How low can you go?
Sign up for the Handicap Challenge!
Golf, post your scores, and win! From May 1st through October 30th, play and post your scores for at least ten, 18-hole rounds. Each month we’ll calculate the handicap improvement factor and send updates.
Open to all WA Golf members with an established Handicap Index.
- Season’s Most Improved Golfers win a Grand Prize – Details to come!
- Two Flights, Two Divisions, four winners
- Monthly random drawing winners receive WA Golf SWAG
Registration opens April 1st, 2025
Sign up for the Challenge and be entered to win rounds of golf at Desert Willow Golf Resort
Includes Two Rounds of Golf for Two at Desert Willow Golf Resort, Palm Desert, Calif.
Vouchers are valid Sunday-Thursday after 11am and expires Dec. 31, 2025
2024 Winners
Congratulations to our 2024 Most Improved Golfers!
- Women’s Flight 1 Winner – Tamami Phùng
- Women’s Flight 2 Winner – Irene Cruite
- Men’s Flight 1 Winner – David Dupart
- Men’s Flight 2 Winner – Ben Mills
Final Standings
Please utilize the links below to view final standings for the 2024 WA Golf Lower Your Handicap Challenge.
Details & Rules
Eligibility: Open to all WA Golf members with an established Handicap Index. Join or renew your membership.
Entry fee: None
Entries open: April 1, 2025
Entries close: April 30, 2025
Beginning Revision Date: May 1, 2025 – The participant’s Handicap Index on this date will be used as the beginning point for determining improvement through the duration of the challenge.
Ending Revision Date: October 31, 2025 – The participant’s Handicap Index on this date will be used as the ending point for determining improvement through the duration of the challenge.
Minimum Number of Rounds: Golfers must post a minimum of 180 holes in any combination of 9 or 18-hole rounds from May 1 through October 30, 2025.
Posting Scores: In the spirit of the Rules of Handicapping, players are expected to post all eligible scores immediately after play.
Divisions: Field will be split into two divisions for Women and Men. Each division will be evenly split into two flights based off handicap index.
Prizes: Grand prize winner for each flight within each division. Random drawing each month for WA Golf swag.
Determination of Winners
Winners will be determined using the USGA recommended method for determining the Most Improved Player. The method is as follows:
Add 12 to the player’s Handicap Index at the start date. The number 12 is used to provide a consistent value for all players being evaluated. This value is A. Add 12 to the player’s Handicap Index at the end date. This value is B.
Divide value A by value B, calculating to three decimal places. This is the improvement factor. The player with the highest improvement factor is the most improved player.
Example for Most Improved Player:
| Starting Index: | 24.3 |
| Ending Index: | 16.2 |
| Value A: | 24.3 + 12 = 36.3 |
| Value B: | 16.2 + 12 = 28.2 |
| A / B: | 36.3 / 28.2 = 1.287… |
| Improvement Factor: | 1.287 |
Breaking Ties: Ties will be broken by extending beyond three decimal places until a winner is determined.