The 2022 UAE Course Rating Seminar Students and Officials

By GolfDigestME.com
The R&A and the USGA, in conjunction with the Emirates Golf Federation, have hosted a World Handicap System Course Rating Seminar at The Els Club, Dubai over the weekend.

The WHS began in January 2020 with the union of The R&A and USGA to provide a uniform level of play for all golfers and a World System of course ratings.

The Course Rating is designed to assign a numerical value to represent the difficulty of the course. This number is calculated by measuring the fairways, inspecting the bunkers, measuring the size and contours of the greens, determining the distance to hazards and out-of-bounds locations, and many more golf course characteristics.

This past week at The Els Club, The R&A and USGA ran a two-day Beginner Course Rating Training Seminar for delegates from Federations and Associations from countries such as the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Bahrain and Mauritius.

Representing the EGF were Operations and Marketing Manager, Robert Fiala, EGF Operations Assistant, Cristina Petrovici, and Thomas Hall, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club Assistant Golf Services Manager.

“It is important for us in the region to continue to push professional development”, said Fiala. “This seminar was a great way to bring the region’s golf industry together while having the opportunity to learn a new skill. Due to the pandemic many golf courses in the UAE and across the region have [provisional ratings]. The EGF will work with these golf courses in order to make sure the courses are rated properly and are included in the World System of course ratings. I feel that we have put together a team that will focus on accuracy and consistency in order to get the job done.”

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