Your New WHS Index

Agree totally on this. I'd be a golfer who by and large tries on every shot/hole, which is what is expected so there isn't any wiggle room in my handicap for bringing in big scores so I no longer find myself competing for prizes but just against myself and the course.

I played yesterday evening in an open. My HI beforehand was 6.7 which under the old system would be 7. My playing handicap was 5.

My playing partner was 17.5 which under the old system was 18. His playing handicap was 17.

I know how the calculations work and the playing handicaps were right in both cases (95% rule applied), but I just feel like the application of the new system is penal in cases like the above.

FWIW I had 34 points struggling a lot of the way around but kept going to eeek out a score and lost .1

The competition was won by a 22 handicapper with 43 points.

Are you a member of Headfort?

No, have you heard something similar there?

That shouldn't matter.
As long as the person attesting the score has a Golf Ireland membership number.

Our club has adapted the 85% for singles. Interesting discussion has arisen, Someone with a course H/C of 18 will play off 15 in a comp.

They could shoot 33/34/35 pts every week and will get cut for it provided they dont have a low gross score coming off their HC

Giving clubs control and variability on a constant in a standard is so stupid and most daft Irish concept I have come across in a while.

It is an an Irish solution to a WHS problem..

Absolutely ridiculous..

No I'm fine with that too. I just mean approving the score from anywhere when you've never actually been on the course with the player

I've just logged into the clubhouse software and looking at my own scores, it just says entered by digital scorecard for any general play rounds I've entered. (All just boards society rounds, so actually very competitive)

you click in to edit and can then see your signature and the attesters name and GUI number

I can actually see that I can change it from general play to competition round also… I won't do that though 😳

The general play report is invaluable. Should be looked at more frequently than just at the annual handicap review. You'll notice some trends of competition stars who are terrible in general play... Or others who barely play comps but have 10 general play rounds a year away from home traveling for work or holiday. They play little golf and it's a good way to keep their handicap up to date.

GI advice is to regularly keep an eye on scores submitted to then keep things clean and up to date. Eg non returns and incomplete general play rounds from the GI app.

Generally speaking the data is all there in black and white. If you go looking you'd be surprised what you find. People say you can manipulate the system. Like any system it has limitations but everything is logged and time stamped. It comes down to how much time, knowledge and motivation a handicap committee has to get involved.

That interface on edit/delete score is too easy to make a mistake with as mentioned above. Should have a confirmation popup or 2nd step to prevent accidental deletes. A history log of changes would also be helpful.

Not exactly the same but my daughter who is a GI member but whose handicap is pending as she submits her first cards was able to attest for me last week.

I've broken 40 points in 6 of my last 8 rounds and not so much as a text from my handicap secretary…I'm kind of disappointed, was looking forward to telling someone about how good I'm playing at the moment because my wife doesn't care/won't listen.

I was 9 at the end of last year but went for lessons and was working on swing changes throughout the winter period…my course is all year round counting so I went out to 12 because I was fluffing 50% of my shots, couldn't find time to get out the range to sort it out either. The last few weeks since we got the hour back in the evening I've managed to get out to the range and iron some things out. I was also fairly abysmal at putting up until a few weeks ago but I seem to be fairly zoned in at the moment (fingers crossed!) after spending a lot of time practising. Past 3-4 weeks I've gone from 12 to a 7!

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