Handicap Commitee
About AWGA Handicapping
The Arizona Women’s Golf Association provides handicapping services to approximately 300 women’s clubs with a growing member total of approximately 26,000 women. Licensed by the USGA to administer the USGA Handicap System in Arizona, the AWGA has an educated staff, which includes both professional, paid staff and a volunteer committee that is dedicated to providing our members the vrey best in handicapping. We offer seminars on the USGA Handicap System and the Arizona Handicap Network (EZLinks) software to educate and inform anyone who is interested. We assist our clubs' handicap chairpersons and committees fulfill their responsibilities to their club members.
USGA Handicap Information
The purpose of the USGA Handicap System is to make the game of golf enjoyable by enabling golfers of differing abilities to compete on an equitable basis. A golfer begins with a USGA Handicap Index and converts that to a Course Handicap based upon the Slope Rating of the golf course being played.
The handicap calculated reflects a golfer's "potential" ability to play the game. With this in mind, the system disregards unusually high holes played or unusually high rounds posted. One of the basic premises of the USGA system is that golfers will try to make the best score they can on each and every round they play. They will also post every acceptable round for peer review.
According to USGA rules, a golfer must belong to a golf club in order to maintain a USGA Handicap Index. The Arizona Women's Golf Association is licensed by the USGA to issue handicaps to clubs within the state. In most cases when an individual joins a women's club in Arizona, it will include a membership to the Arizona Women's Golf Association. The individual is assigned an AWGA member number that she will use to post scores at any course played throughout the state.
