Authorized Golf Club Requirements

A golf club, which may or may not be associated with a golf course or facility, is a group of at least ten active individual members on the handicap roster. A golf club is required to have a Handicap Committee to supervise golf activities, provide peer review, as well as apply and maintain the integrity of the Rules of Handicapping.

Members of a golf club should have a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with each other and reside in a geographic proximity to facilitate this, with members generally within a 100-mile radius of the principal location of the golf club.

Authorization for a club to use the WHS is overseen by the local AGA. To ensure proper handicap administration and oversight, as well as practical knowledge of the Rules of Handicapping, exists at the local level, each authorized golf club must complete an education requirement within six months of the beginning of every revision of the WHS or upon onboarding, an annual assessment, and have at least 10 active members at each quarterly checkpoint. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the Handicap Index of the members of the golf club to be displayed as NH (No Handicap).