CURRENT HANDICAPS, HANDICAPPING RULES & SOCIETY MEMBERS
SOCIETY HANDICAPPING AND ADJUSTMENT RULES
1. Setting of Handicap Rules
The Committee will review and agree the Society's Handicapping Rules at the beginning of each Season.
Where necessary, changes will be submitted to the Members for approval at the AGM.
2. New Members
New members will be placed on a temporary handicap and reviewed after 3 months.
3. Members with a Current World Handicap?
At the ongoing discretion of the Secretary, Members may play off these handicaps - subject to the required Slope and Course Index adjustments.
4. Society Handicapping Rules for 2022/23
All other Members will be subject to the Society's Handicapping Rules as in place from time to time.
Handicaps will be updated after every Stableford competition.
The maximum handicap for any Member is 36.
The standard value points for adjustment will be 36.
A player with a points score of:
- 36 will receive no change that month.
- 37 or more will have their handicap reduced by a factor of 0.4 per point above 36. ( Example - a player who scores 39 points will receive a reduction of 3 x 0.4 = 1.2 shots.)
- 35 points or less will receive a handicap increase of 0.1 point regardless of how many points under 36 they score. This adjustment factor remains unchanged from the 2018/19 Season.
The Committee will review all handicaps in April and September each year and may approve such adjustments as they deem appropriate.
The Committee will review and agree the Society's Handicapping Rules at the beginning of each Season.
Where necessary, changes will be submitted to the Members for approval at the AGM.
2. New Members
New members will be placed on a temporary handicap and reviewed after 3 months.
3. Members with a Current World Handicap?
At the ongoing discretion of the Secretary, Members may play off these handicaps - subject to the required Slope and Course Index adjustments.
4. Society Handicapping Rules for 2022/23
All other Members will be subject to the Society's Handicapping Rules as in place from time to time.
Handicaps will be updated after every Stableford competition.
The maximum handicap for any Member is 36.
The standard value points for adjustment will be 36.
A player with a points score of:
- 36 will receive no change that month.
- 37 or more will have their handicap reduced by a factor of 0.4 per point above 36. ( Example - a player who scores 39 points will receive a reduction of 3 x 0.4 = 1.2 shots.)
- 35 points or less will receive a handicap increase of 0.1 point regardless of how many points under 36 they score. This adjustment factor remains unchanged from the 2018/19 Season.
The Committee will review all handicaps in April and September each year and may approve such adjustments as they deem appropriate.