Category: Newsletters

In this month's newsletter we have copied, for your information, a poster that has been distributed to all golf clubs to circulate, print and post on their noticeboards.

The SAGA, WGSA and GolfRSA have agreed that the go-live date for the implementation of the USGA Course Rating system, including Slope, will be the 3rd of September 2018.

We are pleased to report that the response we received from you in our recent survey was 95,5% in favour of introducing the USGA Course Rating system, including Slope, in…

We are close to concluding our USGA course rating project, with just three courses remaining to be re-rated using the USGA course rating system, which includes slope rating.

This month we look at entering scores on the handicap system: how to do it, when to do it, and, of course, what happens if you don't do it on…

In this month's newsletter we look at what score you should enter if you are unable to complete your round for whatever reason.

This month we look at Exceptional Scores: what they are, how you achieve them and how they affect your handicap.

In this month's newsletter we answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the newly-launched Registered Round Percentage. For a primer on the percentage, please see August's newsletter.

 This month we introduce the Registered Rounds Percentage score and explain how this minor addition to the handicap system will help verify the integrity of your handicap.

This month we take a closer look at the often-misunderstood subject of Front/Forward Tees, which we encourage all golfers to play from them when wishing to have a quicker round.