BillnLinz

Hi guys

Just a wee question about transferring your handicap from the UK to Australia

1. can you do it?
2. Do you need proof from your club, if so what?
3. No you cant do it, you need to put 3 cards in?

Thanks

Bill

wmoore

Don't know the real answer but I would have thought the best answer would be to take in a few rounds at your leisure and hand 3 cards in

BillnLinz

Cheers Wayne

Will probably end up having to do that, dont know where we are going to settle yet in Brissy, but hopefully its near a half decent golf course for me!!

Bill

Siren & Brian

Dunno about your answer.... but I have a handicap... its called me

BillnLinz

Cheers Brian

I am also known to play golf like i have a handicap

Bill

BillnLinz

I take it there are not much golfers on this forum....

BenandPam

I can't give you a definate answer on transferring your handicap, but I would have thought that a letter from the handicap secretary at your current club would be enough. Worst case is you need to put in 3 cards.

Being a very keen golfer myself, I can recommend www.iseekgolf.com as an excellent Australian based golf forum. It is a good place to go to read up on different courses and possibly to arrange a few rounds with people in your area.

JackTheLad

That sounds right. If you can choose your future golf course now, a talk to them as well would help. But a letter from your current club, and 3 score-cards should do it. If its good though, they'll probably have a waiting list, so get your name down asap.

Let me know what course and club you choose! I really should get into golf again, haven't had the time to research it though,

Cheers,
JTL

BillnLinz

Cheers JTL

Not sure what area we are going to be staying in so will have to see what we are up to when we get over

Being from north east Scotland, we have some of the best courses in the world on my door step, so I hope the Oz ones are as good, but down side if they are they will probably cost an arm and a leg to join!!!

Will let you know when we get over and maybe we can arrange a game.

Bill

BillnLinz

Cheers Ben (i presume)

Will try the site out and report back, 3 cards on a sundrenched golf course, hardly the worst thing in life!!!

Bill

baconmaster

I posted a golf question some time ago and got bugger all reponse. We should be going over this summer, I plan to do my first few job applications in red crayon so I can have a few months of golf before settling down to work again. You do know all your clubs and shoes etc must be thoroughly cleaned before you go to Oz don't you ?

BillnLinz

Yes know about how clean the aussies want our stuff to be, got a lot of divots to clean off the clubs, may take a while!! :scared:

Brizbound

I successfully transferred my UK handicap with a letter from my UK club. However this may have been due to an obliging handicap secretary at this end.

I believe that to get a handicap without takes 5 cards, not three. See golflink.com.au for information about the Aus. system which allows most clubs to be loinked and therefore a round anywhere to count.