Comments on: The Handicap Function http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/06/10/the-handicap-function/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jon Peltier http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/06/10/the-handicap-function/#comment-13713 Jon Peltier Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1161#comment-13713 <p>The description of golf I enjoy is</p> <p>"... [the game of] putting a wee ball into a wee hole with tools ill designed for that very purpose."</p> <p>- Jon</p> The description of golf I enjoy is

“… [the game of] putting a wee ball into a wee hole with tools ill designed for that very purpose.”

- Jon

]]> By: Henry http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/06/10/the-handicap-function/#comment-13687 Henry Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1161#comment-13687 <p>Let me first explain that I'm not a golfer and know little about the game and that I have little experience of Access.<br> I look at the problem in terms of Excel.<br> I would set up the handicap table with a column for this week as "Week 0?, last week as "Week -1?, the week before as "Week -2? and the week before that as "Week -3?.<br> A new player would then have his handicap placed in Weeks -3 to -1 and this weeks handicap would be the average of the three weeks. X *3 /3 =X.<br> Once each week, I would rename the columns (or shift the names right one column) and then delete the first column, so each week a new handicap can be calculated in column "Week 0?.<br> That way, there's no need to take any further account of a new player, as his starting handicap will be shifted off the table and will be deleted after 3 weeks.</p> <p>As I said, no interest in golf ("A good walk spoiled") and not much knowledge of Access, so feel free to disregard this if it's of no help to you.</p> <p>Henry</p> Let me first explain that I’m not a golfer and know little about the game and that I have little experience of Access.
I look at the problem in terms of Excel.
I would set up the handicap table with a column for this week as “Week 0?, last week as “Week -1?, the week before as “Week -2? and the week before that as “Week -3?.
A new player would then have his handicap placed in Weeks -3 to -1 and this weeks handicap would be the average of the three weeks. X *3 /3 =X.
Once each week, I would rename the columns (or shift the names right one column) and then delete the first column, so each week a new handicap can be calculated in column “Week 0?.
That way, there’s no need to take any further account of a new player, as his starting handicap will be shifted off the table and will be deleted after 3 weeks.

As I said, no interest in golf (“A good walk spoiled”) and not much knowledge of Access, so feel free to disregard this if it’s of no help to you.

Henry

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