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Hi everyone,

I am going to Spain next week and was wanting to try to play some golf. I just realized that I need a handicap certificate. What is that? I am not sure that I can get a USGA official handicap that fast.

There are several websites that will "sell" me a handicap certificate.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

adam
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A handicap certificate is a certificate from your golf club, stating your official handicap.

Lots of courses over here say you need one to play, but most courses don't actually ask to see it. It is usually there, so if you are really bad and tearing up the course a ranger can kick you off and cite your handicap not being good enough or not existing as the reason.

However some courses do check so I wouldn't rely on this being the case. Spain has lots of courses, especially in popular tourist areas, so why not just play courses that don't need a handicap certificate?
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I've played a number of courses in southern Spain (Costa del Sol) and only one of the courses I played required proof of handicap. So long as you follow etiquette and keep up pace of play you should have no problems at the majority of Spanish golf courses.

Possible exceptions would be the famous courses, Valderama etc. i'd suggest just calling a couple of courses in advance of your trip to check whether it is okay. Spanish golf is generally laid back and great fun!

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Hi everyone,

Hi,

you can always ask local pro to check yours level of play if you don't have certificate. You're 15 ... shouldn't be a problem regards from Europe,
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It seems like all of the ones that I can check out easily on line say "certificate required".

I have really just started keeping my handicap on oobgolf and with 15 scores entered it says I have an 11.5 handicap with an 85.9 scoring average (I can easily sneak into the 90s on a bad day!).

Thanks for the local pro idea. That's great!

Any recommendations for the Barcelona area?
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