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Handicap Service

Official WHS handicaps, qualifying rounds and a competition calendar worth clearing weekends for.

Play It Official

Your Number, Managed Properly

New to handicaps? Submit three 18-hole cards with a member and our committee issues your first WHS index within days. Visiting members can transfer an existing index in a single visit.

Members enter weekly qualifiers straight from the app, and our team audits every competition card — so the number on your phone is one you can trust anywhere in the world.

  • WHS index issuing
  • Weekly qualifiers
  • Card auditing
  • County & open entries
Hand placing a golf ball on a tee

Competitions

A Calendar That Keeps You Honest

Wednesday Medal

Weekly strokeplay qualifier across all three nines. The backbone of your handicap record.

Weekly

Ridgewater Open

Our 36-hole flagship with regional qualifying. Past winners' names line the clubhouse wall.

July

Winter League

Pairs betterball through the frost — thirteen rounds, worst three dropped, big final.

Nov – Mar

Golfer mid-swing during a qualifying competition

Getting Started

From First Card to First Cut

  1. 1Play three cards — any combination of 9 or 18 holes, signed by a member.
  2. 2Get your index — the committee reviews and issues your WHS handicap.
  3. 3Enter everything — medals, opens and county events open up immediately.
Start Your Handicap

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