Unified Handicapping -System in detail
Unified Handicapping -System in detail
25. Lapse of Handicap
25.1 A Union may direct that the handicap of any player, in whatever Category, who fails to return a stipulated minimum number of Qualifying Scores in a period between Annual Reviews shall lapse.
25.2 A handicap that has lapsed in this manner will not be acceptable for competition where a CONGU® Handicap is required but may be used for social golf and the like.
When a player fails to return the specified number of scores in the period between Annual Reviews of handicaps resulting in a lapse of handicap, the following points are relevant:
- The handicap is 'starred' and deemed to be inactive in the sense that it is not acceptable for competitions in which a CONGU® Handicap is required. The 'starred' handicap, however, is not 'lost'. It can be used in the normal manner for all forms of social golf and is valid where a handicap certificate is a condition required to play at another golf course.
- A 'starred' handicap does not preclude a Member from playing in a club 18 hole Qualifying Competition in order to have a CONGU® Handicap allotted. Such scores, however, must be excluded from the calculation of the CSS.
- Clubs have discretionary powers in very exceptional circumstances to allow the retention of a CONGU® Handicap where ill health or injury has precluded a player from returning the specified number of scores.