Letter of the Month
I do love the new handicap system – it has restored the fun to social golf. I had not seen my brother for two years, due to Covid and shielding my husband, who has cancer. We met up last month to play ‘millionaire’s golf’ at a coastal club, in glorious sunshine. The course was quiet, so my husband, weakened by chemotherapy, still joined in to hit selected shots.
Neither my brother nor I played particularly well; I think our focus was on simply enjoying our reunion. My brother, however, is both a good golfer and his club’s handicap secretary, who practises what he preaches: put a card in after every round!
With the new system, we both happily did this, knowing one bad round would have absolutely no impact on our handicaps. Used correctly, it really is a vast improvement for club golfers.