Low Handicappers

[tm22721]

I see the term Low Handicapper and High Handicapper thrown around a lot on this forum, but never any definitions. Can it be defined ?

Golf Digest says that the average score for all rounds is 96.

What numbers would you assign to Low, Mid and High Handicappers ?

[Shindig]

I see the term Low Handicapper and High Handicapper thrown around a lot on this forum, but never any definitions. Can it be defined ?

I would call anyone with a handicap of 20 or above a high handicapper.

I would call anyone with a handicap of 10 or above a mid handicapper, unless they were a high handicapper. I would call anyone with a handicap of 0.1 or above a low handicapper, unless they were a mid or high handicapper. I would call a scratch or better player just that.

[Crafty]

Low-0 to 10
Mid-10.1 to 25
High-25.1 and up

[TourSpoon]

Low-0 to 10

That looks good.

I usually think of a low as anyone in single digits.

[powerfade]

I would call anyone with a handicap of 20 or above a high handicapper.

What do you mean, unless...?

If someone was a 11.0 last year, then worked their way to an 8.4 this year, you would still call them a mid-capper because they "were" a mid-capper before? I'm not sure I follow.

[Golf Yokel]

He means if you shoot over an 11, than you are a mid handicapper...

Unless you shoot over a 20, in which case you are a high handicapper.

He wasn't trying to say that your old handicap matters, only that you are a mid handi until you reach the 20 mark.


On the note of 20/25 being a "high handicapper". Granted, I don't play with pros... and most of the people on a municipal course aren't trying for exemptions...

But a 20 score is equal (roughly) to a bogey (literally, +1 every hole) golfer... and in my experience, a bogey golfer is not a high handicapper.

I would consider my handicap in the high range... but I think after you start bogey'ing or better every hole... you shouldn't be classified as a "high handicapper" anymore.

Just my $.02

[Shindig]

What do you mean, unless...?

He means if you shoot over an 11, than you are a mid handicapper...

Yep, that's what I meant. Thanks

On the note of 20/25 being a "high handicapper". Granted, I don't play with pros... and most of the people on a municipal course aren't trying for exemptions...

Probably. I guess I'm not yet in the mode of thinking of myself as a mid-handicapper. Give me a few months until I'm squarely there

[powerfade]

He means if you shoot over an 11, than you are a mid handicapper...

LOL! Thanks for clarifying it for me

By 'handicap', I assume you all mean 'handicap index '? Assuming so... Joe Golfer carries a 20.0 Index. At his par 72 home course he likes to play from two sets of tees. The whites have a slope of 120, giving him a course handicap of 21. The blues have a slope of 130, giving him a course handicap of 23. He could shoot a 93 from the whites or a 95 from the blues for a net par. Would you still consider Joe a "mid-capper"?

[niblick]

LOL! Thanks for clarifying it for me

Just personal opinion, but if you can break 100, playing by the rules, on a course with a slope of 130, you're not a high handicapper. You have to be able to put the ball in play and get it up and down occasionally to do that.