Given the increasingly frequent use of electronic scorecards by clubs in competitions, the RFEG establishes the following requirements for their use in collecting player results in official competitions:

1. The same philosophy as physical scorecards should be maintained: a scoreboard records the player's strokes and has a place to record their own.

2. Before handing the card to the Test Committee, players must be able to verify that the results recorded by the scoreboard and by the player match.

3. In case of discrepancy between the score recorded by the scorer and the player, they must reach an agreement on the correct score, and the scorecard containing the error must be corrected from the original device. That is, the player may not, under any circumstances, correct the scores recorded by the scorer from their own device, and vice versa.

4. As long as the discrepancy remains on any hole, it will be necessary to go to the tournament committee to clarify said discrepancy and be able to validate the card. .

5. The delivery of the scorecard requires validation by both the player and the scorekeeper (equivalent to a signature on a physical scorecard). At the time of validation, it must be made clear that this process initiates the card delivery process and that once it is complete, neither the scorekeeper nor the player may change the recorded results.

6. Once both the scorer and the player validate the card, it will be considered delivered to the Test Committee.

7. In the event that an error is found after the card has been handed over, the only possibility of correcting it will be by contacting the Tournament Committee, which, regardless of the actions it must take in accordance with the Rules of Golf and the World Handicap System Rules, may correct the card through the competition management program.

In addition to the above, clubs using electronic cards for their competitions should take into account that:

● The power to use electronic cards belongs to the Competition Committee, which must include it in the Competition Conditions.

● The club cannot impose the mandatory use of the electronic card unless it has its own devices for players who do not want to use their own.

● In any case and in the event that a player cannot use the electronic device during the round (breakage, malfunction, battery depletion, etc.) he must have physical cards, which must be delivered in the traditional way (all results noted and signed by scorer and player).

● In any case, clubs must comply with the obligation to keep the scorecards for at least one year. In the case of electronic scorecards, they must keep stored electronically both the final result submitted and the record of the validation of the scoreboard and the player (scoreboard license, player license, and timestamp: date and time with seconds) and if there has been any modification by the Tournament Committee afterward (club user and timestamp).

● As with physical cards, the Test Committee must comply with the requirement of sending the results on the same date they were played.

RFEG Courses and Handicaps Committee.