Handicap

[Iowa Hawkeye]

I've never had my handicap figured, so I took a guess on my avatar. I don't know the ratings to plug into the calculator, but I'm around a 90 average. Anyone got some kind or range or guess at a ~number?

[klaymon]

Depends on the courses you play. If you average 90 on easy courses, your HCP will be high. On harder courses, it would be low.

http://golf.about.com/cs/handicappin...calculated.htm

[Stacey_E]

^^^ That's right. If you have an old score card of your course, it should have the rating and slope on those cards. Rating will be a number close to par and will probably have a number to the tenths. For example 71.6, 68.5, etc. The other number will be slope. You will need those two numbers to accurately figure your handicap. Once you have enough scores you need to be aware of equitable stroke control....Lord knows I am A little googling will better inform you on that.

[iWALK18]

Yeah there is a whole formula and a system for figuring your handicap. I do mine in excel. If you want the file I can e-mail it to you. You will need your last 20 scores for it to work though.

[TMO]

The rough answer is take your 10 best rounds and then find the average score for those rounds. That's the way oversimplified way to do that. Slope and rating makes it more precise but this is a good start.

[Want2PlayMore]

If you don't want to do the math. Do what I did. Pay $20 bucks at a golf course. You get a GHIN number. You can then log on to the net with your score and BAM! You've got an official handicap. I now carry a 30.8 and getting better

[Stacey_E]

If you don't want to do the math. Do what I did. Pay $20 bucks at a golf course. You get a GHIN number. You can then log on to the net with your score and BAM! You've got an official handicap. I now carry a 30.8 and getting better

That's me right there! Official all the way. Then you can really start tracking your progress, for better or worse.

[tjy355]

I've never had my handicap figured, so I took a guess on my avatar. I don't know the ratings to plug into the calculator, but I'm around a 90 average. Anyone got some kind or range or guess at a ~number?

Lots of factors as others have mentioned, but if you average 90, I'll guess that your handicap will probably be around 15-17.

Only your better scores are used to calculate the handicap.

[LongDrive04]

Lots of factors as others have mentioned, but if you average 90, I'll guess that your handicap will probably be around 15-17.

I would go as far as 13-17

[flopdarock]

if you dont wanna pay for an official handicap... there are a bunch of free handicap calculators on the net... just google a good one... all you need is the scores of your rounds... the more rounds you input... the more acurate

[Riverologist]

I've never had my handicap figured, so I took a guess on my avatar. I don't know the ratings to plug into the calculator, but I'm around a 90 average. Anyone got some kind or range or guess at a ~number?

There are only about a million free handicap calculators out there.