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Article: `Use handicap system right'
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- March 7, 2003
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Glen Peters
New Straits Times
03-07-2003
`Use handicap system right'
Byline: Glen Peters
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Sport
CLUBS who fail to award or update its members' handicaps properly will lose the right to claim it, using the USGA handicap system, the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) warned yesterday.
The move will help curb the number of golfers using bogus or locally termed buaya handicaps, sometimes inadvertently, when playing in tournaments.
Only the 167 golf clubs in the country affiliated to the MGA are allowed to award USGA handicaps, but most are not following the proper procedures when awarding or updating handicaps.
The consequences could be great if the MGA decides ...