Recent content by woofers

I don’t think so. I’ve never seen the attraction of corporate or government bonds, gilts, etc other than very conservative or relatively safe places to put some money away. When interest rates were low, it made sense to invest in funds and shares as they would generally beat the interest rates...

f And if they did you can see by going to the Score Listing report in the WHS portal and simply delete those scores.

Hmmm, I recall switching off the tees in the WHS portal but one of our competitions was still set up as ‘acceptable’ on IG and the scores got uploaded. I had to delete them from the players WHS record. I don’t think there is a ‘check’ or read between IG and WHS. (We have never switched on the GP...

From England Golf Adverse / Extreme Weather Guidance: Within the WHS Portal, clubs must switch on and off available tee sets as required. This functionality will stop scores being submitted from general play rounds (when using the MyEG app), and must be used when it is not possible to present...

We have winter mats on many holes reducing the total course yardage by over 500 yards. With course closures due to wet winters and reduced numbers wanting to play it’s not worth the time and expense of getting the course officially rated. We switch off the ability for scores to be registered and...

Where do they say that? Can you provide a link to the relevant document? I’m not aware that is the case. County course rating officials haven’t the time and resources to do that for every club. And there’s a cost to the club in getting a rating. In my opinion many courses here in Sussex...

So many experts on green keeping and all it entails but sadly no volunteers to be part of the greens committee.

Could you clarify the sentences I’ve highlighted please? In terms of course marking, do you believe they have screwed up by marking it as red instead of yellow? This would be borne out by Committee Procedures, (2) Course Marking for General Play (C) Penalty Areas (4) : (4) Whether to Mark a...

Being a bit pedantic possibly, but under the Equipment Conformance of Clubs rules, by definition, the loft of a putter cannot be greater than 10 degrees. So he can’t declare it as a putter, although of course he could “putt” with it.

De Zalze every time, and it’s a very convenient location, stayed in a house overlooking one of the fairways years ago, sadly not available now but was a great base. I’ve not played at Hermanus GC but always play Arabella, it’s a quality course and has hosted some prestigious events. Of the Cape...

Thank you for the clarification.

Agreed, but before that I read it that he was agreeing with D-S that “too often clubs are declaring all their bunkers GUR rather than identifying individually or by location?” by starting his reply with “Yes”. I was attempting to clarify the wording or statement that a club should use when all...

I know of clubs declaring all bunkers GUR and still accepting scores for handicap purposes. The guidance from EG is that, ideally, bunkers should be individually marked as GUR. Where multiple bunkers are affected it is acceptable to say “all bunkers on hole 4”, for example. The guidance also...

Royal Cape, Erinvale and Clovelly in the immediate Cape Town vicinity. Stellenbosch and De Zalze are almost next to each other in Stellenbosch and just over the road from some great vineyards for tastings. Arabella is very good, about an hour away on the road up to Hermanus. Pearl Valley, (a...

I see that this guidance document now has a detailed and summary version, (published 20th October 2025) both of which can be found on the EG website under the WHS Resources section. Unfortunately under the WHS Handicap Committee Resources section it still shows the December 2024 version of this...