Having read the 10 pages and thrown in my two penn'orth a few times, it tells me that 1% of our community don't like the system, 1% do like it and 98% aren't sufficiently motivated to express an opinion either way. My non-forum real life experience with actual live golfers is similar.
I like being able to put in a card outwith competitions.. Most of our comps are Sundays which doesn't suit our normal weekend plans.. During the lighter nights usually play early sat morning and try to get a midweek game in after work.. So allows me to get 2 counting rounds in a week. The Sat morning is a sweep so would technically count towards hcp anyway and doesn't go through the App..
First highlight, nothing new there, just an app now allows you to do it, that's not down to WHS
It appears that these self-made "T&C" are not what the doctor ordered.
Although you were able to put cards in.. It just didn't happen.. At least no one I knew done it... Now we all put a card in when playing..
The vast majority of golfers never understood this and treated nett par (36 points) as their play-to-handicap target at all courses.
It should be no surprise that the authorities are not keen on restrictions that undermine inclusivity and are the result of misunderstanding and ignorance.
I think you’re right with the 1% analogy.Having read the 10 pages and thrown in my two penn'orth a few times, it tells me that 1% of our community don't like the system, 1% do like it and 98% aren't sufficiently motivated to express an opinion either way. My non-forum real life experience with actual live golfers is similar.
My take on that would be that it can't actually be that bad.
At least the effort has been made to improve the transportability. Many players go to other countries to play and it is now easier to get an even group to play socially with others (foreigners or natives).
I play quite a lot of golf abroad and so do a lot of friends. We almost always play with other our friends or family so the need for a comparable handicap with locals is not there and the only thing that has WHS has added to the experience is the calculation of a representative Course Handicap.
I've played a fair bit in the US and the overriding impression I have is that their handicaps generally appear to be low for their ability.
My view is that some almost seem to write down whatever they think at the end of a hole, rarely holing out, using Most Likely Score. As a lot don’t seem to play in comps (I’ve met a lot of long standing club members who have only played in a couple of comps, with the exception of their member guest day, in their whole lives), the achieved handicaps seem a bit low as you say, but equally they could make it basically anything they want, hence my distrust.
Yes that’s great if you play abroad.
Me neither.!
What was the cost?
All the costs to change over to WHS.