WHS & Scotland

[rulefan]

https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/england-golf-survey-independent-golfers/

Some years ago the then EGU (English Golf Union) had an Associate Members scheme specifically for non-club members, which gave them an official handicap.

 

[bobmac]

Certainly

Central Database of Handicaps
World Handicap System
Independent Software Vendor

Thank you.
Thank goodness I don't have any handicaps/indexes

 

[Doon frae Troon]

https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/england-golf-survey-independent-golfers/

Some years ago the then EGU (English Golf Union) had an Associate Members scheme specifically for non-club members, which gave them an official handicap.

I remember that..……….forced to rather than going willingly.
Jacklin was introducing a Great British Golf Club plan to operate a national alternate handicap system.
I was invited to the launch which was quite amusing.
Especially his comments on dress codes whilst being filmed in the clubhouse by a cameraman clad entirely in denim wearing trainers.

PS, Probably good to relate this to the wonderful period when you could not get an official handicap without joining a golf club and you could not join a golf club without an official handicap.

 

[rulefan]

It was created when clubs were fully subscribed and membership was impossible to get but closed down when club membership started to decline significantly.