IN OTHER TOURS, SANDBAGGING HAS BECOME A "WAY OF LIFE". THE WCGT'S PROPRIETARY TOURNAMENT HANDICAP SYSTEM INCLUDING OUR EXCLUSIVE COURSE DIFFICULTY RATING SYSTEM VIRTUALLY ASSURES PLAYERS THAT SHOOTING THEIR HANDICAP WILL PLACE THEM IN THE MONEY!

IF SANDBAGGING WAS PREVALENT, A SCORE OF NET 72 WOULD HARDLY EVER BE IN THE MONEY LET ALONE BE A WINNING SCORE WHICH OCCURS FREQUENTLY IN WCGT TOURNAMENTS.

IN 2007, IF YOU PLAYED IN ALL 29 WCGT HANDICAP TOURNAMENTS AND SHOT YOUR HANDICAP (USUALLY A NET SCORE OF 72) YOU WOULD HAVE WON BETWEEN $2,815 AND $3,375 DEPENDING UPON IN WHICH HANDICAP CLASS YOU COMPETED.

EAGLE CLASS (usually between handicaps of 0 and 9 or 10): $3,375.00

BIRDIE CLASS (usually between handicaps 10 or 11 and 13 or 14): $2,815.00

PAR CLASS (usually between handicaps of 15 or 16 and 30 ): $3,300.00

IN 2007, IF YOU PLAYED IN ALL 29 WCGT HANDICAP TOURNAMENTS YOUR TOTAL COST WAS $4,474.00 SO YOU WOULD HAVE PLAYED 29 ROUNDS OF TOURNAMENT GOLF FOR PRIZE MONEY ON THE BEST GOLF COURSES IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA FOR AN AVERAGE COST OF BETWEEN ONLY $37 AND $57 DEPENDING UPON THE HANDICAP CLASS IN WHICH YOU COMPETED!

NO TOUR IN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA OR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES CAN COME CLOSE TO OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN SUCH PRIZE MONEY BY PLAYING TO YOUR HANDICAP.

THESE RESULTS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROPRIETARY HANDICAP SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO ACCURATELY HANDICAP TOURNAMENT PLAYERS. IF OUR PLAYERS' HANDICAPS DID NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR CURRENT PLAYING ABILITY, A SCORE OF NET 72 WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GENERATE SUCH WINNINGS.

IN 2007, OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 2,400 ROUNDS OF TOURNAMENT GOLF, THERE WERE ONLY 21 SCORES OF NET 66 OR LESS. THAT'S LESS THAN 1%.