New handicap system coming - WHS

[PlaidJacket]

I suppose I don't have much of a dog in this hunt. I don't play tournament golf much any longer. I keep a handicap still but it's only because I might want to play in our club championship this summer. (but the way they run our club I don't think it even matters) Honestly and I hate to admit.... it's not accurate at this time because I don't turn in scores regularly anymore. It's probably about 2 points high. 99% of my golf is out at the club with the usual gang. We don't play handicap golf. Everything is heads-up. Even when I travel my handicap isn't even a thought and I don't turn in cards from those courses either.

I used to chase a lower handicap but found it put pressure on my game. After I gave that up my handicap/scores dropped.

[HardcoreLooper]

Peaksy/Kanoito - Thanks so much for your great explanation of how things are done in your country. As a comparison, I turn in about 50 scores a year, but if 10 of then are tournament scores, it's a lot. I wish that weekly, low entry fee competitions were a regular feature of American golf.

 

I have friends in clubs that have regular games that, I suppose, are somewhat similar to what described. But not at the public course where I play most of my golf.

 

Time to talk to our pro.

 

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[TR1PTIK]

I like the changes. It makes the system significantly less complex when traveling abroad and also paves the way to making golf a truly global sport.

 

With all the talk about shorter rounds and the rising interest in pay-for-play structures, I'd be curious if there are any talks about changing what constitutes a round for the purposes of handicapping. Also, I quite enjoy they increase in maximum handicaps - it shows the governing bodies recognize how difficult the game can be and the fact that complete duffers make up a large swath of the golfing population.