2024 WHS Update Resources 
  
  The following information and documents will not be valid within England until the 1st April 2024.
  
    
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    Who Should Read This Document ?
  
  This Guidance document is aimed primarily for Committees and Officials within Golf Clubs responsible for handicapping and the running of competitions and for Officials of the Regional Associations in GB&I. It will also be helpful to those golfers who wish to have a deeper understanding of handicapping under WHS.
  
  This document will detail the changes for Counties and Clubs within England, how they work and their benefit/impact upon their golfers.
  The following changes included in the WHSâ„¢ 2024 Rules of Handicapping are:
  
    - ✓ Introduction of Course Rating™ minus PAR (within CONGU nations)
- ✓ Introduction of acceptable scores from 4BBB formats
- ✓ Implementation of Expected Scoring
- ✓ Using Un-rounded Course Handicap™ calculation
- ✓ Course Rating™ changes
- ✓ Rating of courses of a minimum 1500 yards
- ✓ Standardising Par
      
        - ✓ Rating of courses of a minimum 1500 yards
- ✓ Standardising Par
 
    Handicap/Score Adjustment for Mixed Tee Events
  
  
    
  
  
    
      R&A supporting resources  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  It is a video which explains how you can maintain a course handicap without having to play 18 holes
  
  It is a video which show the new way of calculating your course handicap.
  
  This is a chart showing how an individual's score is calculated form a 4-ball team.