WHS - Understanding - 1st Cards

Thank you for contacting Golf Link regarding the calculation of an initial GA Handicap under the World Handicapping System (WHS).

All Scores are submitted via the Player's Home Club, it is recommended that the Club enter as Ad hoc scores and date the Scores their actual date of play rather than submit them all for one date.

Scores can be submitted to Golf Link as they are played, you do not need to wait for three cards, but each Club can have set their own preferred process, when the third card is submitted a GA handicap will be automatically issued.

Should there ever be an issue with a submitted Score the Player needs to contact their Home Club to get the Score adjusted.

PCC for all Ad hoc Scores is 0.

All new Golfers should use 54 as their Daily Handicap when submitting Scores for handicapping, this applies to Males and Females.

Clubs can set their own limits for the Daily Handicap and Handicap Score should reflect this, 54 is the suggested by GA.

9 Hole Scores should be entered using a Daily Handicap of 27.

All Scores submitted for handicapping MUST include Handicap Scores in Stableford points.

If you are entering a card for a Stroke event you will enter a Gross Comp Score and a Handicap Score calculated using 54 as the Daily and the players hole by hole Nett Scores.

You may want to enter the cards as Stableford to avoid confusion, work out the Stableford points and use for both Handicap and Comp Score.

Although Stableford points are important, the actual GA handicap calculation use the Score Differentials and because of this we would strongly suggest reading the article published by GA on their website.

PART D: Operational Guide, item 18 - How your GA is calculated under the WHS, and the importance of your Score Differentials - https://www.golf.org.au/whs/

For people who have fewer than 20 rounds in their handicap record, the table below is used to calculate their GA Handicap.

It is because of these calculations that a Players GA Handicap can change quite dramatically and as more rounds are submitted and used as part of the GA calculations the more stable the GA will become.

The table determines the number of ‘Score Differentials’ from the player’s handicap record on www.golf.org.au that are to be included in the calculation, as well as any adjustment that needs to be automatically applied.

We hope this explains how the calculations are done and if after checking your handicap using the correct values for each field you still believe there is an issue, please email help@golf.com.au.