It's time for golfers in England to find out their new Handicap Indexes ahead of the World Handicap System launch on 2nd November
Have You Got Your New Handicap Index? England Golf Website Goes Live
England Golf's World Handicap System Members Early Access portal is now live and all you need is your CHD number to find out what you're new index will be.
Once you've entered in your CDH number, you'll be able to see your new Handicap Index and the 8 scores that contributed to it - if your club has uploaded your email address to the platform.
My club hasn't yet uploaded my email address so I cannot see which particular scores were taken into account, but I have seen that my CONGU handicap has gone from 4.7 to a Handicap Index of 4.9.
This isn't cast iron just yet as England Golf are warning that it may still change between now and launch.
One of my usual playing partners, who hasn't had the best of successes in competitions recently, has seen his handicap rise from 9.0 to 11.2.
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Two calculations are made – Course Rating and Bogey Rating.
Knowing these two ratings allows WHS to determine the difficulty of the course and to produce a Slope Rating for each set of tees which allows all golfers to work out how many strokes they will receive on a particular course – Course Handicap.
