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No. Club individual board competitions where both genders play at the same time for the same prize.

A easy going discussion occurred in the our golf lounge with both ladies and gents present. Some really good points were raised by by both genders. Our course competition policy has 28 max handicaps for men and 36 for ladies. The men off the longest tees the whites and the Ladies off their usual...

Colin, I quite agree it should be a mistake, but according to WHS when I asked they pointed out the item coming off was when i played 4 shots lower than nett par (Cut 0.1) and the game on the day that counted was 1 shot above nett Par so I was given 0.4 back? They say it averages out. But so...

Thanks, we find that members can play far better than there handicap over a period of 8 weeks and then they are cut as the system does not bring there handicap down but frequently will give them 0.4 back if they have one bad round.

A team we have a friendly against us claimed they meet once a year in February. Yes they easily beat us home and away. Ours meets once a month at least in the summer. How often does your Handicap Committee meet?

At the age of 70 I returned to golf after 20 years. I started Oct 2024 as a 40 handicap. I a now playing off 28 handicap. This took the club to cut me 5 then 2 then again 2 off my handicap. I am still capable of coming in the top 3 in competitions, the WHS never came near cutting my handicap...

Thanks all, clearly the answer is MUD. :) we had a mixture of all here, so we will just do what we think is right. have fun all and enjoy your golf.

We are told you have 3 minutes to find your ball. A player plays off the tee into long rough on the right. He takes a provisional as it is medal play and put his ball in the same area. Question: Does he get 3 mins or 6 mins to find his balls. the players at our club said 3 mins! then i...