I'm surprised the rules don't have something in there to say the card must make the Player clearly identifiable at least. Leaving the name completely blank for example, and having a squiggle for a signature seems to be less than ideal. Even before WHS, I'd rather they had their name and hole scores on the card and forget their handicap. At least as a Committee member, it would be easier for me to check their handicap when I know their name, rather than find the name based on the handicap.I've been at more clubs without a pro than with one. Even my current club only installed a printer by the computer this season, no pro still. I've always been used to writing out everything on a card, it's still a novelty now when I get the label printed off. The idea that it is the clubs responsibility to put my name on the card seems bizarre. I'm a big boy, I can do that. If I don't do that I would not expect the h/c sec to waste their time trying to trace me through the various cards in the box.
Saying all of the above, once you go to a computer input system I don't really see the point of needing a physical card to be handed in so the above becomes irrelevant at that point.
Cross-checking (we regularly find input errors) and certification.I've been at more clubs without a pro than with one. Even my current club only installed a printer by the computer this season, no pro still. I've always been used to writing out everything on a card, it's still a novelty now when I get the label printed off
Saying all of the above, once you go to a computer input system I don't really see the point of needing a physical card to be handed in so the above becomes irrelevant at that point.
The computer asks me who marked my card, who's card I am marking. There is your certification.
Certification requires an action (usually a signature) to confirm the hole scores are correct - and needs to be completed by both player and marker. Only player certification is practical on a touchscreen.
We have labels on the card with our playing handicap on. PSI asks for the marker name when I put the score in and then I check PSI and the card match, that there is my signature and a marker signature and I stick it in the box. Not really that big an issue
Our software has this signature box on the app for both player when submitting and marker when attesting (can't believe we're actually 'ahead' of the curve on something)
Most (if not all) our apps do, however not everyone has a compatible device or if they do, many do not want to carry it round with them or don't even want to register and use an app.Our software has this signature box on the app for both player when submitting and marker when attesting (can't believe we're actually 'ahead' of the curve on something)
If I do a GP card I do it via MyEG app and so put an electronically signature in and it gets pinged to the attester to sign off. Don't need the phone with during the round and usually update from the scorecard being marked (usually for the group in a roll up). Works really well for me
Just a little. I thought you had a man servant that gets it all filled in and inputMakes sense, we actually don't have any touchscreen/terminal in the clubhouse for player use (staff input comp scores via pc/laptop from the cards) So I guess we're actually still behind the curve
Just another technology problem.
but would need a rule change.
just hand card to scorers desk and head to bar. Then at some point the comp organiser will get on the mic and tell us what I already knew, nae prize for you! Order another drink and bore ppl with how unlucky I was to find bad lie on X hole and bemoan how anyone manged XX points in that wind! 
A scorecard (physical or electronic) does more than just facilitate score entry.
A score incorrectly inputted is the same as a score incorrectly written down. Why treat it any differently? Once the button is pressed it is like putting the card in the box, game over.
And an electronic scorecard can facilitate anything a paper one does
