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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Nick Bonfield

I Was Told I Had To Play From The 'Tees Of The Day' – Some Golf Clubs Need To Wake Up

Golfer teeing off the 1st tee looking unhappy with playing partners behind.

While golf’s World Handicap System isn’t universally popular, it’s fairly easy to understand what it set out to achieve: to create a unified and globally portable framework.

If you’re a member of a golf club or registered with one of the many nomadic schemes around the world, such as iGolf in England, you’re able to attain a handicap index after you’ve put in the requisite number of cards.

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