{"id":1349,"date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.new.grandemeadows.ca\/2016\/02\/03\/236\/"},"modified":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T03:30:00","slug":"236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/?p=1349","title":{"rendered":"Golf Canada Changes to the Handicap System in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px;&quot;>Golf Canada has confirmed its adoption of the changes to the Handicap System in 2016. Check the information below as well as couple of links to the Golf Canada website if you have any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font style=&quot;font-size: 11pt&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;4&quot;><u><b>2016 HANDICAP SYSTEM CHANGES &amp; GOLF CANADA&rsquo;S POSITION<\/b><\/u><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm&quot;>\n\t&ldquo;<font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;4&quot;><i>After careful consideration and additional discussion among our Board of Directors and Handicap Committee, Golf Canada will align with all Handicap Rules changes announced by the USGA at the end of last year. This also includes the provision that applies to unaccompanied rounds. These changes are part of a bigger picture to unify the Handicap rules, and support the possible formation of a World Handicap System, which we wholeheartedly endorse.&rdquo; <\/i><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;4&quot;><u><b>Q&amp;A &ndash; 2016 HANDICAP SYSTEM CHANGES &amp; GOLF CANADA&rsquo;S POSITION<\/b><\/u><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><b>Why the change\/reversal by Golf Canada on the &lsquo;rounds played alone&rsquo; position?<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>After much thought and discussion among our Board of Directors, our Handicap Committee, and after consultation with the USGA, Golf Canada now better understands all of the reasons and big-picture considerations that led to the adoption of the new rule regarding unaccompanied rounds.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>Therefore, we have concluded that it is in the best interests of the game for Golf Canada to move towards adoption of all the new 2016 Handicap Rules, including the rule on unaccompanied rounds.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><b>How can you stop me from posting my scores for handicap purposes if I do play alone?<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>The Handicap System has always relied on:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>golfers to post their scores in accordance with handicap system procedures<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>golfers having the ability to review their fellow club members scores and handicap<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>Club Handicap Committee to fulfill its duties and responsibilities (help maintain the system at the club).<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>This decision doesn&rsquo;t change any of those requirements going forward &ndash; those pieces are key to the successful implementation of the Handicap System at any club.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><b>I thought this was a game of honour and integrity which includes trust. This rule seems to go against that tradition of the game, it seems I&rsquo;m presumed guilty if I play alone?<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>Golf Canada supports strengthening Peer Review in Handicapping &ndash; when scores are attested it adds to the integrity and credibility of the handicap system and Handicaps being issued.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>Playing golf with others affords the benefit of having someone who can testify to your ability and acknowledge the accuracy of your Handicap when you happen to play that once-in-a-lifetime round to win an event.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%&quot;>\n\t<font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><b>Isn&rsquo;t one of your mandates to grow the game and be more inclusive? How does this decision support your mandates as it seems exclusive not inclusive?<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>This decision was twofold:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>to enhance &ldquo;Peer Review&rdquo; and thereby adding to the Integrity and credibility of the Handicap System<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>to allow Golf Canada to be more aligned worldwide where the majority of rounds played alone are not accepted for handicapping purposes.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; widows: 2; orphans: 2&quot;>\n\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;>To be inclusive, Golf Canada is keenly interested in encouraging all golfers to maintain and post all of their scores. As such Golf Canada is working towards a solution to allow unaccompanied rounds to be entered into our Score Centre, so that golfers can continue to track their statistics, with the full knowledge that they will be excluded from the calculation of an Official Handicap.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%&quot;>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm; page-break-before: always&quot;>\n\t<font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;><b>Topline Golf Canada talking points on a World Handicapping System: <\/b><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>Golf Canada&rsquo;s commitment to a unified set of rules for golfers worldwide also supports a developing world handicap system, which will involve the coming together of all six of the world&rsquo;s handicapping authorities to build a workable system and rules anyone can use.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>World handicapping will offer the opportunity for increasingly mobile golfers to compete and enjoy the game anywhere on the planet, supported by the confidence that they can set up fair games based on a widely adopted, well-understood system that works in any golf culture.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm&quot;>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0cm&quot;>\n\t<font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;><b>Topline USGA talking points when asked about changes to the Handicap System:<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>Golfers have told us for some time that their biggest concern about the handicap system is the accuracy of other players&rsquo; indexes.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>The new rule supports peer review, an essential element of the USGA Handicap System. Peer review allows golfers to learn other players&rsquo; potential abilities, so that all can have confidence in the true value of a Handicap Index.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>We also made the new rule to enhance the integrity of the USGA Handicap System around the world. Outside of North America, golfers generally do not post scores from rounds played alone.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>Making score posting more uniform globally will help pave the way for development of a world handicap system. The platform we are building now, in cooperation with The R&amp;A and the world&rsquo;s five other handicapping authorities, will eventually allow golfers to establish and apply their handicap index no matter where they play.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>We hope golfers continue to enjoy playing solo rounds, knowing a day on the course is always a good day.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t\t\t<font color=&quot;#000000&quot;><font face=&quot;Calibri, serif&quot;><font size=&quot;3&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>We know golf is a game of honor, and we are not questioning any golfer&rsquo;s integrity. We&rsquo;re simply working to make a handicap index as useful as possible in setting up a fair game. The Rules of Golf require other practices that maintain the integrity of scores, such as a marker or a fellow competitor keeping a player&rsquo;s scorecard in stroke play.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\tLinks to the Golf Canada Website<\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t1. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=&quot;http:\/\/golfcanada.ca\/blogs\/article\/rules-and-rants\/changes-to-handicap-system-for-2016-released\/&quot;><b style=&quot;font-size: 13pt; font-family: Lato-Bold; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);&quot;>Changes to Golf Canada&rsquo;s Handicap System for 2016 released<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=&quot;margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0.42cm&quot;>\n\t2. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=&quot;http:\/\/golfcanada.ca\/blogs\/article\/rules-and-rants\/faq-playing-golf-alone\/&quot;><b style=&quot;font-size: 13pt; font-family: Lato-Bold; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);&quot;><span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;>FAQ: Playing golf alone and peer review<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf Canada has confirmed its adoption of the changes to the Handicap System in 2016. Check the information below as well as couple of links to the Golf Canada website if you have any questions. 2016 HANDICAP SYSTEM CHANGES &amp; GOLF CANADA&rsquo;S POSITION &ldquo;After careful consideration and additional discussion among our Board of Directors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-pre-november-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandemeadows.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}