on the bottom right corner of the Home screen. Click on 'My Profile'.

From here, you can update your Email Address, your home address or your phone number by selecting the appropriate arrow (>). For instance, click on the arrow (>) on the right hand side of Phone Number, enter your new phone number.
Click on 'Save' once it's done.

You can visit USGA GHIN FAQs for more information by CLICKING HERE

USGA FAQs on WHS and Rules of Handicapping