EGA HANDICAP SYSTEM - NGF

TABLE oF CoNTENTS
Table of Contents
(i) Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
(ii) Principal changes 2012 ......................................................................................................................... 8
(iii) How to use the manual ........................................................................................................................ 11
(iv) EGA Handicap Policy ............................................................................................................................ 12
(v) System overview ..................................................................................................................................... 14
THE EGA HANDICAP SYSTEM
1. Definitions .................................................................................................................................................. 17
2. The Golf Course and Course Rating .............................................................................................. 24
2.1 Course rating ............................................................................................................................................... 24
2.2 Course measurement ................................................................................................................................. 25
2.3 Alterations to courses ................................................................................................................................. 25
2.4 Tees ................................................................................................................................................................. 25
2.5 par ................................................................................................................................................................... 26
2.6 period for preferred lies ............................................................................................................................ 27
2.7 permitted adjustments to a measured course ...................................................................................... 27
3. Handicapping .......................................................................................................................................... 29
3.1 Rights and obligations of a national association ............................................................................... 29
3.2 Rights and obligations of an area authority ........................................................................................ 30
3.3 Rights and obligations of an affiliated club .......................................................................................... 31
3.4 Rights and obligations of the handicap committee ............................................................................ 31
3.5 Rights and obligations of the player ...................................................................................................... 33
3.6 Qualifying scores ........................................................................................................................................ 34
3.7 Computed Buffer Adjustment (CBA) ...................................................................................................... 37
3.8 Extra Day Scores (EDS) .............................................................................................................................. 39
3.9 EGA playing Handicap; playing handicap ........................................................................................... 41
3.10 Stableford ..................................................................................................................................................... 43
3.11 Attaining an EGA Exact Handicap ........................................................................................................ 44
3.12 Alteration of handicaps ............................................................................................................................ 45
3.13 Suspension and loss of handicaps .......................................................................................................... 48
3.14 Restoration of handicaps ........................................................................................................................... 48
3.15 Annual Handicap Review (AHR) ............................................................................................................. 49
3.16 powers and duties of the handicap committee relating to general play ...................................... 51
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