Whereas the latest storms and downpours might have stopped many golfers in England from having the ability to entry their native course as usually as they want, 2023 has seen 8.51 million rounds of golf posted on the World Handicap System platform over the primary 10 months of the yr.
That determine represents a 460,000 enhance when in comparison with all 12 months of 2022. Moreover, these figures are for rounds submitted for handicap functions, and don’t embody tens of millions extra casuals rounds which have been performed.
In line with the newest WHS figures, 1.26 million scores in 2023 have been affected by the Enjoying Situations Calculator attributable to irregular course climate and circumstances.
In line with England Golf, its MyEG app has loved vital progress since being launched in 2021. Within the launch yr simply 737,000 scores have been submitted, whereas that determine rose to 1.91million in 2022, whereas the present tally for 2023 sits at simply over 2.16 million, with slightly below two months of the yr nonetheless remaining.
The WHS figures additionally revealed some attention-grabbing course-specific stats, displaying which programs are the toughest when in comparison with par. Rockliffe Corridor’s monster 7,887-yard, par-72 course got here in with a course score of 79.3 for males to take high spot by a large margin , whereas Royal Lytham & St Anne’s 7,092-yard Championship course got here in second with a course score of 76.5.
Hollinwell has proved the hardest observe for ladies golfers, with the 6,550-yard structure having a course score of 79.8, whereas Rowlands Fort’s 6,627-yard, par-72 took course took second with a score of 69.4.
