HOW TO PREPARE YOUR COURSE FOR RATING If your course hasn t already been rated the preparation you can undertake prior is of considerable importance: → Discuss within your Club how many sets of tees require rating (5 sets of tees are rated free of charge, any additional sets will attract a fee of $250 per set of tees). → Ensure your course is measured correctly and if you have decided to implement a new set of tees have the distance measured, ensure that the permanent markers are embedded in the ground. → Have both the men&aposs and women’s Captains involved in the decision process and have all representatives attend the initial meeting with the Zone Co-ordinator. → Remember when slope handicapping is introduced men can only play off tees rated for men and women play off tees rated for women. → For more information about handicapping, bunkers-out-of-play and explanation of USGA system go navigation on left “Handicapping News”.
Author: Adam Dransfield