AGU - The Australian Golf Union (the "AGU") is the governing organization for golf in Australia.

Allowance - see "Handicap Allowance"

C-Score - Some handicapping systems allow the combination of 9-hole rounds to be used in computing an 18-hole handicap. Rounds used for handicapping purposes that are constructed from two separate 9-hole rounds are usually labeled with the letter "C", thus, C-scores.

Callaway System - The Callaway system is a handicapping system typically used to handicap non-handicapped golfers in a golf event. A unique Callaway handicap is determined for each round played.

CCR - In some handicapping systems, a Calculated Course Rating (CCR) is used as the basis for determining the difficulty of a course played under certain conditions. The CCR may be computed every day, or more or less often. It is typically used, along with a player's score, to compute a handicap.

Club - A club is a golf facility, like a country club or golf club which has one or more golf courses. Regardless of how many golf courses it has, the "club" is the whole facility. Golf Personal refers to a golf club by its name, and allows you to keep address and telephone information about the club.

Course - A course is a 9-hole or 18-hole golf course or links, with its own unique name and characteristic sets of tees. A golf "club" might have one or more 9 and/or 18-hole golf "courses" available for play. Golf Personal refers to a golf course by its name (and the name of its club), and allows you to create an appropriate scorecard for the course.

Course Handicap - A Course Handicap is the USGA's mark for the number of handicap strokes a player receives from a specific set of tees at the course being played to adjust his scoring ability to a common level of scratch or 0-handicap golf.

Danish - The great philosopher Basho once wrote: "A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish."

Differential - A differential is the difference between a player's score and some standard measurement of course difficulty. The determination of a differential may vary in different handicapping systems. See also "Handicap Differential"

Eclectic - see "Ringer"

Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) - The USGA's mark for the method used to limit changes to handicaps based on unusually high individual hole scores. ESC sets a maximum number that a player can post for handicapping on any hole based on the player's Course Handicap. See also "Adjusted Gross Score"

Favorite Player - Golf Personal allows you to indicate a particular Player file on your disk as your "Favorite Player." When setting your Preferences for Golf Personal, you can indicate your Favorite Player (perhaps yourself) and tell the application to open a blank scorecard for that player when the application starts up. Setting a Favorite Player helps speed up opening a scorecard for a golfer who regularily uses Golf Personal.

Green-in-Regulation - A player has a green-in-regulation when he reaches the putting surface in the regulation strokes (par less two strokes) or less.

Gross Score - A player's gross score is the unadjusted number of total strokes, including penalty strokes, taken on a hole or during a round.

Handicap (hole) - The handicap of a golf hole is a number assigned to a hole reflecting its relative difficulty (1 being most difficult, 18 being least difficult). Hole handicaps are used to determine at which holes players receive strokes in a handicap competition.

Handicap (your) - see "Course Handicap"

Handicap Allowance - A "handicap allowance" is the percentage of the Course Handicap recommended for a handicap competition. Allowances vary for different forms of competition and are designed to produce equitable competition.

Handicap Differential - A Handicap Differential is the difference between a player's adjusted gross score and the USGA Course Rating of the course on which the score was made, multiplied by 113, then divided by the USGA Slope Rating from the tees played and rounded to the nearest tenth. Handicap Differentials are expressed as a number of strokes rounded to one decimal place.

Junior Par - Junior par is an adjustment to par under the USGA Handicap System for junior golfers of various ability levels. Junior par provides a realistic standard against which a junior can measure improvement in his (or her) game until he (or she) is capable of measuring his (or her) game against par. Junior par is calculated based on hole yardages for golfers of different skill levels for both boys and girls.

Net Score - A net score is a player's score after his handicap strokes have been subtracted from his gross score. A plus handicap player adds his handicap strokes to his gross score to determine his net score.

Nine - A nine is 9 related golf holes. An 18-hole golf course usually has two "nines." A 9-hole golf course usually has one nine. Nines sometimes have names, but, if not, we give them names like "Front Nine" or "Back Nine."

Player - A player is a golfer - someone for whom you'll use Golf Personal to keep track of scores and statistics - like you.

Plug-in - Golf Personal uses a "plug-in" - a small file containing information and computer instructions - for purposes of supporting various handicapping methods. Plug-ins allow convenient installation and use of features in a computer application. They're small and easy to distribute, upgrade and update.

RCGA - The Royal Canadian Golf Association (the "RCGA"), also known as L'Association Royale de Golf du Canada, is the governing organization for golf in Canada.

Ringer - A ringer round (also known as an "eclectic" score) is a scorecard that records the best score previously recorded by a player on each hole of a course. Golf Personal can determine a ringer round for all recorded rounds on a course, rounds between two dates or rounds from a particular tee.

Round - A round is what you play when you play golf. Your "round" might be 18 holes or it might just be a 9-hole "round." When you play more than 18 holes (i.e.: more than two "sides"), you're playing more than one round. Golf Personal keeps track of your rounds by the date (and sometimes the time) you play them.

Sand Save - A sand save is a successful attempt (try) to make par from a greenside bunker. A shot from a greenside bunker with no opportunity for par is not a try, and thus can't be a "save".

Scheid System - The Scheid system is a handicapping system typically used to handicap non-handicapped golfers in a golf event. A unique Scheid handicap is determined for each round played.

Second Best Score System - The Second-Best Score system is a method of handicapping players who player infrequently, or have recorded few scores from which to determine a handicap.

Side - Even though a lot of people use the term "side" to mean "nine" (as in: "Let's play the Front side."), we'll use "side" to mean nine holes from a particular tee. To us, a side is the particular nine from a particular tee that you play during a "round" of golf.

T-Score - Some handicapping systems require special computations for rounds played in a tournament (see Tournament Score). These rounds are usually labeled with the letter "T", thus, T-scores. Golf Personal marks rounds that are indicated to be played in a tournament.

Tee - Most golf courses have several different teeing areas, or "tees," that various categories of golfers play from during a round of golf. Tees frequently have names, based on who plays from them, like "Ladies Tees" or "Championship Tees," but even if they don't, they are almost always known by the color of the tee markers used to identify them, like blue, white or red. Golf Personal identifies a "tee" by both its name and its color.

Tournament Score - In the USGA and RCGA Handicap Systems, "A tournament score is a score made in a competition organized and conducted by a committee in charge of the competition. The competition must identify a winner(s) based on a stipulated round(s), and should be played under the Rules of Golf." Golf Personal provides a way for you to identify tournament scores so they are used properly in monitoring a player's USGA or RCGA Handicap Index.

USGA - The United States Golf Association (the "USGA") is the governing organization for golf in the United States.

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