Which rounds count for handicap purposes?

Q: Which rounds count for handicap purposes?

A score counts if the round was played: in an authorised format (below), over at least the minimum holes (9 for a 9-hole score, 10 for an 18-hole score), with at least one other person, who can act as your marker, by the Rules of Golf, on a course with a current Course Rating and Slope Rating (issued in South Africa by GolfRSA), kept at its normal length and difficulty, and during the course's active season. Authorised formats (competition or social play, 9 or 18 holes): Individual stroke play, including Stableford, Par/Bogey and Maximum Score Four-ball stroke play, including Stableford, Par/Bogey and Maximum Score Individual match play Four-ball match play Formats not on this list, such as foursomes, greensomes and scrambles, don't count. In social play, a score generally doesn't count if you breach a Rule and don't apply the correct penalty, or deliberately ignore a Rule. Source: Rules of Handicapping (2024), Rules 2.1 and 2.2.

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A score counts if the round was played:

in an authorised format (below), over at least the minimum holes (9 for a 9-hole score, 10 for an 18-hole score),
with at least one other person, who can act as your marker,
by the Rules of Golf,
on a course with a current Course Rating and Slope Rating (issued in South Africa by GolfRSA), kept at its normal length and difficulty, and
during the course's active season.

Authorised formats (competition or social play, 9 or 18 holes):

Individual stroke play, including Stableford, Par/Bogey and Maximum Score
Four-ball stroke play, including Stableford, Par/Bogey and Maximum Score
Individual match play
Four-ball match play

Formats not on this list, such as foursomes, greensomes and scrambles, don't count.

In social play, a score generally doesn't count if you breach a Rule and don't apply the correct penalty, or deliberately ignore a Rule.

Source: Rules of Handicapping (2024), Rules 2.1 and 2.2.