AlaskanDame:
Will you be applying the fluctuating handicap for these people retroactively to the first rounds, or just prospectively?
As soon as you have 4 qualifying scores in, your handicap will lock for the remainder of the tournament, and will be used for any scores posted after that. Prior to those 4 scores, the fluctuation will mean that your score will be "70" for those rounds. This was the fairest way I could think of to be able to let people play before they have an established handicap. I ask that nobody abuses the system with this information. This also means that we have four participants with predetermined scores for this tournament. They will finish at -4.
It will be interesting to see the ramifications of this "cold" start to this tournament, but I am confident things will really even out going forward.