Date: August 20, 2010
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Second package of changes for handicap systems

Golf Australia has released details relating to the second package of changes to the Australian mens&apos and women&aposs handicap system. Click Here to read the Memo (19 August) Distributed on 19 August, this memo includes information relating to: 1. Complete overhaul of existing four-ball handicapping regulations. 2. Requirement for each affiliated club to have a Handicap Committee. 3. Start to allow widespread use of non-competition scores. 4. Simplification of method for extending score for round of 9-17 holes into 18-hole score. (Note: This method is also to be used by Handicap Committees where a player was meant to have played 18 holes, but stops play FOR ANY REASON after having played at least 9 holes.) 5. Requirement to process for HANDICAP PURPOSES those eligible scores played at any non-Australian course with a USGA Course Rating. 6. Clarification of which scores are eligible for Handicap Purposes. Click Here to visit the News and Communication section in Rules and Handicapping for other handicapping updates.