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respective locker rooms and online soon. I understand that Handicap Committee
many members volunteer for the Canadian Tour event at
Uplands being held the following week, but I’m confident WHAT HAPPENED TO MY
that we can look after this Championship as well. If you HANDICAP?
have any questions regarding the tournament or volunteer Okay, the new handicap system has been
work, please see me or Glenn Bell, our Tournament Chair implemented and there are many things
for the event. that still have to be figured out.
Tim Howard
Club Captain 1. The old Winter Handicap has gone, you can still
post your score but your handicap index will not
be updated until British Columbia Golf figures out
Women’s Report winter course ratings and slope ratings for each of
The NEW Handicap System has the tees. This was supposed to be completed by 15
arrived but there are still a few January but as you can see it hasn’t yet.
wrinkles to iron out. Don’t despair; 2. British Columbia Golf has assigned what in their
you will be kept up to date as we all mind is the correct par for each of our tees and
get a grip on it! what holes the new term for Handicap Stroke
In the meantime, your Women’s Holes, Index Allocations, are assigned so it may
Executive is urging you to start putting in your Gross be a chore determining where your stroke holes
Scores in the Golf Canada system Hole-by-Hole. Not only are and where you take your net double bogey for
will it align with the new Handicap system, but it will give equitable stroke control. Your Captains and I are
us the data we need to do a proper rating of the women’s working at getting the correct par for each hole/tee
tees at the end of the year when we combine the women’s and hope to have that exercise completed and sent
scores for each hole with the tournament scores obtain in to British Columbia Golf by the beginning of
2020. Also don’t forget to enter your scores THE DAY February.
YOU PLAY! You want to take advantage of the Playing 3. The PCC (playing condition calculation) is very
Conditions Calculations that are done at midnight the time sensitive – please enter your scores on the
same day you played. If you need guidance with the day that you played as this is done remotely at 1
changes, do not hesitate to call upon one of us! minute into the next day.
4. If you are one of the many that posts their score at
WINTER TEAM PLAY UPDATE home on the Golf Canada website – not the kiosk
Well! Well! Well! The Pink Panthers are still ahead by 5 or the Golf Canada app on your phone – you will
points on the Purple Haze! I guess, for some of you out notice there is another option for you to select;
there, the playing conditions in the past few weeks are not “Format”. You can post your score as a stroke
affecting your game, because we had some great scores play score, a match play score, or another format
lately! Stay dry and wear your pink or purple proudly on of scoring i.e. Stableford.
the weekend! As I get more information on the new handicap
The rivalry is continuing… system, I will post the updates by the handicap computer
and on the Club Connect emails that are sent out regularly.
At this time, I would also like to thank Nicole Fraser for
her support over the past couple of years; her assistance
with the Committee was very much welcomed.
Glenn Bell
Handicap Committee

EVENT(S) COMING UP
Get your calendar out and pencil in Tuesday March 31,
2020 @ 5h30 pm! Your invitation to attend our Women’s
Spring Launch!
Do you have any ideas or suggestions for the evening?
Share them with Jody at jody.macleod@petroglyph.ca
ASAP! Soon, we will be finalizing plans for the evening
and we would love to hear your ideas!
Sylvie Martel
Women’s Captain