Central Database of Handicaps

The Scottish Central Database of Handicaps (CDH) has now been live and operational since 2012, with the vast majority of Clubs, Areas and Counties now uploaded.

The CDH is delivered as a service to affiliated clubs and provides an important range of benefits to golf club members, affiliated golf clubs, handicapping administrators and the governing bodies.

Benefits to Golf Clubs

• Your club will receive automatic returns of your members’ Away Scores, which will update onto local club handicap records. (Inclusive of CSS and Nett Double Bogey Adjustments)
• This functionality should substantially reduce the time required by Committees to administer Away Scores and the updating of your members’ handicaps;
• Committees will no longer need to manually return Away Scores to the Home Clubs of visiting competitors as this will be automated when closing down your competitions.
• Competition administrators will be able to access and authenticate individual golfer’s handicaps via the Scottish Golf website for tournament entry purposes and to validate offers to club members.
• CDH provides a Handicap History Record available when player changes club.

Benefits to Golfers

• Golfers will have access to view their Exact and Playing Handicaps on-line
• Full Playing Handicap Record available with all competition results recorded
• Option to receive Scottish Golf e-communications featuring special offers, preferential green fees and other additional golf club member benefits