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Competitions Update: Tree Ruling

Throughout Winter, our Greens Team has been busy with their Winter Maintenance Plans, specifically the Tree Redevelopment Programme.

Liam Ridgill

Mar 20, 20212 min read

A Handicap Index is calculated from the best eight scores from a player’s last 20 rounds.

Competitions Committee

Oct 17, 20202 min read

Slope Rating is the number which indicates the relative playing difficulty of a course for Bogey Golfers, compared to Scratch Golfers.

Liam Ridgill

Aug 24, 20201 min read

The Golf Course Rating will be used to measure the playing difficulty of a golf course.

Liam Ridgill

Aug 18, 20201 min read

For golfers in England, calculating a new Handicap Index will be front of mind when adopting the WHS.

Liam Ridgill

Aug 13, 20201 min read

The WHS was therefore developed with consideration given to club golfers who play both sporadically and more regularly.

Liam Ridgill

Jul 28, 20201 min read

The World Handicap System (WHS) comes into play on 2nd November 2020 in Great Britain and Ireland.

Competitions Committee

Jul 23, 20201 min read