Scores are personally posted by the members and reviewed by the Handicap Committee. All other requirements of the USGA Handicap System are followed. Peer Review standards are being met as members have a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with each other, as well as review scores posted and the Handicap Committee has the reasonable opportunity to provide its necessary peer review oversight requirements set forth in Section 8. In return, he will receive a Handicap Index. Members are invited to play in tournaments held frequently and handicap reports are mailed to each member on revision dates.
Members generally mail-in scores to the office organization.
A strong sense of a cohesion and organization must exist amongst the members of a group or else the essential element of peer review is absent. Because of the advertising in a public newspaper, most members of this organization would join as strangers, live over a relatively large geographic area and have insufficient opportunity to play golf regularly with one another. Furthermore, a Handicap Committee must be in a position to implement its peer review responsibilities. The organization described cannot provide the Handicap Committee with effective local oversight of its membership. The ability to play in group tournaments does not provide the peer review required by the USGA Handicap System for either the players or the Handicap Committee.