Your New WHS Index

I know how you feel.

I had pretty much the same year last year. Except it’s now just gone June and you have a lot of time left to play. My bad form lasted all the way up till about November. Then I hit a good run of form. **** time to do it, but I did well over winter and got 3 shots cut from handicap sec based on 3 good results, more than I put on in the year so was back to where I should be (more or less) but then I took break and started to play crap again 😂🤣

but what I’m saying is, it’s early days, you are a good golfer and it will come back around for you

Seorg, had a similar experience over last 2 to 3 years ...as mad as this sounds, a bit of a break from golf and a few new hobbies actually gave me a new hunger,when I came back .

Took up cycling , a bit of guitar , more reading and some professional development.

I even stopped listening to golf podcasts as I found I was not getting a very rounded experience / knowledge.

When I came back, I had a new desire and hunger and game definitely improved a little.

Might not work for everyone, but will definitely bring a break into my game every year going forward. And an honest break ...not a fake break..

Your a class golfer , that can't go...I do also think embracing what WHS is about is an important step for your game psychology.

Your in bad form , your WHS will reflect that dramatically and you need to kinda embrace WHS or it gets the better of you psychologically..

Unless it will at midnight ..or was deemed non qualifying?

not non qualifying either as it’s from last July

No it’s an 18 hole round

Shouldn't matter, the system gives you a nett double bogey for scratches (0 points). Is the calculated index for that round much lower than the highest counting one?

Many disqualification offences, including an unsigned card, should still allow a score to count towards a players handicap. So that shouldn't have prevented your score appearing in your handicap record.

Has the course rating been changed for the course in the interim?

Was there any ESR applied? That would automatically reduce the score differential of all 20 scores on the handicap record. Newer rounds wouldn't have the reduction so the same score would end up with a higher score differential

I'm in a similar spiral. Started at 12.7 and now out to 16.2 with the soft cap. Practice and range sessions are ok, but too many small mistakes keeping the scores in the 28-32 point range.

Funny thing is the only time recently that the game was on was in Slieve Russell for the Boards outing!

Got a text yesterday that the handicap committee is cutting me by a shot! So clearly, they also think I should be better.

Sorry - but I don't understand why they cut you by a shot. On what basis were they justifying it on?

was going to ask the very same question

I think the new system is great. There are lads with handicaps of 35+ who now actually have a chance of winning something.

If 20% of a club are 10 or less and members playing off 10 or less win 20% of competitions, that's perfectly fair.

The only area where I see a problem is with people who are new to golf. They can get a very high handicap for 3 bad cards, but if they are the sporty type they will improve faster than the system will react, especially over the winter.

Our club now requires at least 10 whs submitted rounds to win top prizes.

Handicap Committee still has the option to intervene and apply adjustments to individuals who are getting ahead of WHS. We've just had 5 and a half months if non-counting golf which is a long time for individuals to improve their ability and win a lot. Competition Committee also can apply penalties to repeat winners.