Society Handicaps
When we all played golf in the UK most of us were members of a golf club who maintained on our behalf our competition handicaps.
Since the early 1980’s these usually consisted of an actual handicap (to a decimal point) and a playing handicap (rounded to a full number).
When we arrived in Spain we probably all discovered that the Spanish Federation would issue you with a handicap which can only be adjusted if you play in federated event and then any golf society with whom we play would issue and control your handicap when you play with them.
If you then add to this mix the fact that many golf societies operate the slope handicap system then it is not uncommon for a regular player to have 2,3 or even 4 different handicaps with different societies.
They then turn up on a society days and abuse the overworked and under paid society secretary because their handicap is not correct.
Lets get this clear and to the point.
It is 100% the responsibility of the PLAYER to keep all societies with whom they play updated with handicap changes in their name.
If all else fails there is one rule usually built into the handicap rules of local golf societies which is “you play off your lowest handical wherever and whatever it is”
Players should stop trying to put the onus on the secretary and take responsibility themselves for playing on a society day off the correct handicap.