Handicap

[justinmill14]

Well some of u guys may know, but ive been playin golf for a long time but just recently really got into it, so we'll just say im pretty much new to it. And i have never payed much attention to handicap in fact i have no idea what mine is. Does anyone know how to figure it out?

[m11]

Well some of u guys may know, but ive been playin golf for a long time but just recently really got into it, so we'll just say im pretty much new to it. And i have never payed much attention to handicap in fact i have no idea what mine is. Does anyone know how to figure it out?

http://www.usga.org/playing/handicaps/handicaps.html

[Uber$winG]

If you don’t know what your handicap is, how can you post it as a numerical value of “36” on your profile?

[goblue107501]

I have no need for an 'official' handicap, so I just plug scores into Yahoo. There are a number of websites that you can use for free, just put in the scores, course rating and slope and they will do the math. Some will even have the courses built in so you all you have to do is submit the score.

I think there was a thread a few months back and a bunch of people listed the free sites. You might want to do a search for it.

[ks8829]

I use a site that I found from one of the members and its:

www.greenskeeper.org

and its easy to use and best of all its free!

[powerfade]

If you don’t know what your handicap is, how can you post it as a numerical value of “36” on your profile?

I think 36 is the default value for new profiles.

[Bluenoser67]

Take your 10 best scores from your last 20 rounds. Average them.

Subtract that average from your course par for the tees you play.

Take that number you get multiply by 113 and divide by the course slope for the tees you play.

Finally multiply that number by 0.96 and hocus pocus thats your handicap.

[justinmill14]

If you don’t know what your handicap is, how can you post it as a numerical value of “36” on your profile?

thats what it was set up as and i havent took time to take it off yet and like powerfade said, that is the default

[powerfade]

Take your 10 best scores from your last 20 rounds. Average them.

Wrong...on several levels. You take the average of the 10 best

differentials then multiply by .96. Round down to 1 decimal point to obtain your "Index". To obtain your differential for a round: (Adjusted Score - Course Rating) x 113 / Slope Rating You can then take your Index and convert to a Course Handicap based on the tees (slope) you'll play.

[justinmill14]

now that i know how to figure it out, exactly how is a handicap used? And do u use it every time u go play golf?

[MonkeyClaw]

Just use the handicap tracker from Yahoo to start: http://golf.sports.yahoo.com/tracker

It's free, and you can put your scores in to get the number of strokes you should be getting at other courses based on your handicap. As you get better, you can think about using some of the other free sites or purchasing a membership at a local club (not necessarily a country club) and get an official handicap. You need the official one to compete in most events - though some local or club events will let you use your unofficial one up to a point.

After you know how many strokes you should get at a certain course, you can add this number to par, then try to beat it. If you want to get more fancy, you can dole out the strokes based on the handicap difficulty for each hole of the course you play. Then you have a certain number of strokes for each hole.

[justinmill14]

alright thanks for the help!