The RCGA Handicap & Course Rating Committee recently approved a change to the long-standing Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) method, bringing the Canadian methodology into equivalency with current ESC calculations employed by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
 
The new Canadian methodology for Equitable Stroke Control will go into effect March 1, 2012 to coincide with the release of the 2012-2015 version of the Handicap Manual. 

Penalities for ball movement and being late for a tee time are among the changes announced by golf’s governing body on October 24, 2011.

See the principal changes Introduced into the 2012 Code at www.golfcanada.ca.