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In a game-changing move for Australian golf, the commercial rights to Golf Link will return to the sport’s governing body.
Golf Australia and Golf Link announced a major agreement today that will see Australian golf club members’ handicaps transferred over to Golf Australia from April 1, 2017.
Read moreHere is why your handicap may change following the latest, and last, round of handicapping changes made to Australian golf.
By now you may have heard that Golf Australia is unveiling a raft of changes to complete the overhaul of the Australian golf handicapping system. You may well head over to GolfLink (from 7pm tonight) to check out your handicap and notice it has changed.
Read moreAll you need to know about the changes to Australia’s golf handicapping system.
The computer system that controls all Australian golf handicaps will go down on Monday to carry out the latest – and last – update to the handicapping system which will include slope, daily scratch rating and conforming social scores.
Read moreThe Australian golf course ratings have been released by Golf Australia leading to lots of debate about Australia’s toughest courses.
The 1st hole at the Moonah Links Open Course. Image courtesy of Moonah Links Golf Club.Golf Australia have released the full list of slope and scratch ratings for every Australian golf course, but do they say anything about course difficulty and tell us which is Australia’s toughest golf course?
Read moreNew handicapping components including Slope and the inclusions of social scores are set to launch in January, 2014.
Golf Australia have announced the timeline for the final components of the new handicapping system and include Slope, a daily scratch rating and the introduction of social scoring for handicapping purposes.
Read moreIf you’re a member of a club from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, you can now get a look at club competition results online without referring to the following days newspaper.
I still scour the newspapers to check out the golf results. to see if any mates played some decent golf in the Saturday comp.
Read moreGolf Australia apply another small tweak to Australian golf handicapping.
After a crazy few weeks with Adam Scott winning the Masters, we’re slowly coming back to earth here at Aussie Golfer and catching up on a few of the things we missed last week.
We brought you the new Life is Greener golf show earlier today but also announced a last week was the news from Golf Australia that the current Australian handicapping system is to be getting a little tweak with the anchor shifting from four to five strokes, coming into effect on May 14, 2013.
Read moreMany golfers will be happy at the news Golf Australia will implement a daily course rating in a string of new changes to affect Australian golf handicapping.
Golf Australia have released a communication to all golf clubs across Australia that outlines the changes that have been made to the Australian golf handicapping system, and what is planned for the future.
Read moreThe slope system is still some time away from being introduced to Australian golf, but let’s take a look at how its calculated and its projected impact.
Golf Australia will soon be rolling out new course ratings for every Australian golf course. Each course will soon have a new course rating for at least three sets of plates, from which they can place the tees for competitions.
Read moreThe Slope System won’t be introduced into Australian golf until 2013, but it is somewhat of an unknown system for most Australian golfers.
It is more than likely, that even those Australian golfers who have heard of the slope system, many aren’t sure of it’s intricacies.
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