Everything you need to know about submitting cross-border scores in GB&I

It’s been nearly 950 days since the World Handicap System was launched but golfers can now finally submit handicap scores digitally no matter where they live in Great Britain & Ireland.

Using your digital app, whether you’re an English player travelling to Scotland, or an Irish golfer playing in Wales, cross border scoring has arrived from June 13.

England Golf, Wales Golf, Scottish Golf, and Golf Ireland have launched the new feature simultaneously and it means whenever you are playing an affiliated course in one of the four home nations, the digital app you use will be able to accept a general play score and add it to your handicap record.

Not only will you still be able to play with golfers from your own country, but you’ll also be able to mark scores for those in other home nations after you’ve played together.

So if you’ve eagerly downloaded an app update and want to get cracking, here’s how to submit a score along with the answer to a couple of other key questions…

How can we enter cross-border scores in our digital app?

From the dashboard page, click on the scorecard tab. Go into find a course and select the jurisdiction you’re going to submit a score from. To do that, click the country option and choose the nation.

It will find the courses nearest to you, and you can pick the course, select the tee you’re playing, then create scorecard and click on that new scorecard.

You’ll have the option to add playing partners at that point before clicking ‘start round’.

You enter your hole-by-hole scores as normal. When you finish your round, you will check your scores before confirming and adding your signature on the app.

Now you need to find your marker. There is no change if you and your playing partner are from the same country, but you can now have an attester who is from another home nation.

You find the attester by hitting search player, filtering by country, and entering your marker’s membership number. You won’t be able to search by player name if your marker is not from the same country as you.

If your attester needs to find their membership number, they can open their own digital app find it below their WHS Index in the dashboard section.

You enter their membership number, hit search, and it will find and allow you to add that player. They will be then required to confirm and sign your score on YOUR phone.

You hit save and the score is successfully submitted. You should be able to immediately see that score on your own dashboard.

What steps are in place to stop manipulation?

Gelocation and time-stamping will apply as normal. Players who start a round will not be able to submit an 18-hole score until at least two hours after it has been created on the app.

Can you submit competition scores?

No. You will only be able to submit general play scores through your apps.

Who can attest and sign my scores?

Any member of an affiliated golf club or iGolf subscriber within England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales.

What does this mean for club committees?

Although interoperability has been possible since the end of last August in England, and earlier in Scotland, it required the manual input of scores at clubs.

The new app functionality should remove that requirement, allowing club handicap committees to more easily monitor golfers and scores through their club’s WHS platform.

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