ShotScope's Handicap Benchmark

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What do you guys set your Handicap Benchmark at, or do you even worry about it? I'm currently sitting at a 14, so should I set a "goal" of comparing it to a 10? I had it left at Tour Player and that's discouraging of course. 

[Shindig]

(For reference if I read this in the future: as I type this, I'm a ~12 handicap)

Depends what I'm thinking about or looking at.  My default is to keep my comparison at a 10, although I'll look at 5 because I sometimes have rounds where my approach play is so much better than a 10 handicap and I want to see if I beat the 5 hcp benchmark.  On rare occasions, I even see driving at that level, although I'm usually between 10 and 5 for that one.

One of my goals -- if I had goals -- last summer was to get my chipping and putting to the 15 handicap level.  I wish ShotScope had 20 and 25 hcp available for comparisons, since my short game is typically in that region.

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15 minutes ago, Shindig said:

(For reference if I read this in the future: as I type this, I'm a ~12 handicap)

Depends what I'm thinking about or looking at.  My default is to keep my comparison at a 10, although I'll look at 5 because I sometimes have rounds where my approach play is so much better than a 10 handicap and I want to see if I beat the 5 hcp benchmark.  On rare occasions, I even see driving at that level, although I'm usually between 10 and 5 for that one.

One of my goals -- if I had goals -- last summer was to get my chipping and putting to the 15 handicap level.  I wish ShotScope had 20 and 25 hcp available for comparisons, since my short game is typically in that region.

Mine has 20 and 25 hcp. I don't go -SG (overall) until I compare to a 5. 19.16 compared to a 25. I'm just going to leave it there. LOL

[Shindig]

7 minutes ago, snapfade said:

Mine has 20 and 25 hcp. I don't go -SG (overall) until I compare to a 5. 19.16 compared to a 25. I'm just going to leave it there. LOL

Maybe I missed it last time I logged in (this has been known to happen).  In any case, at a 14 handicap, if you're about at that level in all aspects, I'd suggest comparing to 10 or 15.   You can also compare to different levels when examining different aspects of your game.

[boogielicious]

I set up the strokes gained for a HC lower than mine but not scratch. That’s where is want to be.

[klineka]

I dont have a shot scope I use a different app/watch to track my game but it also had adjustable handicap ranges for comparing.

I usually compare myself to scratch, which is the next lowest benchmark relative to my current handicap level. But like others have mentioned, if I have a particularly good or bad round or couple of rounds I will occasionally look at my performance against a 5hcp or against a pro to see where I fit vs those skill levels too. 

[RFKFREAK]

I don't carry an official HC but my goal the last couple of years has been to get to consistently shoot in the 90's so I leave it at 20 HC.

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14 hours ago, boogielicious said:

I set up the strokes gained for a HC lower than mine but not scratch. That’s where is want to be.

I set mine to 10 since I'm at 14 right now, trending downward. Meeting with the instructor tonight!!! Finally on to the driver.

[dsc123]

I'm at 12 now and set it to 9 bc I want to get to single digits. 

The way I'm using it is that I look at the SG to see what my biggest weakness is.  Then focus on that until I'm +1 SG compared to a 9HC (over 5 consecutive rounds -- roughly a month).  Then move on to my next biggest weakness.   

Earlier this year it was driving.  Since I started this in April (and with the help of evolvr) I've gone from -3.5 (Jan-Mar) to -0.5 (last 5).  If I could exclude a bad round at Bethpage (I cannot cheat myself like that), I'd be at +0.7.  So hopefully I'll get there soon.