Question About Handicap

[bshack]

For USGA GHIN I am wondering how many scores it takes to establish a index number. I have posted 5 official scores and wondering when I will have a number instead of NH under my index...


P.S I have a 10 stated under my avatar because when I signed up I shot a 80 on a 70.1 rated course...

How many rounds until I get a number ?

[Shripe]

From http://www.usga.org/HandicapFAQ/hand....asp?FAQidx=3:



Section 3

Establishing a Handicap Index®

Q. How do I establish a Handicap Index?

A. You must be a member of a golf club. The USGA® defines a golf club as an organization of at least ten individual members that operates under bylaws with committees (including a Handicap Committee) to supervise golf activities, provide peer review, and maintain the integrity of the USGA Handicap System™ (See Compliance Checklist, Section 8-2m). A golf club must be licensed by the USGA to utilize the USGA Handicap System. A club can obtain a license agreement (see Appendix F, USGA Handicap System manual) directly from the USGA or through its membership in an authorized golf association that is already licensed by the USGA and that has jurisdiction in the geographic area that includes the principal location of the club. For more information on finding a golf club or forming your own golf club, please go to ""Getting a USGA Handicap Index."" http://www.usga.org/playing/handicap..._handicap.html

Once a player joins a golf club, the player should post adjusted gross scores. When the player posts five adjusted gross scores, and a revision date passes, the club will issue the player a Handicap Index. To determine your area’s revision schedule, please refer to our Authorized Golf Association Revision Schedule. http://www.usga.org/playing/handicap..._schedule.html .

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This ought to help. :) For Missouri golf clubs in that revision schedule, it seems they're on a 1st and 15th of the month schedule. Granted I don't have a handicap myself (and probably won't for a good while yet lol), so this's just me doing a little searching legwork.

[Fourputt]

For USGA GHIN I am wondering how many scores it takes to establish a index number. I have posted 5 official scores and wondering when I will have a number instead of NH under my index...

When the next revision is published you should have a handicap of sorts. It will change a lot until you get more scores submitted, as each card you return can have a more direct effect until there are more scores in the calculation.

[bshack]

Appreciate the answers guys I had a feeling it was due to revision dates.

thank you again helps out

[goblue107501]

I keep track of my own handicap and found a chart that tells you how many differentials are used to calculate the handicap. That way you can know what will go into the handicap until you get to 20. When you get to 20, it uses the lowest 10 of the last 20. But until then:

rounds
5-6 [use 1]
7-8 [use 2]
9-10 [use 3]
11-12 [use 4]
13-14 [use 5]
15-16 [use 6]
17 [use 7]
18 [use 8]
19 [use 9]
20 [use 10]