Originally Posted by
BC MIST
It happens too often where the club at which you are playing has not created a means to deal with the cheaters. The RCGA has specific procedures as to what should be done with sandbaggers, including the handicap committee entering scores for the individual BELOW what he has entered, lowering the handicap and even removal of the handicap, as your handicap factor is NOT yours, but the property of the RCGA.
The handicap committee at our club, formed in late 2006, is first going to spend some time educating the members as to what scores to post. Then, we are going to monitor the posting by comparing the games played against the number of times their name appears on the booking sheet, and using competitive, mens/ladies night scores and so on. It will take some effort, however, it will certainly increase the chances of handicap competitions yielding fair results.