Warley Park Seniors Section - WHS (World Handicap System)
I claim no ownership of any of this material! And I am certainly not very knowledgeable on the subject, so I have tried here to keep it simple enough to follow.
The 2nd November is the live day for the New WHS. Behind those parts of the system that most of us will actually use, its all very complex and very interesting, if you are interested in that kind of thing. Most golfers probably just want to know what their handicap is and how, in simple terms its updated - now we will also need to now how to apply that handicap to each course and each set of tees that we use. It has some new terms, which I'm sure we will all get used to very quickly.
There is lots of material etc on all this out there, but I am adding just two items to the page.
The first item is a short note, that Brian Wilkins obtained from a pal, that explains:
(i) the new Handicap Index (ie what we all call our personal handicap);
(ii) the new Slope Rating, which defines the level of difficulty of each course;
The second item is the Warley Course Handicap Table for playing off the Yellow tees on the main course. It shows the Slope Rating i.e. degree of difficulty, as 126 (Average across all courses is 113) and how our handicaps change because we are playing a course with that rating. (I have only put up this single table as the main example of what we seniors will use).
In the most basic of explanations, we get our our personal Handicap Index (which changes as now according to our form) and when we play at any course (including our own) we have to check a local Table that tells us how many shots we play fewer or greater than that Handicap index. That is for 'social golf' in our case mostly for swindles.
When we play in a defined competition eg a individual medal or stableford our course handicap will be reduced to 95%. There are other percentages applied to other types of competitions.
My example: my currently shown WHS Handicap Index (HI) is 20.6. I look at the Handicap Index column in the table below and see that I sit on the 20.2 to 21 line - I look across that line and see that I actually play off 23 at Warley main course - yellows tees in all my social golf. Easy! In an 'individuals' competition the 95% rule will apply so I will play off 22.
If you don't want to know any more, Its as simple as that!
You do of course need to now your Handicap Index. That will be shown on the Warley (Club) Website/IG App presumably on the 2nd Nov. But you can if you are interested check yours now - if so go back to my email on this subject and use the the weblink in that.
Gordon
The 2nd November is the live day for the New WHS. Behind those parts of the system that most of us will actually use, its all very complex and very interesting, if you are interested in that kind of thing. Most golfers probably just want to know what their handicap is and how, in simple terms its updated - now we will also need to now how to apply that handicap to each course and each set of tees that we use. It has some new terms, which I'm sure we will all get used to very quickly.
There is lots of material etc on all this out there, but I am adding just two items to the page.
The first item is a short note, that Brian Wilkins obtained from a pal, that explains:
(i) the new Handicap Index (ie what we all call our personal handicap);
(ii) the new Slope Rating, which defines the level of difficulty of each course;
The second item is the Warley Course Handicap Table for playing off the Yellow tees on the main course. It shows the Slope Rating i.e. degree of difficulty, as 126 (Average across all courses is 113) and how our handicaps change because we are playing a course with that rating. (I have only put up this single table as the main example of what we seniors will use).
In the most basic of explanations, we get our our personal Handicap Index (which changes as now according to our form) and when we play at any course (including our own) we have to check a local Table that tells us how many shots we play fewer or greater than that Handicap index. That is for 'social golf' in our case mostly for swindles.
When we play in a defined competition eg a individual medal or stableford our course handicap will be reduced to 95%. There are other percentages applied to other types of competitions.
My example: my currently shown WHS Handicap Index (HI) is 20.6. I look at the Handicap Index column in the table below and see that I sit on the 20.2 to 21 line - I look across that line and see that I actually play off 23 at Warley main course - yellows tees in all my social golf. Easy! In an 'individuals' competition the 95% rule will apply so I will play off 22.
If you don't want to know any more, Its as simple as that!
You do of course need to now your Handicap Index. That will be shown on the Warley (Club) Website/IG App presumably on the 2nd Nov. But you can if you are interested check yours now - if so go back to my email on this subject and use the the weblink in that.
Gordon