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Guy Who Doesn't Know his Handicap Shoots 84:)

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Last night i took an average of my scores this year and calculated im roughly about a 32.

And toady i go out and shoot 84 on a Par 72 6322 yards 70.3/122 Course
40 (+5) on the front / 44(+7) on the back

32 putts
3/14 fairways
6/18 GIR
8 Pars
8 Bogeys
2 Doubles

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Slim 11 Well Established Member

Slim 11

Remember that your handicap is not an average. Take the 10 best scores of your last 20 rounds and plug them into the handicap formula (which requires knowing slope and rating for those scores, etc.). You should find that your handicap is considerably lower than you think because it is meant to be an idea of the best you can shoot, not an average.

Just the same, great score! Congratulations!

I just wanted to make sure you knew the handicap system so that you are aware of your skill level and not shorting yourself.

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that is awesome! congrats!

It reminds me of last spring, I was playing with a guy who had taken a bunch of lessons, but had only played probably 8 rounds or so, and always was well over 110, and usually quit keeping score at some point -

then all of the sudden he just went out and shot an honest 92. the course was no push over either, lots of trouble. He was so pumped that the next time we played he took 3 10's on the first three holes and quit keeping score - he still hasn't broken 100 yet - but he still has the memory
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http://golf.about.com/cs/handicappin...calculated.htm

This site has a free handicap calculator. I haven't used it, because I record my scores online and have the handicap automatically updated, but I think if you can get the differentials, it will figure the handicap (it's not all that hard to do yourself, though). This site explains teh handicap calculation pretty thoroughly too.

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Damn dude...if we would have played that round a couple of weeks ago you would have probably beaten me, lol. Great round.
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Okay, I will say it....

Either A) you are not a 30 handicapper, B) you didn't shoot 84 or C) some combination of both

Either way it sounds like your best round so kudos, but be careful pimping that story around because I would bet my life savings and then mortgage my house and bet more against a legit 30 handicapper shooting a legit 84 on a legit course.
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Slim 11 Well Established Member

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There, I renamed the thread for you.

That's hilarious!

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Okay, I will say it....

A) i hope you have alot saved up B) i hope your family likes living with me or C) a combination of both. LOL jk When i get time later i will look at that handicap sight and try to figure out an exact number. I have only broken 50 like 3 times in my last 20 rounds before this. I use to play with 5 clubs and since 2 weeks ago i am up to 11. maybe that is helping
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[QUOTE=trackster;324708]A) i hope you have alot saved up B) i hope your family likes living with me or C) a combination of both.

LOL-this may be the best come back to someone questioning their integrity I have seen on here!!

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I don't think saltman was trying to be mean...probably just didn't realize that we had established that the handicap was probably not right in the beginning of the thread.

Anyway, it's still a great round. I am sure the additional clubs are helping (by the way, you're allowed to have 14 clubs. JK).

I also hope I didn't come off as condescending about the handicap thing. I just noticed that you said you "averaged" your rounds and I want to clarify the handicap thing for you.

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12.2

Correct. That is the handicap if you based it on that single score.

The differential for the course is 12.7 if you are going to use it along with other scores. You don't multiply by .96 until you average the differentials of teh total scores being used.

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Bowling is so much easier to calculate. :)

I always told people I was a 20+ (I shoot in the 90's). I just went and calculated it on that link provided earlier and I'm a 17.2. Dang it. I guess the course is more difficult than average. (73.4/133) I never knew what slope meant, never really cared. But now I'm glad I do!

BTW, I LOVE the comeback. Priceless. Nice job shooting an 84 too. I remember my 82. Ah, that was the day... lol

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Bowling is so much easier to calculate. :)

The quick answer to slope and rating is that rating is the score a scratch golfer should shoot on that course and slope is the score a bogey golfer should shoot.

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