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Couldn't agree more. He's transformed my game to new heights. Single figures now beckoning.

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My heart man, as you put it, submitted the cards on his own volition. I had only recently taken over the post and as there was a huge discrepancy between 11 and 23 then I sought advice. I scoured the UHS manual and between the Seniors' Captain and myself we made the decision to give him 3 shots...

OK lovely. Thanks for the info. Makes sense to do it that way.

That is interesting rulefan, thanks. Whereabouts on England Golf's website did you spot that? We are having a H/C meeting tonight and would like to quote where that comes from.

Post two from rulefan. He said a golfer may revoke his handicap and put new cards in to obtain a higher handicap. Not they can't

If the Temporary Green has been set in place because of fairway flooding then this is not "to allow work to proceed on course alterations". If the course has been altered because of weather conditions then it is safer to make the competition a non-qualifying one. Like rule fan says, have a chat...

Further to my recent post, I have just called Dorset County Golf Union who have said that a person cannot revoke his/her CDH No. in order to attempt to get a higher handicap. It is not in accordance with the spirit of the game. He also doubted that once a player had reached 28 or below then...

I still don't agree that someone can revoke a handicap willy nilly. Take for example a situation that occurred a couple of years ago when I was the H/C Sec. A senior of 70+ years with a H/C of 11 wrote to me enclosing 5 recent score cards averaging net 23 above the SSS. He had a heart attack...

uho, have I touched a nerve Chris? i want to record my year in office. It is not necessarily a record that everyone would be interested in reading but some might. There is a choice whether to read or not to read. You could say the same for some threads or contributors on forums. Some find them...

Hi Louise, I trust your workshop will be up north. I would like to have attended one but as there are only three places available I thought it best to send the new H/C Sec and Vice Captain. I have been involved in recent years with handicapping and find it fascinating. Amazing how prickly people...

I didn't know you could revoke a handicap. I thought a CDH number was a lifetime number. i.e. for life. There does seem more to this than meets the eye. I also believed that it is at the discretion of the Club Committee whether they adopt this new system or have I been misinformed on that as...

Thanks both. New H/C sec & Vice Captain are both attending the Somerset Meeting. Thanks Rulefan for adding the bullet point 8.

That's what I thought but he was adamant that what he thought he heard was fact. Thank you for your thoughts.

When our ex H/C Secretary returned from a H/C workshop early on this year he said that from 1st January 2016 all handicaps from that date to 31st December would be prevented from increasing until the 1st January the following year when at the Annual Review they would be adjusted following the...