Quote Originally Posted by Returnofrros View Post
It's a world handicap system.

I doubt Scottish golf had a lot of input.

Basically yanks system.
Thank you for your information about the new handicap system which has scrapped the CSS.
I think that it is crazy having a world handicap system as it is a well known fact that ‘one size does not fit all’.
There is another problem with the golf handicap system which was introduced in 1983 and does not appear to be fixed.
Golf clubs are full of very low handicap golfers who are mostly ‘one course wonders’.
Prior to 1983 a golfer with a handicap of 4 or less had to submit 40% of their scores playing in competitions on other golf courses but under the rules of the 1983 golf handicap system which I understand was introduced from Australia this obligation stopped.
There are hundreds of golfers throughout Scotland with a handicap of scratch (0) +1,+2,+3,+4 and even +5 because they only play competitions on their own member golf course.
When we moved to Islay in 2005 and became a full member of Islay Golf Club my handicap was 6. However by the time I chucked the golf in February 2011 my handicap had increased to 10.6 (11) as Machrie Golf Course was a far more difficult golf course to play than Downfield Golf Course.
Machrie Golf Course like other typical links golf courses had no shelter from the wind and it had 13 blind holes. It was rumoured that the course had been designed by Stevie Wonder.
Machrie Golf Course has since been redesigned by David J Russell and it is a pale shadow of the former golf course with all the character ripped out of it.