Effective January 1, 2020, USGA will be initiating the next phase of the new World Handicapping System. GHIN.com will go dark from January 1, 2020 to January 5, 2020 while it converts to the new WHS. GHIN.com will come back online on January 6, 2020 with the new improved interface platform to the WHS. All indexes will be restated. All rounds played during the five-day conversion can be posted on January 6th.