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Average Golfer Handicap

Cantankerish

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Cantankerish Great Member

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Compared to most of the weekend duffers I come in contact with, I find it impressive how many golfers don’t stink.
 

This of course is only USGA registered handicaps.  Less than 2% of men’s handicaps and less than 1% of women’s are scratch or better.  You folks are a rare breed.

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Just another something I am below average at. 😏

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It's worth noting that the golfers who keep handicaps are GOOD golfers. I have plenty of friends I play with pretty regularly who shoot around 100 but DON'T keep a handicap. I'm an 18 which is clearly below average in that chart but other studies put the average male golf score at 97-98 which I beat 70-80 percent of the rounds I play so I still consider myself better than average. Now compared to people on The Sand Trap.....different story.

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Some of the golfers with the lowest handicaps that I have played with do not score that well. When you look them up on GHIN you see that out of their 20 rounds they have scores from up to 2 or 3 years ago. How can you be a good golfer and only post 6, 8, 10 scores per year?

My theory is that they have had a handful of really good scores over the years and then refuse to post any but their better scores moving forward. Thus they will always have that low index on GHIN.

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  On 9/9/2020 at 1:14 PM, Carl3 said:

My theory is that they have had a handful of really good scores over the years and then refuse to post any but their better scores moving forward. Thus they will always have that low index on GHIN.

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There are a ton of vanity cappers......it always hilarious listening to their fables of their great scoring...it's so hilarious.

I like vanity cappers.....like shooting fish in a barrel to win money.

It's the cheatin baggers I hate.

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  On 9/9/2020 at 3:45 PM, Mr22putt said:

There are a ton of vanity cappers......it always hilarious listening to their fables of their great scoring...it's so hilarious.

I like vanity cappers.....like shooting fish in a barrel to win money.

It's the cheatin baggers I hate.

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Only thing I enjoy more than a vanity capper is a person who says they carry their drives 300 yards. 

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  On 9/9/2020 at 4:37 PM, RFKFREAK said:

Only thing I enjoy more than a vanity capper is a person who says they carry their drives 300 yards. 

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I can carry my driver over 300 yards. It is usually in the bag, but I can certainly carry it around the course if I want to. What’s it weight, 2 pounds?😜

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  On 9/9/2020 at 7:17 PM, boogielicious said:

I can carry my driver over 300 yards. It is usually in the bag, but I can certainly carry it around the course if I want to. What’s it weight, 2 pounds?😜

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  On 9/9/2020 at 8:31 PM, GolfLug said:

Recent troubles have me banished to below average status.. 😞

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I'm hoping one day to be an average golfer. :~(

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I don’t get why anyone would try to overstate their handicap. Do they hate money?  I obsess over lowering mine but I hate when I improve and get less strokes against my buddies. 

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  On 9/9/2020 at 10:00 PM, Antneye said:

I don’t get why anyone would try to overstate their handicap. Do they hate money?  I obsess over lowering mine but I hate when I improve and get less strokes against my buddies. 

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I can't speak for anyone else, and I don't carry an official HC, but psychologically I think we want to appear, whether or ourselves or others, at least proficient or dare I say it, "good" at something we have a passion for so a lower HC demonstrates we're getting better at something that, relatively speaking, we find important.   

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  On 9/9/2020 at 10:10 PM, RFKFREAK said:

I can't speak for anyone else, and I don't carry an official HC, but psychologically I think we want to appear, whether or ourselves or others, at least proficient or dare I say it, "good" at something we have a passion for so a lower HC demonstrates we're getting better at something that, relatively speaking, we find important.   

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Oh yeah, I totally get it. That’s what leads to my gambling conundrum. I want a lower HCP, but I also like getting the extra strokes 🤣

 I’m going backwards right now and it sucks because I’m playing worse than my handicap so I’m getting crushed. When I turn it around I will be able to pay for all those lost balls. 

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  On 9/9/2020 at 1:31 PM, FlyingAce said:

This is assuming people are honest about their scores and entered them accordingly.

 

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  On 9/9/2020 at 1:14 PM, Carl3 said:

Some of the golfers with the lowest handicaps that I have played with do not score that well. When you look them up on GHIN you see that out of their 20 rounds they have scores from up to 2 or 3 years ago. How can you be a good golfer and only post 6, 8, 10 scores per year?

My theory is that they have had a handful of really good scores over the years and then refuse to post any but their better scores moving forward. Thus they will always have that low index on GHIN.

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I know a guy who was likely a legit 6 or 7 whose handicap stayed at just over I think it was roughly a 13 or 14 for something like four years. It was completely illegitimate...and completely legit. He was a 13 or 14, started taking lessons. He also, at the same time, started playing nothing but scrambles, shambles, best balls...so everything he played was in a tournament but non-standard format. So he might post one or even no scores a year because he was not playing legal posting rounds.

Side note, when we would do our group retreats...we did not give him any 14 hcp. (There may have been some betting involved, I can neither confirm nor deny, and the guy responsible for setting the teams and caps put him at I think a 7 or 8).

There came a time when he was able to get a really good deal on a membership at a club. He started playing in their league and...shocker...within a few months his cap started fluctuating between 6 and 8.

 

So while his 13 or 14 was a legit handicap...and his staying there after he got better was legit...he knew it was a loophole and a scam. We all knew. Weird that he and his partners did so well in the tournaments and these days...only win sometimes instead of all the time.

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  On 9/9/2020 at 9:29 PM, RFKFREAK said:

:-$

I'm hoping one day to be an average golfer. :~(

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Just keep climbing. After breaking ankle this year I feel fortunate I can swing a club at all. 

There's a million or two who don't even bother with a HCP..

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