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Article: Uniform handicap system would helpto even odds in Transtasman events.

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The Herald on Sunday (Auckland, New Zealand)
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February 24, 2008
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WE SHARE the Anzac spirit, Closer Economic Relations and a love of the beach. We disagree over apples, the merits of Robbie Deans and how to run a golf handicap system.

Having a swag of Aussies in town for the New Zealand Seniors championships and the subsequent Seniors test match this past week, both of which were comfortably won by them, highlighted the differences in how handicaps are calculated in the respective countries. The Senior events didn't involve handicap play but on paper, the Australians were supposedly two to three shots per round inferior to New Zealand's best. They were anything but.

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