This is a design and facility matter. No rules require a golf facility to have 9 or 18 holes, so 6, 10, 12, 14, 22, 37 or 53 holes are all fine for play. Courses in the Golf Pad course directory should therefore be listed with their actual number of holes, whatever that number is. For example, a facility with only 3 holes should be entered as a 3-hole course.
2. Handicap posting
The World Handicap System (WHS) doesn’t ask how many holes a golf facility has. It asks whether the score was played in an authorized format and on a set of holes with a Course Rating and SLOPE Rating. The authorised formats are limited to 9 and 18 holes, so 12 holes is not an authorised format. A Course Rating and Slope Rating is issued for a set of 9 or 18 designated holes played from a specific set of tees, separately for each gender where appropriate. It is not issued for a facility as such.
In addition to (1), Golf Pad must be able to store rated sets of designated holes. Unusual sets are possible. For example, holes 1 to 5 from one 18-hole course, holes 3 to 12 from a second 18-hole course, hole 7 and 15 from a third 18-hole course and hole 1 from a forth 18-hole course.
1. Number of holes on a course
This is a design and facility matter. No rules require a golf facility to have 9 or 18 holes, so 6, 10, 12, 14, 22, 37 or 53 holes are all fine for play. Courses in the Golf Pad course directory should therefore be listed with their actual number of holes, whatever that number is. For example, a facility with only 3 holes should be entered as a 3-hole course.
2. Handicap posting
The World Handicap System (WHS) doesn’t ask how many holes a golf facility has. It asks whether the score was played in an authorized format and on a set of holes with a Course Rating and SLOPE Rating. The authorised formats are limited to 9 and 18 holes, so 12 holes is not an authorised format. A Course Rating and Slope Rating is issued for a set of 9 or 18 designated holes played from a specific set of tees, separately for each gender where appropriate. It is not issued for a facility as such.
In addition to (1), Golf Pad must be able to store rated sets of designated holes. Unusual sets are possible. For example, holes 1 to 5 from one 18-hole course, holes 3 to 12 from a second 18-hole course, hole 7 and 15 from a third 18-hole course and hole 1 from a forth 18-hole course.
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