All players are obligated to inform the Competition Secretary of their current handicap well before the next game. 

The World Handicap System, WWH, system calculates the average of the eight best rounds played in the last 20 to determine the handicap.

I believe this is very fair, given that we all have 'disaster rounds' and some courses are more or less challenging for certain players.

We are doing our best to follow the rules of golf, including the WWS, although the system doesn’t yet work as planned.

Not all societies and nations are connected to the same server, so they cannot share results worldwide or update a global handicap table automatically.

However, all courses use the slope system to make them compatible in terms of handicaps, whether extra handicap strokes are given or taken.

At Levante Golf Society (LGS), we calculate handicaps according to the WWH model and share our results with other local societies. This works very well, and everyone is happy.

For non-local players, e.g. those from the UK or elsewhere, we have to improvise.

We do this by providing information to the Competition Secretary of the respective societies.

Players are obligated to inform the Competition Secretary of any changes to their handicap if it differs from the LGS handicap. This is usually done when players sign up for the next game via email. The Competition Secretary then adjusts it so that it is equivalent to the player's lowest WWH handicap, regardless of their home location.

Also, the probability of scoring better than your actual handicap decreases with a lower handicap. With this in mind, we would love to have different divisions so that we all have an equal chance of winning. Unfortunately, there are not enough of us to make this possible.