FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION ON

PLAYING HANDICAP WHEN PLAYING ABROAD

Two Home Clubs

Playing Handicap in competition in GB &I where the EGA Handicap System has not been adopted

QUESTION:

A player plays in a tournament organised in a country other than his own country. The National Association in the country concerned has not adopted the EGA Handicap System.

What is the player's Playing Handicap for the competition?

ANSWER:

Before the first round of the competition the player must report to the Committee.

The player is obliged to show an official certificate issued by his Handicapping

Authority showing his EGA Exact Handicap and the Slope Rating of the standard

tees of his Home Club.

His Competition Playing Handicap should be:

EGA Exact Handicap x Slope Rating of his Home Course ÷ 113

The result shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 is rounded upwards).

The Committee should accept the entry of the player playing off that Playing Handicap.

However, if the player cannot produce an official certificate showing the above EGA Playing Handicap and Slope Rating , the Committee would be justified in accepting the entry of the player to play off his EGA Exact Handicap rounded to the nearest whole number.

Player with CONGU Handicap (GB&I) plays in country where EGA Handicap System has been adopted

QUESTION:

A member of an Affiliated Club in a country where the EGA Handicap System has not been adopted plays in a tournament organized in a country that has adopted the EGA Handicap System .

What is his Playing Handicap for the competition?

ANSWER:

His Playing Handicap for the competition should be calculated as follows:

Competition Playing Handicap = CONGU Exact Handicap + (Course Rating – Par)

Example:

CONGU Exact Handicap = 19.5

Course Rating = 71.2; Par = 72

Competition Playing Handicap

= 19.5 + (71.2 – 72) = 19.5 + (– 0.8) = 19.5– 0.8 = 18.7 -› 19

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Two Home Clubs

QUESTION:

A player is a member of two Clubs affiliated to two different National Associations ,

both applying the EGA Handicap System. He resides in each country for periods of three or more consecutive months.

May the player have two Home Clubs ?

ANSWER:

Yes, but it is the responsibility of the player to inform the respective clubs of achieved results at each change of residence. It is also the responsibility of the player to choose one of these Home Clubs to perform the annual review of his handicap.

The player may not have more than two Home Clubs.

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Procedure for conversion of CONGU Handicap to EGA Handicap

QUESTION:

A player living in England has a CONGU Exact Handicap of 19.5. He moves to a

country where the EGA Handicap System has been adopted and becomes a member of an Affiliated Club in that country.

What is the procedure for conversion of his CONGU Handicap to an EGA Handicap ?

ANSWER:

As Slope Rating is not part of the CONGU Unified Handicapping System, the CONGU handicaps are not readily comparable with the EGA handicaps.

However, the EGA recommends the following formula for conversion:

Multiply CONGU Exact handicap by 113 and divide by the Slope of receiving course to arrive at EGA Exact handicap.

The player, playing of that handicap, shall as soon as practical return three scores played under Handicap Conditions to provide his Handicapping Authority enough information to adjust or confirm his Exact Handicap in accordance with the requirements of clause 25.