Heritage Highlands at Dove Mountain

Golf Handicap

Golf Handicap

General

Heritage Highlands issues golf handicaps through the Arizona Golf Association and the Arizona Women's Golf Association, both of which are sanction by the USGA. The purpose of the USGA Handicap System is to make the game of golf more enjoyable by enabling players of differing abilities to compete on an equitable basis. The System provides a fair Course Handicap for each player, regardless of ability, and adjusts a player's Handicap Index up or down as the player's game changes. At the same time, the System disregards high scores that bear little relation to the player's potential ability and promotes continuity by making a Handicap Index continuous from one playing season or year to the next. A Handicap Index is useful for all forms of play, and is issued only to individuals who are members of a licensed golf club.
Two basic premises underlie the USGA Handicap System, namely that each player will try to make the best score at every hole in every round, regardless of where the round is played, and that the player will post every acceptable round for peer review. The player and the player's Handicap Committee have joint responsibility for adhering to these premises.

Handicap Committee

An essential element of the USGA Handicap System is the Handicap Committee. Each golf club or authorized golf association utilizing the USGA Handicap System must appoint a Handicap Committee to ensure the integrity of each Handicap Index it issues. This committee must make certain that the members comply with the USGA Handicap System.
Heritage Highlands and our Club Handicap Committee ask that you post all acceptable scores. In order to maintain the integrity of the handicaps issued at our club, the Committee will conduct periodic audits to ensure that our players are posting. Continued posting abuse by an individual could result in a loss of handicap privileges.

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Handicap Signup

For a nominal fee, women may sign up for a golf handicap through the HH golf shop. Men may sign up through the Arizona Golf Association at azgolf.org.
With the exception of HHNGA (Lady Niners) and the Thursday Mixer, a USGA Handicap Index is required to play in any club event.

^{This page was last updated on 1/25/2010}