Kenya has joined the world of golf after launching the World Handicap System (WHS) that starts on February 5th.
The launch now means that the country will replace the six existing systems around the world including ‘CONGU’.
According to the Kenya Golf Union (KGU) chairman Ben Omuodo the new system will broaden the handicap bracket to encourage people join the sport.
The handicap system was launched in January 2020 in the USA, South Africa and a few other countries and was initially scheduled to be launched in Kenya in September 2020.
“We could not launch it in September due to the delays occasioned by the movement restrictions instituted by the Government of Kenya from March to September of the same year to curb the spread of Covid-19,” said the chairman.
The Slope Rating is a numerical value that indicates the relative difficulty of a golf course for a bogey golfer in comparison to a scratch golfer.
Each set of tees in Kenya have now been allocated a Slope Rating for men and women. All that is left at the moment is for Club Systems International, to integrate this with all the golfers’ records to come up with the new handicap index for all golfers