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English Golf Union Central Database of Handicaps - EGU CDH

11th March 2009

Since the beginning of 2008, HandicapMaster Ltd has been a volunteer in the design and creation of the England "Central Database of Handicaps (CDH)" web service by the English Golf Union.

Details about the CDH were provided by the English Golf Union in a letter to their member clubs.

Successful Trial

Following a successful pilot service with 9 clubs running HandicapMaster the CDH is now available for all customers who use HandicapMaster for their Handicapping software in England.

Paul Keeling, Club Services Manager at the English Golf Union, said
"Following the successful trial by HandicapMaster clubs, we would ask all clubs running HandicapMaster to now start using the service in earnest. We hope the service will bring tangible benefits to our customers in running the Unified Handicapping System."

HandicapMaster is the first CONGU Handicap software to successfully pass the trials with the EGU CDH service.

HandicapMaster Ltd, would like to thank the pilot clubs for their help trialling the system. The first English club to use the CDH was Thornbury Golf Club, Gloucestershire, soon followed by Chadwell Springs Golf Club, Hertfordshire.

At the time of writing, the CDH is a service for men's golf in England. The English Women's Golf Association have expressed that they will be coming on board 'in the near future'.

How to start using the EGU CDH service...

If you are using HandicapMaster to manage men’s handicaps for a club affiliated to the English Golf Union, you are asked to start using the service. To do this...

  1. Update your copy of HandicapMaster to the latest version, as this contains additional information about this service in the HandicapMaster help file. In HandicapMaster, select HELP menu, then CHECK FOR UPDATES ONLINE to update your HandicapMaster software.

  2. Read the HandicapMaster help file (HELP menu, then HANDICAPMASTER HELP, Chapter "Publishing to Internet", then section "English Scottish and Welsh CDH services"). This provides important information about using the CDH with HandicapMaster.

  3. Follow topic "Using the CDH for the first time" to register with the CDH and to get started.

If you encounter problems registering...

Please contact the Club Services team at the English Golf Union (telephone 01526 354500) if you have problems with the activation process for your club on the CDH web site.

If you encounter problems using the service...

After you have successfully activated your club on the CDH, if you experience problems either with the upload of data from HandicapMaster or using the CDH web site, please log into the CDH and report the problem using the "Tickets" link.