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Thanks . I should have made it clear that Player B returned the club to Player A after playing the shot ; Can Player A subsequently use that club during his round ?

In a recent singles medal competition , a competitor , (player A) , was seen lending one of his clubs to his playing partner (player B) who used it to chip the ball away from a tree . Player B should definitely receive a penalty for this , but is player A subject to any penalty ? (player B...

not in matchplay .par is irrelevant (unless the competion is using say stableford points on a hole as determiant of who wins the hole - a format I have never seen but apparently exists)

the holie tied ? surely the mans gross 4 beats the ladies net 5 in matchplay ?

6.2b wording looks very confusing to me ; When in matchplay do you record scores relative to par ? We have a a hole which is par 4 for men, par 5 for ladies and the ladies usually get a shot their v the men ; are they saying that in that circumtance in matchplay if the lady scores a net...

interesting - whereabouts is it ? I go there for a charity day every year , had a peak in the artisans 'clubhouse' this year, Didnot notice anything . I will look up the ratings on WHS , to use next year

if I understand your point ; theres a 9 shot difference between my 20th oldest (which is the best in the 20) , and the 9th best of the last 20 . So if I retrun an indifferent score in the next round , the 20th oldest fall away and my handicap index goes up 1.1 from that one round ...

Thats my home course ; the greens are regularly around 11 or 12 in the summer , maybe a touch more for major competitions . Your friend may have been there just after the club champs or a regional scratch competion

Any system can be fiddled - CONGU was easy to fiddle as well if you so decided . But under WHS there is considerably more committee oversight of scoring , and WHS can provide much more data/evidence for them to use. If your hcap committees (or your regional administrators if you are an elite...

Hmm, where is that ? The tables in the guidance that the 'conditions under which a player will be flagged' go up to 55 rounds ,which could suggest that's the maximum ,but its doesnt say so explicilty . When we ran the report itself, the scores in the date range on the ouptut were not...

The 'algorithm' is looking at all his scores, GP and Competition just like his hcap is based on all of them in the last 20 scores. Re your example plyaer with differences in GP and comp scores , Handicap committees have access to a WHS report which compares each player's GP scores and...

nickjdavis 1) The descrtption is just the one EG gave in their guidance ,plus hints from someone with a bit more knowldege on another forum. 2) The 95 % was used as illustration , i should have made that clear ; England Golf use 2.5% at the lower end and a lower % (unspecified ) for...

Agree wtih all of your points mijkejohnchapman . Provide they put cards in , WHS will deal fairly well with the fast imprvong junior as it based on his/her best scores . This type of player may well show up in the WHS review report, cos they are likely to have a wide range of scores . The...

The R&A already produce a useful 'plain English' leaflet called 'A quick guide to the rules of golf' which folds up to the size of scorecard so can be kept in a scorecard holder . it focuses on the on commonly encountered rules situations and includes useful diagrams on the correct place to...