Pitch & Putt is a short, simplified version of golf, played with two clubs and a putter. WIPP is a simple but motivating competition at club level for players world-wide. Clubs designate a representative, (WippRep), who sends the club’s scores each month to WIPP. These are added to all the clubs in that country that have registered. After calculating the results for that month for that country, (WIPP-India, WIPP-Italy, WIPP-France, etc.), the scores are collated to obtain a global result.
The average of the ten best scores from each club is then used to provide an inter-club ranking. The top clubs will be invited to promote their club on the WPP website: www.wippgolf.com
Naturally, each country will make whatever use it feels best of these scores and there is no obligation to adhere locally to the global WIPP format. Come what may, the process may help the national body, (Pitch and Putt/Golf/Sports federations/associations), get a better idea of how much Pitch and Putt is really being played in their clubs and with what results. It will undoubtedly provide a better perspective on the international scene, where an overview is sadly lacking at the moment.
Registration is free and there is no competition fee. Individual scores rank all participants each month and are used to establish a WippIndex for each player. There are no prizes, (for the moment), but WIPP awards an official certificate to players making a hole-in-one.
Organizing the WIPP Monthly Challenge
There are 3 options:
- A regular club P&P competition, played with 3 clubs, is designated in advance as the Monthly WIPP Round and the competitors’ scores are sent to WIPP.
- If no ‘official’ club event is planned that month, the club’s WIPP-Sec organizes an encounter at a given date and time, specifying in advance that the scores will count for WIPP
- Any players who, with good reason, have been unable to take part in the regular event, may organize their own WIPP-round in a flight of at least 3 players after obtaining prior permission from the WIPP-Sec.
N.B. This is an experiment, and its success will depend largely on the input from the WippReps. We hope it will snowball and we welcome your suggestions for enhancing it as we go along. Our keywords are simplicity and fun, the backbone of Pitch & Putt.