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Getting a handicap

  • 22-08-2011 6:55pm
    #1
    lubo_moravcik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭


    How does one go about this? Do I have to be a member of a club before I can go about getting a handicap??

    I played a round (stableford) today (just a beginner) and was off 18, so is that where us newbies start provisionally in terms of non/handicappers??


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  • #2
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    I think you can get a handicap as a member of a society too, but I don't know if that's an official GUI handicap.


  • #3
    lubo_moravcik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭lubo_moravcik


    danthefan wrote: »
    I think you can get a handicap as a member of a society too, but I don't know if that's an official GUI handicap.
    Thank you. See I'm not a member of club or society as I've only been in about it the last 6 month or so. Take it I'll have to wait til I join up somewhere to get my handicap.

    Cheers again.


  • #4
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    To get an official handicap you must be a member of a club that's affiliated to the GUI.
    When you are a member, you can submit 3 cards around your home club (that are signed by an existing member) to your handicap monkey secretary and he (and/or the handicap committee) will issue you with a shiny new handicap (based on your ability, not necessarily 18).
    So long as you continue to be a member of an affiliated club, your handicap remains valid.
    If you play in qualifying competitions (at home or away), your handicap may change.

    A handicap allows you to play competitive golf but of course it's not necessary to have one to enjoy or play the game. If you play in a charity-type team event or a society day, you may be allocated an 18 handicap for the day but this is only to allow as big a field as possible to partake. You'd never have an unofficial handicapped golfer competing in a 'proper' singles event.


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