{"id":5467,"date":"2014-02-02T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T23:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glenelggolf.com\/cms\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:14:39","slug":"new-golf-australia-handicap-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glenelggolf.com\/cms\/2014\/02\/new-golf-australia-handicap-system\/","title":{"rendered":"New Golf Australia Handicapping System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Golf Australia\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glenelggolf.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/golf_aus.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/>The new Golf Australia handicapping system was introduced on Thursday, 23rd January 2014 incorporating the use of Slope.<\/p>\n<p>Under Slope, a golfer\u2019s playing handicap on any given day will be determined according to the difficulty of the tees or course to be played. Golf Australia believes that this will be fairer than our current one-handicap-fits-all-courses method.<\/p>\n<p class=\"highlight\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.org.au\/default.aspx?s=newgahandicapsystem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For full details of the new Golf Australia handicapping system, click here to be directed to the Golf Australia website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How will the Club be implementing the new handicapping system?<\/h2>\n<p>The following policies have been set by the Club&#8217;s Golf Operations sub-committee for implementation when the new Golf Australia Handicapping System comes into effect from 23rd January 2014:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Golf Operations Centre, headed by Club Professional and Director of Golf Operations, Shane Robinson, has full, delegated authority to manage the implementation and operation of the new Golf Australia handicapping system on behalf of the Golf Operations sub-committee and Committee of Management.<\/li>\n<li>The Golf Operations sub-committee will meet regularly to review the implementation of the handicapping system and adjust its policies accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Competition grades will be determined using the player&#8217;s Daily Handicap &#8211; this will apply to competition results, NTP&#8217;s and any other grade determined prizes.<\/li>\n<li>Up to a maximum of two tee options for males and females may be made available to golfers on a daily basis for competition play. The course setup will be at the discretion of the Course Superintendent in consultation with the Director of Golf Operations, and in accordance with the new Golf Australia handicapping system requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Only official competition rounds (including rounds of 8 holes or more) will be handicapped under the new Golf Australia handicapping system.\u00a0 Social rounds and non-individual rounds<br \/>(ie. 4BBB events) will not be handicapped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are the features of Slope?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Every set of tees on every golf course around the country will have a Slope Rating which has been determined in accordance with the new course rating system. The maximum Slope Rating is 155 (most difficult) and the minimum is 55 (least difficult). The Neutral Slope Rating is 113. Every set of tees will also have a Scratch Rating.<\/li>\n<li>GOLF Link will calculate a nationally-standardised handicap index for every player and this will be called the GA Handicap.<\/li>\n<li>A GA Handicap will be calculated by using the best 8 of a player\u2019s most recent 20 scores (ie best 8 of 20, x 0.93). However, every score in every player\u2019s score history will first be standardised by GOLF Link against a Slope Rating of 113. As a result, the GA Handicap will reflect a golfer\u2019s ability on a course which has the neutral Slope Rating of 113.<\/li>\n<li>The GA Handicap is not intended for use as a playing handicap. It is to be used in conjunction with the Slope Rating of the set of tees being played to calculate a golfer\u2019s playing handicap for the day, and this will be called the Daily Handicap.<\/li>\n<li>It is the GA Handicap that will be displayed in a player\u2019s GOLF Link record on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golflink.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.golflink.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"highlight\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.org.au\/default.aspx?s=newgahandicapsystem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For full details of the new Golf Australia handicapping system, click here to be directed to the Golf Australia website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Golf Australia handicapping system is set to come into play on Thursday, 23rd January 2014 incorporating the use of Slope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[110,112],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guests-news","category-womens-news","tag-golf-australia","tag-handicapping-system"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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