HANDICAP COMMITTEE RANDOM REVIEWS
The USGA Rules of Handicapping outline the responsibilities of the Player and the Handicap Committee. Those responsibilities are specified in the USGA Rules of Handicapping, Rule 1.3 and can be read or downloaded from usga.org. Our purpose here is not to explain the rules of handicapping, but to publicize to the membership plans for the Rules and Handicap Committee to comply with its responsibility in accordance with the Rules of Handicapping.
A part of the Handicap Committee’s responsibility to administer and monitor the Club’s handicap program includes reviewing players’ handicaps. To comply with this responsibility, the Fawn Lake Rules and Handicap Committee will begin to conduct periodic random reviews.
The initial effort will be to obtain Tee Sheet reports from the Pro Shop staff and compare those to a few randomly selected players GHIN records to determine that scores are being posted. This is not a “Handicap Police” effort. If the committee discovers that any player’s GHIN records do not reflect scores for dates he/she is listed on the tee sheet report, the associated player may simply be asked to explain why scores are not posted and/or be reminded to correct the situation. The Committee is aware the USGA Rules of Handicapping specify situations where scores are not to be posted. If a review reveals any player repeatedly fails to post scores that should be posted, the Rules and Handicap Committee may adjust the player’s handicap index as specified in the USGA Rules of Handicapping.
The Handicap Committee will also review scores of 2021 tournaments (competition scores).
These efforts are two of several your Board of Directors/Golf Committee/Rules and Handicap Committee is pursuing to ensure that our growing Fawn Lake Country Club golf program is fairly and efficiently administered and monitored, thereby allowing all our members to compete in every Net Score tournament administered by the Pro Shop, Fawn Lake Men’s’ Group and Ladies’ Golf Association.
