EG Webinar on New Handicap Rules in 2024
"The standard approach to Fourball competition should continue to be used – as soon as the best score has been recorded, the other player should pick up in order not to impact pace of play. Handicap Committees will be justified in disregarding scores for handicapping purposes where scores for both players are recorded on a significant number of holes on a regular basis.'
It does not state only the counting score must be recorded. In fact on current software you have to put two values in for every hole even if one of them is often but not always a zero. Many people just record both scores (if both players have holed out) just in case they they forget where they get shots and do this for 'safety'.
If there is a card presented to the competition organisers with 2 scores on many or every hole how do they know which is the 'counting score?
The advice actually acknowledges that both scores will be sometimes recorded as it is only a problem if this becomes a 'significant' number. Also what is a significant number and what is a regular basis? Examples would help.
Also, if this is an Open how does the committee know that away players are doing this on a regular basis so that they can disregard scores or will it be their home club handicap committee? If the players are from different clubs how again of their home clubs know?
