DickInShorts

I think this message has gotten corrupted or confused somewhere along the way. Host clubs certainly can submit scores from visiting...

Playing partner if mine lost out in that scenario Last group out- came into clubhouse to enter score - several in the queue waiting to...

Why can’t you get the host club to treat it as an individual Open? I know it will take some time for them to enter the CDH numbers into...

Apropos of Societies and nothing to do with handicapping, I was once the guest of a friend on his course when we found ourselves...

There are many societies.

I'm sure there are several golf clubs that don't own or run golf courses. For example, in St Andrews.

Some wee Scottish boys were very good at crawling under the whin to gather golf balls... I am personally acquainted with one of...

Agree with above comments. Ready golf really is "just use a bit of common sense and get on with it" if you're ready to play and...

I have a sleeve of yellow balls that I use for provisionals. Same ball as my normal one, just a different colour. Obviously one sleeve...

Rule 14.1b has a sanction (one penalty stroke) if the player’s caddie lifts the ball when not allowed to do so. Rule 9.5 adequately...

Presumably it’s there because there is a penalty in matchplay?

It's not really a rules problem. The lifted ball has been moved by an outside influence. Once the first group has putted out, whoever...

That's an interesting criterion. A worldwide system of handicapping which has been developed and revised using analysis of masses of...

Viz a viz international equality of handicaps: I can confirm I’ve had experience of this problem prior to WHS - playing in Morocco there...

Portability was a well known problem that was frequently raised. Whether you think it needed solving or not is a subjective judgement...