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RULE CHANGE FOR

2020: TO SUBMIT A

NINE-HOLE SCORE,

A PLAYER MUST

PLAY 7 TO 13 HOLES

UNDER THE RULES

OF GOLF. WHEN 14

OR MORE HOLES

ARE PLAYED, THE

SCORE SUBMITTED

QUALIFIES AS AN

18-HOLE SCORE.

Rule Change for 2020: When a player submits a score that Rule Change for 2020: A player’s Handicap Index will
produces a Score Differential of 7.0 strokes or more below update daily, provided that the player submitted a score
their Handicap Index, they will be subject to an Exceptional the day before. On days where the player does not submit a
Score Reduction. score, no update will take place.

Playing Conditions Calculation Maximum Handicap Index
USGA Handicap System (pre-2020): There is no calculation USGA Handicap System (pre-2020): The maximum
or adjustment to account for abnormal course or weather Handicap Index is 36.4 for men and 40.4 for women.
conditions.
Rule Change for 2020: The maximum Handicap Index for
Rule Change for 2020: When abnormal course or weather all golfers will be 54.0, regardless of gender.
conditions cause scores to be unusually high or low on a
given day, a “Playing Conditions Calculation” will adjust Importance and Determination of Par
Score Differentials to better reflect a player’s actual USGA Handicap System (pre-2020): Par has little signifi-
performance. cance because a Course Handicap represents the number
of strokes a player receives in order to play down to the
Frequency of Handicap Index Updates Course Rating of the tees being played—not par.
USGA Handicap System (pre-2020): Following the National
Revision Schedule, a player’s Handicap Index is updated on Rule Change for 2020: Par will have an important role
the 1st and 15th of each month. within the World Handicap System, requiring par values to

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