Competition Handicap Certificates will be required......

[woofers]

Just entering some Open competitions and the entry form states "Competition Handicap Certificates will be required on the Day".
The entry form also requests my CDH No. which I thought was to alleviate the requirement of a hard copy handicap certificate.
This is not the first time I have come across this, and I have never been asked for a paper copy, so is it just laziness on the clubs part to include this on the entry form, or is there a genuine reason for its inclusion?

 

[TheDork]

Severe banditery I'd guess.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Nope it’s not the club laziness

it just means your handicap should have a c on it still on the day of the competition.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Since the introduction of CDH numbers I don't think anywhere has asked to see my hardcopy certificate.

 

[Grant85]

I remember at one Open and asked if I needed a handicap certificate.

‘Only if you win’ was the response. But I imagine their plan was, that if a non member won it they would then verify handicaps via HDiD.

 

[srixon 1]

We had to show them at Frilford Heath on the finals day.

 

[shortgame]

I remember at one Open and asked if I needed a handicap certificate.

‘Only if you win’ was the response. But I imagine their plan was, that if a non member won it they would then verify handicaps via HDiD.

Same

 

[duncan mackie]

Just entering some Open competitions and the entry form states "Competition Handicap Certificates will be required on the Day".
The entry form also requests my CDH No. which I thought was to alleviate the requirement of a hard copy handicap certificate.
This is not the first time I have come across this, and I have never been asked for a paper copy, so is it just laziness on the clubs part to include this on the entry form, or is there a genuine reason for its inclusion?

In my experience it's a combination -

Many obviously use last years forms (which were the previous years etc etc) ...

Some have been caught out accessing the CDH database around events and prefer to put the onus back on the player to bring a copy just in case.

Note, some use the CDH Number to return your results after the event is closed rather than to check anything at the time - others use the existence of the CDH Number as a check that anyone entering really understands they need a current handicap.

Things have been getting smoother and smoother around the use of the database and opens (although there have been issues v recently) and I'm sure it will become even easier still.

 

[Old Skier]

that if a non member won it they would then verify handicaps via HDiD.

That wouldn't work as over half of the clubs wouldn't be on HDID.

CDH No gives clubs all the info required in most cases.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

In the ones I've played in cdh numbers haven't been required unless you are winning something. Certificates have never been asked for. At my place it is the same, numbers are not checked until after the comp is closed with only the key players checked. All done via computer, not by certificates.

 

[patricks148]

i had this at Dornoch for the Frazer, entry form with CDH to check you were low enough to get in at entry and the cert for the people checking in on the day as they didn't have a computer (office closed) my mate forgot his and they were not going to let him play, luckily we have a handicap cert page on our home club website, so got that up on his phone to show them.

 

[Captainron]

It’s not hard to get a current certificate up on your phone with the date of the comp on it. Just old it and screen shot it?

 

[need_my_wedge]

It’s not hard to get a current certificate up on your phone with the date of the comp on it. Just old it and screen shot it?

We use the IG system, the phone app shows your current handicap and cdh number, there's a certificate icon that downloads the full cert to the phone instantly.