Whats your Handicap

[elchene]

10.4. Hoping to get to single digits this year, got to work on chipping/short game to accomplish my goal. I am consistently low 80s, but have not broken 80.

[Big Padrigo]

I get to play year round golf at the minute, at least until I move back to Ireland in a few months. Anyways, I got down to 11.8 in the middle of last year, which is as low as I've ever been. The second half of the year I was travelling for work every second week and that destroyed my golf game as I was only play the odd weekend round again, so my handicap went back up to where it is now, which is 13.9. I have been practising a lot recently, and taken a couple of really constructive lessons with my pro, and I'm starting to see the results. Shot 81 yesterday and 83 today so hopeful that my handicap will go down a shot or two before I leave the US in a couple of months.

[Three Putt]

5.7 as of December 08, didn't renew my membership this year (The Economy), best round on a 126 slope is a -2...but have shot +10 on the same course. On an average or slightly above average slope course I usually shoot 82 or below

[Quinn07]

I am currently a 7.4 index and would like to get down to a 5 by the end of this season. Consistency is definitely a problem I have. I feel as though once I get more consistent my index will drop quickly.

[IcemanYVR]

I'm currently a 6.2, but I expect that to drop over the next couple of months. I just started playing again after a 6 year hiatus. This year, depending on how much I play, I hope to get back down to a 2 or 3.

[hipcheck4u]

I "win" among posters on this thread with a 33 handicap. Like many others here, I am searching for consistency. It would be helpful also if I could straighten out the driver. I think I may be able to shave several shots off this summer (I am a teacher and can play more during the break). I enjoy every small advance in my game. Last weekend I hit 7 of 14 fairways and was proud of that. I would love to be a bogey golfer.

[Fourputt]

  hipcheck4u said:

I "win" among posters on this thread with a 33 handicap. Like many others here, I am searching for consistency. It would be helpful also if I could straighten out the driver. I think I may be able to shave several shots off this summer (I am a teacher and can play more during the break). I enjoy every small advance in my game. Last weekend I hit 7 of 14 fairways and was proud of that. I would love to be a bogey golfer.

Highly recommend a lesson or two. At your level, a few small changes can reap huge dividends.

[chipper2]

My last offical handicap was 21. That was in 2007. I keep track last year and it now about 18. Will get an offical handicap for 2009 if it ever stops snowing. I did get in 3 rounds in Florida in Jan. I hope I play that well all year.

[TN94z]

Where is the best place to keep an official handicap? I have never really had an official handicap and would like to keep it this year. My course does not do it any more. Also, just for reference, what would you guess my handicap to be now....I usually shoot at the worst 83 and best would be 77??

Course info:
Yardage is 6449
Rating is 71.2
Slope is 127

Thanks in advance

[kuteazn1]

I started Golf about 6-7 months ago... first time out shot like a 150 LOL

Then this is my tail this year working really hard...
New Years pop my cherry and shot a 97
2-14 shot a 96
2-21 shot a 92 (with two drops)
2-21 shot a 44 (replay the back nine)
I just started keeping track of my handicapp from oobgolf, and it tells me I am at a 17.8 handicap with 94 scoring average...

I plan on playing this weekend again and hoping to shoot in the 80's
(I got a golf course in my backyard that I pay $20 w/ cart or $15 walking all day)
so this year I am planing on shooting in the 80's by June and in the 70's by winter...

If I can do that all in one year of golf... I will feel very accomplish... because I compete in Target Archery and in my first year won Shooter of the Year in my state...

I plan to get very good at golf... it is too expensive of a hobby just to go out and hack, plus my group of buddies loves to bet... every weekend it ends up being a $200-$300 pot...

[PiKapp23]

  TN94z said:

Where is the best place to keep an official handicap? I have never really had an official handicap and would like to keep it this year. My course does not do it any more. Also, just for reference, what would you guess my handicap to be now....I usually shoot at the worst 83 and best would be 77??

I personally use golf.com for my official handicap and have for years now. Before I did this a local public course allowed people to keep a handicap through them for $30 a year. There a several golf websites that you can get and keep an official USGA handicap now. I know GolfGalaxy.com also does this and I believe TheGolfChannel.com does as well (not positive, though). Most of these sites are going to cost about $30/year for official handicap - some are free for a non-official handicap, though. They also allow you to keep stats as well.

As for what you handicap would be, that's always a tough question. Your handicap is figured by taking the best 10 scores of your last 20 rounds. Of course slope and rating are figured in to get the handicap differential for each of those rounds. There are several places you can get the complete formula for your handicap. Based on the limited info you provided your handicap is probably somewhere around 8-11 or so, but without all 20 rounds and as well as the slope and rating, etc. it's impossible to figure it.

[David in FL]

  TN94z said:

Where is the best place to keep an official handicap? I have never really had an official handicap and would like to keep it this year. My course does not do it any more. Also, just for reference, what would you guess my handicap to be now....I usually shoot at the worst 83 and best would be 77??

You can either go to a local course, or there are lots of on-line options for maintaining a handicap these days. I use

www.ushandicap.com , but it's only one of many out there....... Your USGA handicap index is 96% of your best 10 of your last 20 handicap differentials. Your handicap differential for a given round is determined by taking your adjusted gross score (score adjusted for equitable stroke control) minus the course rating, times 113, divided by the course slope. In the case of your example.....let's say you shot an 82. Your differential would be: (82-71.2) X 113 / 127 = 9.6 Again, to get your actual handicap, you'll take the average of the best 10 of your last 20 differentials and multiply by 96%. That'll give you your handicap index. Play around with the numbers a little and you'll see how playing easier or harder courses (or teeboxes) can really impact your handicap. When most people try to estimate their handicap, they tend to estimate high. They'll try to guesstimate their average score and then use the difference between that and either 72 or the average course rating as their handicap. That doesn't take into consideration slope, the fact only the better scores are used, and the 96% weighting. Hope that helps a little. D.

[TN94z]

  PiKapp23 said:

I personally use golf.com for my official handicap and have for years now. Before I did this a local public course allowed people to keep a handicap through them for $30 a year. There a several golf websites that you can get and keep an official USGA handicap now. I know GolfGalaxy.com also does this and I believe TheGolfChannel.com does as well (not positive, though). Most of these sites are going to cost about $30/year for official handicap - some are free for a non-official handicap, though. They also allow you to keep stats as well.

Thanks man. I will try one of those sites and get it started.

  David in FL said:

You can either go to a local course, or there are lots of on-line options for maintaining a handicap these days. I use

That is great info!!! I will get onto one of the above mentioned sites and get going on this.

[kevntri]

I bounce also.
Last year was between 4.9 and 7.8. Finished the year at 6.6.
I would like to consistantly keep it under 5 this year.
We get a printed card monthly.
My goal is 2.5 on may card. (lowest so far is 3.8 two years ago)

[TommyD69]

My index is 10.6..... that means if I play a really EASY course, my handicap could go as low as an 8. But if I play a really HARD course, my handicap could go as high as 12!

The truth is your handicap will change at almost every course you play (even if your HANDICAP INDEX does not change).

What's your handicap index would have been a better question.