Tournament Manager is fully compliant with the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) introduced on 1/1/2020. Tournament Manager...

  • retrieves updated World Handicap System Handicap Index® from GHIN® (Golf Handicap Information Network®)
  • calculates the playing handicap according to World Handicap System guidelines
  • performs stroke control using the World Handicap System "net double bogey"


Here is how to use the new WHS feature in Tournament Manager (you can enlarge the videos*):


  1. On the Main Menu, go to Configuration under Organization.
  2. Click on the "World Handicap System(GHIN)" tab.
  3. Check the box to Connect to World Handicap System (WHS or GHIN) and then on the Save button. This will enable Tournament Manager to retrieve player Indexes from GHIN.

  4. On the Main Menu, go to Players under Organization.
  5. Click on each golfer's name to open the player's "General" tab and input the GHIN® Number. It is recommended that you copy the GHIN Number and paste it in to the GHIN#®field which is directly to the right of  the player's GSID# field.

  6. While still on the Players screen, go to the Tools menu in the top right and select "Update Indexes from GHIN..." This will retrieve new Indexes from GHIN.

  7. To use the WHS for a specific tournament, go to the Settings (Step 1 under Tournament) on Main Menu.
  8. Go to Handicap tab.
  9. Click on box to "Use WHS (World Handicap System) rules."

* Enlarge videos by clicking on the symbol shown in the image below. At the end of the video, if you have enlarged to full screen, press the "Esc" key in the upper left corner of your keyboard to minimize the video.