Rivermanii
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Can’t find a definitive answer in R and A website. But can a single player play on their own in an open competition, club trophy competition and have their card marked by a member who does not have a current handicap?
Maybe he did, but the number of entrants was unbalanced, and he was the odd man out at the end of the draw?Why would he not want to play with others in the comp?
Define current handicap? If he is a club member and has a HI then it is current.Can’t find a definitive answer in R and A website. But can a single player play on their own in an open competition, club trophy competition and have their card marked by a member who does not have a current handicap?
Cant find anything that states a HI lapsesFurther, what defines a "current" handicap? Is it based on when the last score was entered? How long before an handicap index lapses from current to non-current?
That last bit surprises me as a non-golfer in the main wouldn’t know the rules. to be fair, same could be said for golfer mind.A marker doesn't have to be another player - just has to be someone that the competition committee has determined is acceptable. Nor do they have to have a handicap. Players also have to play in 'groups' in a manner determined by the competition committee. A 'group' of one person could be acceptable. So, a singleton with a non-playing friend as a marker might seem dubious, and possibly is, but it isn't necessarily prohibited. It all depends on what your committee has specified in the terms of competition.
I guess, as we are reminded in other threads, the marker is not a referee. The player is responsible for playing under the rules.That last bit surprises me as a non-golfer in the main wouldn’t know the rules. to be fair, same could be said for golfer mind.
That last bit surprises me as a non-golfer in the main wouldn’t know the rules. to be fair, same could be said for golfer mind.
The marker isn't a referee so doesn't have to have knowledge of the rules (as far as I understand) he/she just needs to agree the scores and sign the card
These perhaps would be more accurately described as "Terms of Competition"It depends on your local rules - ours say that for Medals and Majors the person marking your card must have a handicap.