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Issue 01/2022 March 22, 2022

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Migration to using Handicap Index in determining the category of play.
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With the multiple Teeing Areas being used for our Club Competitions, many members
wonder which categories they are playing.

Before we can go forward, we need to understand the Rules of Handicapping in World
Handicap System (WHS) which comes effect from January 2020. Rules of Handicapping
hinges on The Course Rating System to measure the Course Rating and Slope Rating of
the course in play.
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1) Course Rating is defined as the WHS mark that indicates the evaluation of the
playing difficulty of a course for scratch players (a player with a 0.0 Handicap
Index) under normal course and weather conditions. It is expressed as strokes
taken to one decimal place, and is based on length and other obstacles to the
extent that they affect the scoring difficulty of the scratch player.
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2) Slope Rating is defined as the WHS mark that indicates the measurement of the
relative difficulty of a course for players who are not scratch players compared
to the Course Rating. Slope Rating is computed from the difference between the
Bogey Rating and the Course Rating. The lowest Slope Rating is 55 and the
highest is 155. A golf course of Standard relative playing difficulty has a Slope
Rating of 113.
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3) Bogey Rating represents the scoring difficulty of a course for the bogey player (a
player with 20.0 Handicap Index for Male and 24.0 Handicap Index for Women). It
is expressed as strokes taken to one decimal point.
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Calculation of a Handicap Index

Rule 5.2 of Rules of Handicapping

A Handicap Index is calculated from the lowest Score Differential in the scoring
record. An average of the lowest 8 of the most recent 20 Score Differential and rounds
to the nearest tenth. The Maximum Handicap Index that can be issued to a player is
54.0. The frequency of Handicap Index Revision is on real time basis once the score
card is updated by the club Handicapping Committee.

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