The United States Golf Association, in collaboration with the Indian Golf Union, conducted a path-breaking Course and Slope Rating Seminar from August 23 to 25 at the Bangalore Golf Club in Bengaluru. It was the first-ever such seminar held in India and was conducted by Eric Lahman, Manager of Course Rating and Handicapping for the USGA. The idea of such a seminar, which was cleared by about 32 participants, is to have a uniform Handicapping System in India and also solve the Portability of Handicaps by Golfers. The educative program, a first for the Indian golfing fraternity, follows the R&A Rules School held earlier. Currently India has very few trained people to carry out Course and Slope Ratings of Golf Courses. The programme included Classroom Presentation and On-course Sessions, including a quiz to test the assimilation of knowledge by the individuals. Among the people attending the course were referees like J Ravinder, Vikram Rana and Col Chand.