WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM status Aug 2020
TThe transfer to the new handicap system took place on the
2nd of November 2020.
The following is extracted from the R&A website:-
WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM 2020 – TRANSITION HANDICAPS
In order to move from CONGU to WHS handicaps, all players’ current Handicap Records
will be reprocessed using the WHS principles. The calculation will identify the best
8 of the last 20 Qualifying Scores, if posted during the last 2 years, and factor in:
* The adjusted Gross Score (Score Differential)
* The Course Rating (or SSS)
* Any PCC (or CSS) adjustments
* The Slope Rating of the tees played
If a player has submitted less than 20 scores in the last 2 years, the calculation will
be done in a similar manner to the method of allocating new handicaps, as shown below.
Players will be able to see their expected Transition Handicap and their Low Handicap
Index (Anchor Point) on the PSI screen when your Club’s Handicapping Software is updated.
Players are encouraged to submit as many scores as possible between now and November 2020
so that their Transition Handicap Index is a good reflection of their current playing ability.
9-hole scores are acceptable and Clubs are being encouraged to run 9-hole competitions
If less than 20 Qualifying Scores posted in the last 2 years
* 3 scores: lowest score -2
* 4 scores: lowest score -1
* 5 scores: lowest score
* 6 scores: average of lowest 2 scores -1
* 7 to 8 scores: average of lowest 2 scores
* 9 to 11 scores: average of lowest 3 scores
* 12 to 14 scores: average of lowest 4 scores
* 15 to 16 scores: average of lowest 5 scores
* 17 to 18 scores: average of lowest 6 scores
* 19 scores: average of lowest 7 scores
* 20 scores: average of lowest 8 scores
If a player has no Qualifying Scores posted in the last 2 years, the Transition Handicap
will be calculated on the basis of the 3 lowest scores being equal to their current
playing handicap.
So a player with a 20 handicap will have scores of 20, 20 and 20 on their Scoring Record
and their handicap at Transition will be (20 – 2) = 18.
There is, therefore, an incentive to return 3 Qualifying Scores in this year!
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| Here
is a short précis explaining the basis of the new
system. |
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| The briefest explanation.:- |
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| 1) The current Standard Scratch Score
will be replaced by |
| a COURSE RATING. This
represents the expected score of a |
| scratch golfer in normal summer conditions. |
| The COURSE RATING for
Whetstone (White Tees) is 70.4. |
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| 2) Your handicap is based on how well you play relative to |
| the
COURSE RATING and is
calculated from the average |
| of the gross scores of the best 8 of your last 20 rounds. |
| This handicap is now called the
HANDICAP INDEX. |
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| 3) A SLOPE INDEX has also
been issued. This is derived from |
| the expected difference in scores of a 20 handicapper to a scratch
golfer. |
| Whetstone’s SLOPE INDEX
is 123. |
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| 4) When you play golf in a competition, the strokes that you are |
| allowed (now called your COURSE HANDICAP)
will depend |
| on the SLOPE INDEX of
the course you are playing. Your |
| COURSE HANDICAP will be
displayed in a table posted at the club, |
| but is calculated as :- |
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| COURSE HANDICAP = HANDICAP INDEX × SLOPE INDEX ÷ 113 |
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| 5) It will be mandatory to enter your scores on the computer |
| whether you are playing home or away. All rounds on qualifying |
| courses will count but you will be required to pre-register your
round. |
| (as you do now for Supplementary Rounds). Adjustment of your |
| HANDICAP INDEX
will
automatically be made by the computer. |
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| I will post further details during 2020. |
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| Peter Seddon |
| Handicap Secretary |
