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How Many Plus Handicap Golfers in the U.S.?

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Better-Than-Scratch Players in the U.S.  

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  1. 1. How many better-than-scratch (plus index golfers) do you think there are in the United States as of September, 2020?


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Take a guess. Vote in the poll. Then view this hidden tweet:

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FWIW with ~20M golfers and about 15,000 golf courses, that's:

  • 0.179415% of all golfers.
  • 2.3922 per course.

So, how close were you?

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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Dang, I underestimated the total number of golfers. My percentage was on point 😉

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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Piz Great Member

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I got the number pretty close but misplaced the decimal point.

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David in FL Incredible Member

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Close, but not quite.

In David's bag....

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GolfLug Incredible Member

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Wayyy off. Guess there are wayyyy more vanity caps than I thought.. lol 

Vishal S.

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BeCu Well Established Member

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I am in the middle of tweaks and stuff with my swing...............again. Nowhere close. 

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Darkfrog Super Member

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Well, I was wrong (chose the none listed option) but it was a wild guess. Interesting that there are more + handicap than 0-0.9. 

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I voted 10,000. I was skeptical because some people may have a vanity HC for this.

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ChetlovesMer Incredible Member

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Well, I guessed wrong. After I saw the answer though, I felt like it kind of makes sense. 

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to guess after you see the answer?

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Greg 504 Dedicated Member

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Wow! I was no where close....

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32 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to guess after you see the answer?

Lol

Vishal S.

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9 hours ago, Darkfrog said:

Well, I was wrong (chose the none listed option) but it was a wild guess. Interesting that there are more + handicap than 0-0.9. 

Well, yeah… one is a range of 10 spots (0.0, 0.1, 0.2… 0.9), the other goes from 0.1 to… +6 or something. 60 spots.

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coachjimsc Great Member

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Nailed it! Total guess based on number of + golfers per state.

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Pretzel Super Member

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I wonder how many of them are golfers like me, where they currently have a + index primarily because it's been a while since they last played and they haven't posted enough new rounds to fix that? Prior to this summer I hadn't actually posted a round since 2017, but now that I'm free from college I've started again and the results are ugly.

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