World Handicap System (WHS)

[2blue]

So the 14.9s are out?

That's how it reads.... guess you have to draw a line somewhere. Was 16 previously. ?

 

[2blue]

Leeds Tigers used to be 8 to 15. Now will be HI 6 to 14.5.
Yeah, not sure why not 14.9 ??

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Dooh..... fingers not working right.... good luck ?

Cheers. It's one of my favourite courses/clubs to play at so this is all about a smashing day out and a chance to play it for £14. I want to play well, who doesn't, but prizes are not in the thought process ?.

 

[3offTheTee]

Or Scraping??

Rulefan never came over to me as somebody that would want a scrap.

 

[jim8flog]

Burrowing ?

Or Scraping??

these rabbits are breeding like normal

 

[rulefan]

“For the purpose of the Yorkshire Rabbit Golf Association, a Rabbit Golfer shall be a male playing member of the age of 18 years or over with a Handicap Index of 15 or greater”

Spot on.
I have just had official confirmation from the YRGA sec.

It appears that an alternative definition was overwhelmingly outvoted.
" .............................with a Handicap Index that produces a Course Handicap of 16 and over off the Yellow Tees at his Home Club"

 

[2blue]

Spot on.
I have just had official confirmation from the YRGA sec.

It appears that an alternative definition was overwhelmingly outvoted.
" .............................with a Handicap Index that produces a Course Handicap of 16 and over off the Yellow Tees at his Home Club"

We had a similar Tigers proposal put forward for it to be CH off Whites. Was eventually overturned.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

Got this early Jan from our Club Rabbit Captain.
I guess Club's Opens should follow suit. Where are you playing?
“For the purpose of the Yorkshire Rabbit Golf Association, a Rabbit Golfer shall be a male playing member of the age of 18 years or over with a Handicap Index of 15 or greater”

On what date? booking or competition?

Going to be interesting as handicap indexes will move around more than in the past.

 

[rulefan]

On what date? booking or competition?

Going to be interesting as handicap indexes will move around more than in the past.

Rabbits is more about inter club matches so has historically been the date of play.
Eligibility for club hosted opens is normally down to the club and would be specified on the entry form.

 

[2blue]

On what date? booking or competition?

Going to be interesting as handicap indexes will move around more than in the past.

Your right there!!
Our Club's Tiger matches are on a Wed night with Rabbits on a Thursday so as teams are usually picked quite a few days before to give players a chance to sort their availability, there could well be eligibility issues resulting from player's scores in the Mon Seniors & wed Mid-week comps. Yes, there was always necessary to 'self-adjust' in the past but under WHS H/cap shifts could be greater. A bit of an organizational dilemma for Team Captains.

 

[rulefan]

but under WHS H/cap shifts could be greater.

Not so sure about that. More frequently, possibly.

 

[sweaty sock]

For WHS I was under the impression that the goal was for HI to be updated daily. Is this the case or is it updated after ever round is uploaded?

 

[jim8flog]

For WHS I was under the impression that the goal was for HI to be updated daily. Is this the case or is it updated after ever round is uploaded?

Your WHS record will only update/change after you submit a qualifying score.

The WHS as a whole updates daily.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

Not so sure about that. More frequently, possibly.

I don't have the statistics to back it up but certainly handicap indexes can rise quite quickly under WHS. In the period between the 2 lockdowns (basically December) we have had people hit both the soft cap (+3 shots) and one even hit the hard cap (+5 shots). Don't think that happened under UHS.

 

[rulefan]

I don't have the statistics to back it up but certainly handicap indexes can rise quite quickly under WHS. In the period between the 2 lockdowns (basically December) we have had people hit both the soft cap (+3 shots) and one even hit the hard cap (+5 shots). Don't think that happened under UHS.

UHS went up after any poor score. WHS only if an old good score falls out of the last 20.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

I get how it works - knocking mid summer scores out by mid winter scores has the effect of putting your HI up believe me.

 

[IanM]

I get how it works - knocking mid summer scores out by mid winter scores has the effect of putting your HI up believe me.

And vice versa for all the old boys who put in 279 qualifying cards in a calendar year!

 

[rulefan]

I get how it works - knocking mid summer scores out by mid winter scores has the effect of putting your HI up believe me.

It depends on how many good scores you have recorded prior to the winter. But how/where have you managed to gain the experience since November?

 

[jim8flog]

I don't have the statistics to back it up but certainly handicap indexes can rise quite quickly under WHS. In the period between the 2 lockdowns (basically December) we have had people hit both the soft cap (+3 shots) and one even hit the hard cap (+5 shots). Don't think that happened under UHS.

I would agree with this. On a personal basis I went from 8 to 9.8 in the period mid June to mid October and that was summer scores knocking off winter scores.

 

[rulefan]

I would agree with this. On a personal basis I went from 8 to 9.8 in the period mid June to mid October and that was summer scores knocking off winter scores.

How did you manage that under WHS? It didn't start til November.