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Golf Handicaps Manager
Staff Entry and System Maintenance
The focal point for Staff Entry of scores and
maintenance of your handicap database is the
Player Maintenance Screen.  Either a Player ID or
the first few characters of a last name may be used
to access players; or, you can proceed through the
entire list of players via the Next Player and Previous
Player buttons.  

Adding a player or changing player information is
simply done via a single button click and provision
of a few items of information.  It's really that easy!

All the standard handicap reports are available to
you from a Reports Menu.  Included are a
Master List
of all scores and handicap information for each
player, and
Alphabetic and By-Handicap-Index
Reports.
GHM goes beyond these standard reports to give you information that often is not a part of other handicap software.  For example,
there's a
Rounds Played Report that summarizes player rounds on a season-wide basis or for a selected time period (usable for
monitoring the completeness of player scores posting).  Also available are a
Handicap Analysis Report that provides a statistical
view of your players' handicaps, a
Course Handicaps Report from multiple sets of tees, a Tournament Scores List that includes a
complete narrative description of the Tournament Scores Adjustment Procedure for adjusted players, two
Course Analysis Reports
that can be used to evaluate the handicap hole structure of your course, a
Most Improved Golfers Report, and even a Name &
Address Report
with a Mailing Labels option.  All reports may be prepared for all your players or selectively for various parts of your
handicap database. e.g. Men, Ladies, selected Groups, or for an Individual Player.

Two types of Handicap Card forms are available to you;  Avery removable-adhesive labels for use with plastic cards, and labels for
use with our optional Handicap Card printer.  You can also print handicap cards on regular paper if you wish.  As with the GHM
Reports, handicap cards can be printed for selected groups or for individual players.
Player Scores Entry Feature
The use of a "Handicap Information Computer" (or multiple computers in a
network) for direct player entry of scores and review of handicap
information is the prevalent trend for club handicap systems.  The GHM
Player Entry Feature provides this capability in an attractive and very easy
to use way.  Players are guided through scores entry on clear, bright
screens with large characters for easy viewing and straightforward
information entry.  

Either a standard computer keyboard or our optional "ScorePad" may be
used, as well as a mouse.  The ScorePad (see illustration below) is a
reduced-size keyboard with color-coded keys that are matched in both
color and wording to what the player sees on  the display screen.  It
provides a very user-friendly interface between the player and the Player
Entry feature.

From an opening Bulletin Board, through Score Entry, and on to a Scores
Listing and Scores Graph, Player Entry provides features that your players
will enjoy and which will increase their interest in the handicapping
process.  
One or more scores can be entered each time a player uses the feature.  Scores can be entered for any course that has a Course
Rating and Slope Rating.  Players can be assigned a Home Course (set of tees), the selection of which leads to direct access to the
Scores Entry Screen illustrated above.  A player can also select from up to 9 Home sets of tees or up to 20 user-defined Outside
Courses; or, ratings from an undefined course can be used.  After each score(s) entry the player immediately sees the effect on the
Trend Handicap and can view his/her complete handicap information, the detail of up to the last 40 scores, and a Scores Graph of
the last 20 scores.  Handicap information can also be viewed independently of score entry by pressing a key on the initial Bulletin
Board screen.

If you wish you can also have your players print their own Handicap Card labels directly from a Player Entry computer.  An optional
Handicap Card Printer can be added to the system for this purpose.  This Dymo LabelWriter printer, which can also be used for
other label needs, avoids the work and inefficiency of having your staff prepare and distribute handicap cards for all players and then
have many of them not picked up -- players who want cards can get them without staff involvement.  The Handicap Card Printer can
also be used in the "backroom" Staff Entry/Maintenance part of the system.  We supply generic plastic cards for use with the labels,
or you can use custom cards produced locally.  The labels used are larger than the label shown in the illustration below.
SportsWare ScorePad (7.75" square)
Handicap Card Printer
The Dollars and "Sense" of an In-House Handicapping System
Are you paying $10, $15, $20 or more per player per year for handicap service?  Each and every year?  If
so, why?  Let's take the $15 per player per year that's the average cost of annual fee offerings.  If your
club/course has 350 players that's $5,250 per year,
every year, for handicap service!

Consider the alternative with our Golf Handicaps Manager software.  For $900 ($700 if purchased with
our GTM tournament software),
one time only, you can have your own in-house handicapping system
that is in full compliance with the USGA Handicap System and produces official USGA Handicap
Indexes for your players.  The savings in the first year alone are far more than enough to buy the
computer on which GHM runs (or even multiple computers for a network setup).  And, our customers tell
us that GHM is equal to or better than other professional handicap software in the golf industry - and that
includes the USGA GHIN System.

A quality handicap system at far less cost means better service for your players and significant financial
savings for you.  We think it's a "No Brainer."  What do you think?
GHM Help System
Bring you handicaps in-house for speed, convenience, flexibility and control -- plus significant cost
savings.  GHM provides a complete facility for golf clubs and courses and it's extremely easy to use by both
staff and players.  Even the most novice of computer users will be comfortable right from the start.

GHM maintains handicaps in strict compliance with the USGA Handicap System and is fully current with
the latest rules.  
Handicap Indexes produced by GHM are recognized as "official by the USGA.  Both
USGA Handicap Indexes (from  the last formal handicap revision) and Trend Handicap Indexes (based on
all recorded scores) are maintained by the system.

In addition to the standard Mens/Ladies categories in your handicap database you may also classify your
players in up to 10 subgroups (Group Codes) for selective reporting.  For example, you can do separate
reporting for Men, Seniors, Juniors, etc. in categories you define to meet your specific needs.

GHM Provides two methods for posting handicap scores -
Staff Entry and Player Entry.  Either or both can
be used in the system.  Staff Entry is the former traditional method of collecting scores from scorecards or
posting sheets and having the staff enter them on the computer.  Player Entry is the prevalent trend where
the players themselves enter their scores and can view their handicap information and that of other
players.  In both cases, GHM permits scores to be entered by either Total Score or Hole by Hole.  Equitable
Stroke Control (ESC) is applied automatically to scores entered hole by hole.