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WCGT'S HANDICAP SYSTEM™
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The proprietary WCGT Handicap System is
one of the main reasons that our Tour is successful. While we realize
that
there isn't a 'perfect way' to handicap all players for all courses at all times,
application of various trademarked WCGT formulae and class competition allows
our players to compete equally and virtually eliminates attempts at 'Sandbagging'.
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ONLY WCGT TOURNAMENT SCORES
ARE USED TO COMPUTE A PLAYER’S BASE HANDICAP ™
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| | WCGT HANDICAP SYSTEM INTEGRITY
- Until 10 tournaments are completed, a
WCGT player's Base Handicap™ will not be allowed to increase
more than 25% of the difference between the old
and new Base Handicap. |
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| | New WCGT
members will be required to provide
a copy of a verifiable USGA Handicap Index before entry into their first WCGT
tournament. New Members submitting a verifiable
USGA Handicap Index will have their initial WCGT Base Handicap™ computed
using the best 5 score differentials from the submitted, verifiable USGA
Handicap Index. If you do not have a current USGA Handicap Index, then 5 current,
signed and attested, score cards must be submitted along with application for
membership.If score cards are submitted, the new WCGT member must also play his/her 1st tournament as a qualifying round for establishment
of a WCGT Base Handicap™. Upon completing a qualifying round, the individual’s calculated Base Handicap™
will not be more than the pre-determined Base Handicap™ derived from the
five scorecards.If it is determined by the Players Council that a new member has
submitted false or un-adjusted scores, the member may have
his/her Base Handicap™ adjusted to the appropriate skill level, winnings
reduced or forfeited, or have his/her WCGT
membership suspended or revoked. |
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| | 'Daily Handicap'™ = Adjusted gross score after
application of a WCGT formula to account for the difficulty of a particular course.
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| | Adjusted Tournament Score™ - A WCGT method is used
to adjust each gross tournament score prior to calculation of a new Base Handicap™
for the next WCGT tournament.
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| | WCGT Base Handicaps™ will carry over from year to year for returning players and will
be predicated upon the
best five
'Daily Handicaps'™ from their last
ten tournament scores.
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| | When less than ten WCGT tournaments are completed, the following
Base Handicap™ computation process applies:
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| | During the first three tournaments
played, a WCGT member’s Base Handicap™ can
only stay the same
or go down and
will be based upon the player's best score to that date. Thereafter, UNITL
TEN (10) WCGT TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, A WCGT member’s Base Handicap™
will only be allowed to increase 25%
of the difference between the old and new Base Handicap.™ |
| | Fourth through Ninth Tournaments played, the WCGT member Base Handicap™ will
be the average
of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from prior tournaments played
on the following sliding scale: |
| | In the Fourth & Fifth Tournament a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be based upon the best score of the last three or four tournaments
subject to the “25% increase Rule”™ stated above. |
| | In the Sixth & Seventh
Tournaments a competitor’s
Base Handicap™ will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from the
best two scores from your last five
or six tournaments subject to the “25% increase Rule”™ stated above. |
| | In the Eighth & Ninth Tournaments a competitor’s
Base Handicap™ will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from the
best three scores from your last
seven or eight tournaments subject to the “25% increase Rule”™ stated
above. |
| | In the Tenth Tournament a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from the
best four scores from your last
nine tournaments subject to the “25% increase Rule”™ stated above. |
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Completing Ten Tournaments a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from the best five scores of the last ten tournaments.
| TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: A Player
entered in the year-ending, Tour Championship, who has completed fewer that TEN
(10) tournaments during the calendar year will be assigned his/her WCGT Base
Handicap™ as computed above or their then current CDGA Handicap Index
whichever is lower. EXTRAORDINARY TOURNAMENT SCORES™:
Once a player has recorded an Extraordinary Tournament Score™ , the player's
Base Handicap™
will be adjusted in accordance with WCGT Extraordinary Tournament Score™
rules to account for such score(s).
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| | If
a competitor is Disqualified for any reason,
the score for that round
Will Not be Counted
in calculating his/her Base Handicap™ |