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What is an Acceptable Score

according to the USGA?

• Once 14 or more holes are played in an 18-hole round

• Once 7 or more holes are played in a 9-hole round

• Scores made in the company of at least one other
person

• If a hole is not played, record par plus any handicap
shots you would have received.

• If a hole is not completed, record what you most likely
would have made, up to your maximum score.

• Scores made in match play, stroke play and team
competitions

• Scores made if a player is disqualified from a
competition but has an acceptable score

• Scores made when played by the Rules of Golf

• Scores made when played on a course during its
active season

All acceptable scores are to be posted
within the same day of play using one

of the following methods:

• Score posting in the Golf Shop

• USGA GHIN Mobile app

• Turn in the scorecard to the Golf Shop staff

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