Handicap and Match Play Chair Spring Report 2024

 

 

LADIES HANDICAP INFORMATION

 

Welcome to the 2024 OGC Golf Season, may the golf gods be with you!

 

The Ladies’ Handicap Committee merged with the Men’s Handicap Committee to form an OGC Golf Handicap Committee. The goal of the merger is to promote a uniform approach to educate the membership. The Committee has two Co-Chairs, Brad Golden and France Lefebvre and two Committee Members, Shari Godel and Mark Johnson. The Handicapping Rules are available on Golf Canada. Please do not hesitate to contact us at ogchandicapcommittee@gmail.com if you have any questions.

 

Here is a quick recap of some of the new 2024 Golf Canada handicap rules recently promoted in the OGC March 2024 edition of The Index Newsletter. We plan to publish our newsletter throughout the golf season and include a quiz with the goal of increasing your handicap knowledge. Going forward, all Ladies handicap information will be available in The Index Newsletter.

 

In order to be fair and equitable, it is imperative that all Golf Canada approved games (Rule 2.1a) played, including: Monday Senior Ladies, Tuesday 9 hole Business League, Wednesday Ladies’ League, Match Play, Match Play Challenges, tournaments, away games and individual play golf games are posted the same day of play before midnight. If you enter your score before midnight on the game day, this will ensure that your index is accurate for your next golf game. Golfers are encouraged to enter their score hole by hole (HBH) because this method automatically calculates accurate net scores (net double bogey). This allows you to see the holes on which you did well, and the ones on which you could improve. It also allows the tracking of your statistics (e. g., scoring averages on Par 3, 4 and 5’s, and more). Posting HBH unlocks various digital features on the Score Centre such as the Ultimate Score Card – which shows the golfer the best score achieved on each hole and course through the year from all their rounds (also known as a “ringer card”). And most importantly, it calculates Equitable Score Control, which reduces the risk of entering a wrong score.

 

 

 

The ONLY VALID REASONS for not playing one or more holes (Rule 3.2a) (summarized):

 

• Fading light or weather preventing the continuation of play.
• Player injury or illness.
• A match finishing before the final hole when playing Match Play.
• The course being played has fewer than 9 or 18 holes.
• If it is determined that the player does not complete a round or does not play one or more holes for an invalid reason might include:
  • Weather does not prevent the continuation of play.
  • Not playing a particular hole on a golf course because the player knows it usually causes them difficulty and they are likely to return a high score.
  • Not playing the final holes on a golf course to avoid submitting a high score if playing badly or a low score if playing well.
  • Any other situations considered unreasonable.

 

The Course Handicap Table for each course is available on the Golf Canada website or Golf Canada App and is also available on Golf Genius under the Resource Tab. Please ensure that you always know your current index when playing events.