2009 Handicap Cut-Off Dates
| Month | Cut-off Date |
|---|---|
| January | December 31, 2008 *AFRP concluded December 31, 2008 |
| February | January 31 |
| March | February 28 |
| April | March 31 |
| May | April 30 |
| June | May 31 |
| July | June 30 |
| August | July 31 |
| September | August 31 |
| October | September 30 *AFRP begins October 1, 2009 |
| November | October 31 |
| December | November 30 |
| January 2010 | December 31 *AFRP concludes |
*AFRP: Annual Fall Renewal Period
These represent the dates that electronic transmissions of scores and transactions must be received by GHIN in order to appear on the following 1st-of-the-month handicaps.
All cut-off dates fall on the last day of the month. This means that any scores and transactions successfully transmitted to GHIN by 6:00 p.m. (P.S.T.) on the evening of the last day of the month will be reflected in the 1st-of-the-month handicaps issued the following day.
Golfers can view their current Handicap Index via 1) the popular Handicap Look-up feature on our website; 2) an automatic e-mail revision report (nearly 90,000 NCGA members currently subscribe); and 3) via computer screen at all NCGA golf courses (steps are being taken so that the current Handicap Index of every NCGA member will be directly available at every NCGA golf course).
In order to maximize the benefit of this new schedule and ensure that the new handicaps are properly displayed on the 1st, clubs should transmit by the late afternoon of the last day of the month and must perform a successful transmission the morning of the 1st. Clubs at golf courses can achieve the latter by setting their daily automatic transmit time to the early morning.