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WCGT'S
HANDICAP SYSTEM™
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The proprietary WCGT Handicap System is one of the
main reasons that our Tour is successful. While we realize
that there isn't a 'perfect way' to handicap all players
for all courses at all times, application of various trademarked
WCGT formulae and class competition allows our players to
compete equally and virtually eliminates attempts at 'Sandbagging'.
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ONLY WCGT TOURNAMENT SCORES
ARE USED TO COMPUTE A PLAYER’S BASE HANDICAP ™
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WCGT HANDICAP SYSTEM INTEGRITY
- Until 10 tournaments are completed, a
WCGT player's Base Handicap™ will not be allowed
to increase
more than 25% of the difference between the old
and new Base Handicap.
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New WCGT
members will be required to provide
a copy of a verifiable USGA Handicap Index before entry
into their first WCGT tournament. New
Members submitting a verifiable USGA Handicap
Index will have their initial WCGT Base Handicap™ computed
using the best 5 score differentials from the submitted,
verifiable USGA Handicap Index. If you do not have a current USGA Handicap Index, then 5 current,
signed and attested, score cards must be submitted along
with application for membership.If score cards are submitted,
the new WCGT member must also play his/her 1st tournament as a qualifying round for establishment
of a WCGT Base Handicap™. Upon completing a qualifying round, the individual’s calculated Base Handicap™
will not be more than the pre-determined Base Handicap™
derived from the five scorecards.If it is determined by
the Players Council that a new member has submitted false
or un-adjusted scores, the member may have
his/her Base Handicap™ adjusted to the appropriate
skill level, winnings reduced or forfeited, or have
his/her WCGT membership suspended or revoked. |
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'Daily Handicap'™ = Adjusted gross score after
application of a WCGT formula to account for the difficulty
of a particular course.
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Adjusted Tournament Score™ - A WCGT method is used
to adjust each gross tournament score prior to calculation
of a new Base Handicap™ for the next WCGT tournament.
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WCGT Base Handicaps™ will carry over from year to year for returning players and will
be predicated upon the
best five 'Daily Handicaps'™ from their last
ten tournament scores.
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When less than ten WCGT tournaments are completed, the following
Base Handicap™ computation process applies:
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During the first three tournaments
played, a WCGT member’s Base Handicap™ can
only stay the same
or go down and
will be based upon the player's best score to that date.
Thereafter, UNITL
TEN (10) WCGT TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, A
WCGT member’s Base Handicap™ will only be allowed to
increase 25% of the difference between the old and new
Base Handicap.™ |
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Fourth through Ninth Tournaments played, the WCGT member Base Handicap™ will
be the average
of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from prior tournaments played
on the following sliding scale: |
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In the Fourth & Fifth Tournament a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be based upon the best score of the last three or
four tournaments subject to the “25% increase Rule”™ stated above. |
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In the Sixth & Seventh
Tournaments a competitor’s
Base Handicap™ will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™
from the best two scores from your last five
or six tournaments subject to the “25% increase Rule”™
stated above. |
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In the Eighth & Ninth Tournaments a competitor’s
Base Handicap™ will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™
from the best three scores from your last
seven or eight tournaments subject to the “25% increase
Rule”™ stated above. |
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In the Tenth Tournament a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from
the
best four scores from your last
nine tournaments subject to the “25% increase
Rule”™ stated above. |
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After
Completing Ten Tournaments a competitor’s Base Handicap™
will be the average of the 'Daily Handicaps'™ from
the best seven scores of the last ten tournaments.
| TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP:
A Player entered in the year-ending, Tour Championship,
who has completed fewer that TEN (10) tournaments
during the calendar year will be assigned his/her
WCGT Base
Handicap™ as computed above or their then
current CDGA Handicap Index whichever is lower.
EXTRAORDINARY TOURNAMENT
SCORES™: Once a player has recorded
an Extraordinary Tournament Score™ , the player's
Base
Handicap™ will be adjusted in accordance
with WCGT Extraordinary Tournament Score™ rules
to account for such score(s).
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If
a competitor is Disqualified
for any reason, the score for that round
Will Not be Counted in calculating his/her
Base Handicap™
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