Guides to the World Handicap System and CONGU, practical tips for clubs and societies, and product updates, written for players, committees and organisers.
WHS
How the World Handicap System calculates your Handicap Index from score differentials, and how Course and Playing Handicaps build on top before a competition.
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Clubs
Migrating a whole membership sounds daunting, but it usually comes down to one clean CSV and an afternoon. We walk through preparing your player list, choosing CONGU or WHS per group, importing historical scores, and getting a public leaderboard live without losing a round of history.
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Tournaments
Nothing sours a society day faster than a scoring dispute. Applying Course Handicaps and the right allowance keeps every format fair across mixed abilities. We break down allowances by format, how per-hole caps protect the field, and how live leaderboards keep everyone honest.
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WHS
Two numbers sit behind every WHS differential: Course Rating and Slope Rating. One reflects difficulty for the scratch golfer, the other for the bogey golfer. We explain what each measures, why the same gross score gives different differentials on different tees, and how to read them on a scorecard.
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Societies
A weekly roll-up should be about the golf, not the paperwork. Here's how to configure a small group, set its scoring method once, and let handicaps update automatically after each outing, so the only thing left to organise is who's buying the first round afterwards.
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WHS
The WHS quietly protects the field with two safeguards: an exceptional score reduction after an unusually low round, and a Playing Conditions Adjustment when the whole field struggles. We explain when each kicks in, how large the adjustments can be, and why they keep indexes honest over a season.
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Product
Share a single link and your members see current handicaps, positions and results updated the moment a round is posted, no account required. Here's a tour of the new public Group Viewer, the sortable columns, per-player history and the dark mode built for reading on the course.
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CONGU
Both are compliant, both are supported, but they suit different groups. We compare category-based CONGU buffers with WHS score differentials, and help you decide which method fits your club, society or private league before you set your first group up.
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Societies
You don't have to re-enter history by hand. We show how to format hole-by-hole or total-score CSV files, handle Excel's UTF-8 quirks, skip duplicate rounds automatically, and let the engine replay every differential so your handicaps land exactly where they should.
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