What do You Pay for Handicapping?

[mauricio]

Many Thanks for all that shared your toughts from your associations, I believe all the cost shared are annually, could you please confirm? Best!

[DaveP043]

1 hour ago, mauricio said:

Many Thanks for all that shared your toughts from your associations, I believe all the cost shared are annually, could you please confirm? Best!

At my club, and I believe for the entire state of Virginia, the Handicap maintenance fee is paid once each year, usually in the early Spring.

[mcanadiens]

I'm handicapped enough as it is. I'm not paying for such things anymore. 

The Miami Valley Golf Association handles such things in my area and charges $50 for e-club. Otherwise, you join through your home course. Most of them charge the same $50 except for those goofs at Community who want $55 for some reason.

[pganapathy]

I am not sure if our club pays anything, but us members don't pay anything.  We use the WHS system in the Online Golf app

[ssbn611]

3 hours ago, mauricio said:

Many Thanks for all that shared your toughts from your associations, I believe all the cost shared are annually, could you please confirm? Best!

Annual for me in Maryland.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

$35 for the GHIN for me in Western NY. 

[CarlSpackler]

I don’t. I quit years ago when they started monkeying with things. I wasn’t really using it anyway. 

[iacas]

7 hours ago, pganapathy said:

I am not sure if our club pays anything, but us members don't pay anything.  We use the WHS system in the Online Golf app

You likely pay for it… it's just rolled into your dues or something.

[pganapathy]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

You likely pay for it… it's just rolled into your dues or something.

Eminently possible I suppose.  I have no clue what it costs.  Must enquire at the club so I can actually figure out what we are paying, if possible

[bkuehn1952]

As a member club of the Golf Assoiation of Michigan, we pay a fee for each active member on 6/1 each year. We bake the annual cost ($24 now) into our pricing. For the money, each member has a GHIN handicap account. The nice kicker is our club gains access to the tournament management system, Golf Genius, as part of the transaction.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

On 5/4/2023 at 5:11 PM, CarlSpackler said:

I don’t. I quit years ago when they started monkeying with things. I wasn’t really using it anyway.

When you say "monkeying with" Do you mean the world handicap system? 

 

For the record I don't think the whs wasn't needed and I don't like some of the formula changes. But I will tell you that the ghin app and website is eminently superior to it old version. So at least we got something better 😊

[DaveP043]

14 hours ago, BlackDiamondPar5 said:

For the record I don't think the whs wasn't needed and I don't like some of the formula changes.

To me its an admirable goal, to have all golfers using the same handicap system, instead of having six different systems.  The goal hasn't been met, but future changes may bring is all closer than we are now.  As for the formula changes, for those of us in the USGA areas the effect is really minimal.  I do like the elimination of the Exceptional Tournament score reduction, that could become excessively penal, in my opinion.

[SG11118]

$35 annual fee.  Get's me handicapping for the year through GHIN, Membership in the Minnesota Golf Association, Eligibility to enter Minnesota Golf Association events, and Minnesota Golfer Magazine (Quarterly publication).

[jsgolfer]

On 5/4/2023 at 9:46 AM, DaveP043 said:

At my club, and I believe for the entire state of Virginia, the Handicap maintenance fee is paid once each year, usually in the early Spring.

Yes, always paid in early spring for year (March), I believe at my club.

[Esox]

A few of my leagues do their own handicapping, it cuts down on the sandbaggers and gets the vanity cappers where they belong.

I no longer support the USGA for a number of reasons and will in no way provide them with money whenever possible.

[iacas]

12 hours ago, Esox said:

I no longer support the USGA for a number of reasons and will in no way provide them with money whenever possible.

And yet, they still spend a good amount of money helping you. Bummer you feel that way; I don't think you understand the full scope of what the USGA does.

But… to each his own.

I'll continue to give of my time (as a course rater for the past nearly 20 years, as a rules official for nearly half as long as that) to the USGA and my AGA.

[mauricio]

On 5/14/2023 at 8:15 AM, Esox said:

A few of my leagues do their own handicapping, it cuts down on the sandbaggers and gets the vanity cappers where they belong.

I no longer support the USGA for a number of reasons and will in no way provide them with money whenever possible.

Could you explain in details how this handicapping is calculated and operates? I'm with @iacas when he says about the USGA role, what they do impact golf all around the world, it benefits the game.

[Esox]

8 hours ago, mauricio said:

Could you explain in details how this handicapping is calculated and operates? I'm with @iacas when he says about the USGA role, what they do impact golf all around the world, it benefits the game.

I don't do it so I don't know how it is done, or even if each league does it the same way. But it works.

As far as the USGA, when they decided to use social engineering tools to weigh who gets to play in youth tournies, regardless of qualification, they lost me.  Among other reasons, but that was the last straw. Accepting less qualified candidates over more qualified candidates under any circumstances is just plain wrong.