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Tag: handicapping

Myths about getting a handicap

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Apr 7, 2021

Think having a golf handicap isn’t for you? Think again. Below we dispel some myths that have been ingrained in the minds of many golfers about getting and maintaining a handicap. Handicaps are only for really good golfers Any golfer,…

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Get a Handicap, GHIN, Golf Handicap, Handicap Myths, handicapping, Post a score, USGA

GHIN Digital Profile launches January 11th

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Dec 31, 2020

Beginning in 2021, the USGA will launch a digital profile requirement for all users accessing GHIN.com and the GHIN Mobile App. (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Digital Profile, GHIN, Guardian Management, handicapping

Inactive Score Posting Season Begins November 15th

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Nov 4, 2020

Inactive Score Posting Season begins in Washington Golf territory on November 15th. (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: handicapping, Inactive Score Posting Season, score posting, USGA

Rules and Handicapping Guidance During COVID-19 Era

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Mar 20, 2020

As seen on the USGA site The USGA stands with our entire golf community during this time. We all love the game for the escape it provides, and it is our great hope that we will all be able to…

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, handicapping, rules of golf, USGA

Score Posting Season Begins

By WA Golf Staff

Posted on Feb 26, 2020

Score posting season in WA Golf territory has officially begun. (more…)

Category: Handicapping News

Tags: GHIN, handicapping, Handicapping News, Post a score, score posting

World Handicap System to Roll Out in 2020

By WA Golf Site Admin

Posted on Nov 4, 2019

The World Handicap System (WHS) is ready to be launched in January 2020 and will provide golfers with a unified and more inclusive handicapping system for the first time. (more…)

Category: Handicapping News

Tags: 2020, Annika Sorenstam, course rating, Gary Player, golf, Handicap News, handicapping, Martin Slumbers, Mike Davis, R&A, USGA, WHS, WHS 2020, World Handicap System

Top Reasons to Post Your Scores and Get a Handicap

By wsga

Posted on Aug 20, 2019

There are many good reasons to why you should post your scores (more…)

Category: Handicapping News

Tags: handicapping, Handicapping News, Post Your Scores, score posting, WHS, World Handicap System

New World Handicap System Prepares for Implementation Beginning in 2020

By wsga

Posted on Apr 30, 2019

Golf’s new World Handicap System, which is designed to bring the game of golf under a single set of Rules for handicapping (more…)

Category: Handicapping Blog, Shari's Blog, WA Golf News

Tags: handicapping, Hanidicap, R&A, USGA, World Handicap System

What is Course Rating?

By wsga

Posted on Oct 5, 2018

Get an inside look at the process of rating a golf course and how the numbers for Course Rating and Slope Rating are determined for each course. (more…)

Category: Handicapping News

Tags: course rating, handicapping, USGA, USGA Course Rating System, Video

An Icon of the Golf Industry Retires

By wsga

Posted on May 14, 2018

By Troy Andrew, PNGA/WSGA CEO/Executive Director (This article can be seen in the May 2018 issue of Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine) (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: course rating, handicapping, John Saegner Jr., Pacific Northwest Golfer, The Home Course, Troy Andrew

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