Hi everyone, I’ve been reading through this forum for a while but have just registered as I wanted to get your take on the new WHS.
i'm in Germany, and here regardless of gender everyone starts with handicap -54 and there are basically two ways to improve that handicap. Play in competitions or post an EDS (every day score) round either with a friend or a pro. Either way someone else has to count your strokes and sign your card. Therefore as this new WHS system seems to be closer to the US system than the one I currently know and most of you guys seem to be in the US i thought I’d ask....
if a handicap is based on the average of the last 10 out of 20 rounds, you can't directly improve (or worsen) after a tournament? Or how often is it updated? Are you then obliged to post every round you play? I haven’t been playing for that long, but joined a club last year and started to play at least twice a week, but see that as practice. So if I played and practiced on the DR for say 3 weeks and played in a competition, won it (in the net category) and improved my HC I see that as a reward for the hard work I put in. If someone does the same under this system, ie plays loads but never posts a private round are they seen as a sandbagger?
woulde be really interested to hear your perspective.