A handicap allows you to compete and win against better golfers. To participate in club net events or any Zone 6 tournament you must have a current and correct handicap index.  You only need 54 holes (3x18 or 6x9) to establish your handicap.  These can be played on any course registered in Golf Canada.  New members should receive their Golf Canada sign-on instructions by email from the pro shop.  

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Entering Scores

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​To enter your scores, go to the Golf Canada web site www.golfcanada.ca. and click on the "login" box located at the top right-hand corner of the screen.  Type in your Username and Password to access your account.  Click on Post a Score. Choose the course and tee you played from.  Then click on Post Hole by Hole.  We are encouraging all members to post scores this way.  The computer will automatically make any adjustment to a hole score needed for handicap purposes.  If not posting hole by hole then remember your maximum score for posting will be net double bogey.

 

Change the date, if necessary, but we do recommend scores get posted as soon as possible after your round.  Change 18 holes if you only played 9, to front 9 or back 9, by toggling the switch beside 18 holes.  If you were playing a match, then change the format from stroke play to match play.  

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Your responsibilities

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• Legibly record your hole-by-hole scores on a scorecard.

• Post a score for every acceptable round as soon as possible after completion of the round so your Golf Canada Handicap Index is current.

• Contact the Handicap Chair if you have any problems.

 

What scores should I post?

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Fair handicapping is only possible when all players post full and accurate scoring information for all rounds played. You should post the following scores for handicap purposes:

• Scores from 9 and 18-hole rounds, or when fourteen or more holes (7 holes for 9-hole rounds) are played. 

• Scores made in an area during its “active season.” The active season for Comox Golf Club usually is from April 1 to November 15, but this can change depending on the condition of the course. An email and posters around the course will advertise the active/inactive dates.

• Scores from all forms of competition including Stroke and Match Play.

• Scores made at home, away, or out-of-country on courses with a valid course and slope rating.

• Scores made under the rules of golf.

 

If you start but do not finish a hole (e.g., you picked up, were given a putt or were conceded a hole) record the score you would most likely have made.

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When you don’t play a hole (e.g., you stop playing after 14 or more holes) enter your score hole by hole but record 10 for any holes not played so that your Ultimate Scorecard is correctly adjusted. 

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Tournament scores are no longer used in calculating handicaps by Golf Canada.  

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When scores should not be posted

 

Do not post a score:

• When a competition limits the clubs to be used, e.g., irons only.

• Scores played outside the active playing season.

• Scores from games not played under the principles of the Rules of Golf (such as a scramble).

• A round of golf played all by yourself with no one else with you.

 

If for any reason you need to adjust a score you entered incorrectly in the system, you can make most adjustments yourself by clicking on the pencil near the end of the line the score is on and when you have finished your adjustment, hit post score.

 

If you need assistance in posting or correcting scores, please let the Handicap Chair know and she will be pleased to help you.