Why should you encourage golfers to post HBH?

There are benefits to both you the club as well as golfers when posting HBH. For the club, it helps you track statistics on scores and it certainly gives you the information you need to create your Stroke Hole Allocation table (Handicap Stroke Holes) for your scorecard. Once the HBH data is collected, you can run a report that generates this table for you at any time. This is why we recommend posting scores HBH, to have the data on demand.

For golfers, it allows them to see the hole they did well on, and the ones that they could improve on. It also provides them some basic statistics (scoring averages on Par 3, 4 and 5’s, and more). Posting HBH unlocks various digital features on the Score Centre such as the Ultimate Score Card – which shows the golfer the best score achieved on each hole and course through the year from all their rounds (also known as a “ringer card”). They can also be acknowledged/celebrated for their first birdie of the season through our badging program, they will receive a birdie badge. We acknowledge many personal bests throughout the year like a hole-in-one in our badging program, but this is all linked to HBH posting.

If your golfers use the Golf Canada Scoring app www.golfcanada.ca/mobile they can use the app as their scorecard, posting each hole as they finish. Members also have the opportunity to include their statistics after each hole to get a true picture of their game as they play.

If your club is looking for resources to help communicate about the Handicap System and posting scores, go to the Golf Canada Member Club Resource page where you’ll find printable handouts such as All you need to know about Handicapping and Before you Post.

The next time a golfer goes to post a score, encourage them to post HBH, as you can see there are benefits to everyone in doing so.

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Golf Canada signs extension with GolfNet as handicap and score posting technology partner

Golf Canada is pleased to inform our partner facilities of a five-year extension with GolfNet as the exclusive handicap and score posting technology partner for Canada’s National Sport Federation for golf.

GolfNet has been providing the score posting technology for the Golf Canada Score Centre which serves as the hub for the majority of club, provincial and national golfer engagement for the past 13 years.

Score posting along with the ability for golfers of all skill level to track their games, scoring statistics, earn badges and ringer cards, is a foundational pillar of Golf Canada’s membership program which is administered in partnership with the 10 provincial golf associations.

In 2016, more than 238,000 Canadian golfers posted nearly 7.1 million scores online to the Golf Canada Score Centre, the Golf Canada mobile app, or through scoring kiosks at golf facilities from coast to coast.

The agreement, which extends through 2021, will see GolfNet take an active role in helping Golf Canada and the provincial golf associations increase its membership base that currently includes 306,650 golfers and 1,403 member clubs. The entire Canadian golf landscape includes nearly 5.7 million golfers who play 60 million rounds annually at nearly 2,300 facilities across the country.

Through the agreement, Golf Canada and the provincial golf associations will have full access to the StrackaLineTM software and technology for any member facility that is hosting a national or provincial golf championship at no additional licensing fee. Previously licensed for use by the PGA TOUR in its Shot Tracker online software, the StrackaLine platform is a patented technology utilising 3D laser scans to create topography maps of putting greens.

Canadian golf facilities and member clubs looking for more information about tools and technology, including free tournament management software available through a limited rollout in 2017 compatible with the Golf Canada Score Centre, can contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." href="mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="blank" style="color:#D42327; font-weight:bold;">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.