Entry forms for the UKPCC, Mens Championship and Scratch competition, Women’s and Seniors Championships have been sent out to all clubs. The entry forms can also be found on the Competition Information page of the website by scrolling to the bottom of the page. Junior Championship information can be found on the Juniors Page
Entry details for each of the Championship are as follows:
UKPCC – Men’s and Women’s entry forms for returning by email after your Club qualifier. Individual entry fee is unchanged at £4. If you run a mixed event please complete one of the forms with all details and indicate on the covering email when you send your return. Jess will then work the allocation of qualifiers and advise you. While we will try to accommodate all players who wish to play at their chosen regional venue, if oversubscribed an alternate venue will be offered. Entries will be accepted only after paperwork and payment has been received with places allocated on a first come basis.
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Men’s Championship – Men’s entry form for returning by email after your Club qualifier. Individual entry fee is unchanged at £4. While we will try to accommodate all players who wish to play at their chosen regional venue, if oversubscribed an alternate venue will be offered. Entries will be accepted only after paperwork and payment has been received with places allocated on a first come basis.
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Women’s Championship – Women’s entry form for returning by email after your Club qualifier. Individual entry fee is unchanged at £4. While we will try to accommodate all players who wish to play in the national final, and we have plenty of capacity, if necessary, numbers will be capped and later entries not accepted. Entries will be accepted only after paperwork and payment has been received with places allocated on a first come basis.
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Seniors Men’s and Women’s Championship – This is being held at West Middlesex on Wednesday 14 August. Entries are not yet open, but will be soon and I will advise once colleagues have set this up. Entry and payment will be online via the Golf Genius platform.  Â
Men’s 36hole Scratch Championship – This is being held at Woodhall Spa over both courses on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August. Entries are not yet open, but will be soon and I will advise once colleagues have set this up. Entry and payment will be online via the Golf Genius platform.Â
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Junior Championship – This is being hosted by Easthampstead Golf Club at The Downshire on the afternoon of Saturday 29 June. Entry is free and we encourage all Juniors, boys and girls, to participate. Please do promote this event. (In line with safe Golf an additional form will need to be completed once entries are confirmed).Â
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As from April 01 2024 changes have been implemented for WHS:
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WHS changes – The changes are applicable from 1 April 2024. For our competitions the changes will impact several stroke play/stableford events as follows:
- Handicaps will be adjusted to a par equivalent and percentages will be taken from exact course handicaps rather than rounded course handicaps.
- For individual events the handicap calculation will be: handicap index x (slope rating/113), then + (course rating-par), then unrounded number x 95% for singles events. This is then rounded for the playing handicap.
- For better ball stableford events it is the same calculation but x 85% at the end and then rounded for the playing handicap.
- For greensomes it is the same calculation but x 60% and 40% respectively, with these amounts added together before rounding, and then rounded for the playing handicap.
- For mixed greensomes there is an added adjustment to the men’s or women’s handicap if the par for the courses is different.
- Four ball better ball match play event handicaps will be calculated from full course handicap. Players will work out their course handicap and the shots given or received will be 90% of the difference in course handicaps taken from the lowest handicap.
England golf have provided a calculator on their website to assist calculations. While it is called mixed tee calculator, it can also be used for same sex events by setting the tee markers to the same for all players (so useful for Hawtree, Clapham and Mitchell Thomson). https://www.englandgolf.org/2024-whs-update-resources
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Score returns – In addition, four ball better ball knock out stableford events – Siemens Bowl and Whitewebbs – the hosting club will be required to input the scores to the WHS after the match. The impact will be a handicap reduction consideration where a pair scores over 42 points – the WHS has a built-in way to assess holes where players did not score and compute scores accordingly. Clubs will need to arrange for the scores to be input on the day of play.Â
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If unsure about any of this or struggling with calculator do feel free to contact the NAPGC Secretary  or the competition organiser.
