Parful Clubs help
How handicaps are kept in Parful
Each member has one handicap, kept on the roster. Parful never works out a Handicap Index itself. The number comes from you, from a file you import, or from an automatic update where your club has one.
Where a handicap comes from
- Manual: typed in by the club, when adding a member, on their page, on the Handicaps tab in People or from an outing.
- Imported: from a CSV or XLSX file.
- Linked: updated automatically, but only for clubs connected to a handicap system Parful can reach and verified. Everyone else enters or imports handicaps.
On a member's page the Handicap card shows the current number, the previous one, the date, where it came from and the full history. Edit handicap changes it. Lock pins it, so bulk and automatic updates skip that member.
From handicap to strokes:
In Settings, on the Handicaps & scoring tab, the Handicaps card sets your Handicap profile: for example WHS (Great Britain and Ireland), WHS (USA), or Society, where the number you enter is the playing handicap. Parful uses it with the course and tees to work out each player's course and playing handicap on every outing. The allowance for one outing is in the Handicaps menu on its Field tab.
An outing takes each player's handicap from the roster. If you change handicaps after players are entered, use the Handicaps menu on the outing so it picks up the new numbers.
Related articles
- MembersImport members from a spreadsheetUse a file to load your roster in one go or refresh it later.
- OutingsLet members bring guests to an outingWhether guests can play is set on each outing, from its Open to row.