{"id":776,"date":"2019-06-21T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-06-21T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:47:20","slug":"world-handicapping-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/world-handicapping-system\/","title":{"rendered":"World Handicapping System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>World Handicapping System <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthe last article I introduced our readers to the introduction of a new\nhandicapping system to be applied globally and today I have more information on\nthis revolutionary system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the World Handicap\nSystem (WHS)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Handicap System (WHS) aims to bring the six different handicap systems operating across the globe together into a single set of Rules for Handicapping, enabling golfers of different abilities to play and compete on a fair and equal basis, no matter how or where they play without inconsistencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the benefits for golf?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHS initiative has provided an opportunity for all existing handicapping authorities to collaborate; to consider the best features within each of the current systems and create a system which is modern and relevant for both the way the sport is played today around the world and how it may be developed in the future and will provide a solid foundation for golf across the world. Golf is a global sport, with a single set of rules for play,equipment and amateur status but the missing link is one single handicapping system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Handicapping System In the last article I introduced our readers to the introduction of a new handicapping system to be applied globally and today I have more information on<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/world-handicapping-system\/\">&#8230;..Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}