Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make Handicap Factors more representative of a player’s potential scoring ability. ESC sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole depending on the player’s ^*Course Handicap. ESC is used only when a player’s actual or most likely score exceeds her maximum number based on the table below.

It is imperative that a player’s gross score be adjusted prior to posting for handicap purposes.

a) Reduction of hole scores, for handicap purposes only, in accordance with the formula below, is called Equitable Stroke Control. Each player’s gross score must be adjusted in accordance with the ESC formula before it is returned for handicap purposes.
b) A score for any hole is reduced to a specified number of strokes over par, for handicap purposes only, as follows:

EQUITABLE STROKE CONTROL CHART

Example: If your course handicap is 30, your maximum score of any hole is 9. If you score a double par on a par 5, as part of ChLGA Local Rules, you will post a score of 10. If your gross score was 100 and you only had a that one hole with a score over 9, you would post a score of 99 for handicap purposes.

^*Course Handicap = (Handicap Factor x Slope Rating ) / 113