Hi NAME,
Thank you for taking the trouble to apply for Tournament Status 2025 as a golf event organiser.
England Golf can confirm that based on the detail contained in your application, Tournament Status has been approved for 2025.
WHS™ Tournament Status is granted on a yearly basis and is subject to you complying with all requirements laid down in the Terms & Conditions.
During the year checks will take place to ensure information is being successfully sent to the WHS™ system. Failure to return scores will result in Tournament Status being removed.
Your ISV (competition software) will be sent the relevant credentials that will allow you to send requests to the host venues for your planned 2025 events, to access their course data within England, as well as have the ability to look up Handicap Index® for players in your event as well as allowing scores to be submitted. England Golf no longer provide direct access to the WHS™ platform.
NOTE: Requests for course data should be done at least 7 days in advance and will be for the day/s in question and for the tee sets being played over. Approval for any requests is confirmed by the host venue, via the WHS™ portal directly, as a communication link between your ISV software and the host club.
We advise that on submitting the request, you contact the host club and confirm the request has been made and ask them to approve.
The final stages of issuing relevant software credentials will be completed in the coming days, with the software provider identified in your organisation’s application – this will complete the process.
Kindest regards