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New 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.

If 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 day’s 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.

Many 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 has 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.

The 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.

It is no surprise to hear that many golfers just can’t afford to join a golf club. In the larger Australian cities, affordable, convenient golf club memberships can be hard to come by. Even if you have the cash, it is not always easy to justify the joining fees when you barely have time to clean your clubs, let alone play 18 holes of golf each week.

The GOLF Link Race Series is back and is being held across four states this year; New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.

The series is managed a little like the European and US PGA Tour’s in that golfers are awarded points depending on the results of each event, and contribute towards an overall Order of Merit.

More golf handicapping changes for Australia are on the way.

We’re now almost three weeks away from the latest instalment of handicapping changes for Australian golf. A number of changes will be made to the current handicapping method on September 21, 2011 including a change to the way your handicap is calculated.

Golf Australia has announced a changes to the way your handicap will be calculated, starting in September 2011.

The criticism of the current Australian golf handicapping system has been heard by Golf Australia and they are making changes. As of September 21 this year, the current “Best 10 of 20” rolling method of calculating handicaps will be changed to a “Best 8 of 20” formula.