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Yes, purchases associated with the email used for your Golfer App registration will be reflected in your account. These can be accessed on your main dashboard or through the 'Redeem Voucher' option in the menu section.

• Become a Golfer Social Club Handicap Member ($99) 
• Inform the Golfer Social Club team before your round.
• Enter your GA Handicap and Golf Link number and select Conforming Social Score for yourself and your partner.
• Choose Stableford score.
• Sign and submit your scorecards post-round.
• The Golfer team submits your score to update your handicap.

Conditions:

• Scores must be submitted by a Golfer Social Club member.
• Each player needs a valid Golf Link Number.
• Rounds must be in Stableford format.
• Cards must be signed via the app after the round.

Yes, these are called Conforming Social Scores (CSS). You can use as many CSS as you like to affect your handicap as long as the following requirements are met.

• The player must email [email protected]  prior to the round taking place informing that the player is using the round for their handicap.
• The score format must be singles Stableford.
• If the round is not entered after choosing to do so a score of 10 Stableford points will be entered
• The card must have the Name of the club, Course Rating, Slope Rating, Tees played from and the Tee off Time. It must be signed by a player with a Golf Link number and the number written on the card.

CSS can be submitted by emailing the scorecard to [email protected], or through The Golfer App

There are three steps required for a first-time handicap to be activated - application, payment & 54 holes of scorecards.

Our standard process is to wait until all three steps are completed before activating the golfer’s entity on GOLFLink. Some people want their GOLFLink number before they have submitted cards – in these cases the handicap will come up as ‘Unallocated’ on GOLFLink until 54 holes of scores are entered on the golfer’s playing history.

If you want your GOLF Link number before you have submitted your scorecards, just let us know and we can activate your GOLFLink number straight away.

Handicaps are calculated in accordance with the Australian Handicapping & Course Rating Systems based on scores of each golfer provided for initial handicap calculation and then scores in competition play thereafter. You can read more on the Golf Australia website about how Australian Handicaps are calculated. In simple terms, official GA Handicaps are calculated as follows:

•   Take the best 8 differentials from the most recent 20 scores
•   Divide that number by 8
•   Multiply that number by 0.93

·   If a golfer has less than 20 scores, the number of scores used is less

Australia has adopted the World Handicapping System.   For more information please see https://www.golf.org.au/whs

A GA Handicap is the Golf Australia Handicap that is assigned to a golfer. This handicap is then referenced against The Slope Rating of a set of tees on a golf course to calculate the Daily Handicap that a golfer plays from in a competition.

For information on Course ratings, Slope ratings and Handicaps please see https://www.golf.org.au/courseratings

Yes. As a member of The Golfer Social Club you have your own golf-specific personal insurance program (PIP) which includes public liability cover.

Golf Australia maintains a Player’s Personal Liability Insurance Policy for all members of affiliated golf clubs.

Broadly this policy covers the legal liability of your members to pay compensation for personal injury or property damage which occurs while playing or practising golf or attending a golf event or venue as a player, guest or spectator.

You can view more information in this link https://www.golf.org.au/financial-insurance

The signatures on the cards attest that the score is true and correct and that the round was played to the rules of golf.

Cards need to be signed by someone involved in Australian golf so a club pro, a club member, a golfer with an official Australian handicap.

Your official Golf Australia handicap is valid for 12 months from the date of activation, with the option to renew annually.

·    Your name & signature
·    The score for each hole
·    The date of the game
·    The marker's signature
·    The marker’s GolfLink Number
·    The name of the course
·    The tees you played from
·    The Scratch Rating or DSR