Tiger Woods handicap

[David in FL]

it would be like +20 differential atleast. That was an incredibly hard course. They look easy on tv but it would at over 20 strokes to your round if you played there

Sorry, but if the course rating were 80 with a maximum allowable slope of 155, a 61 still "only" gives a differential of -13.8.

[jamo]

No it wouldn't be anywhere near +20. Here's Phil's: http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/local-knowledge/2013/06/yes-some-tour-pros-have-a-handicap-phils-is-52.html Tiger's would be probably a little bit better. Still well shy of even +10.

[nick1998bunker]

No it wouldn't be anywhere near +20. Here's Phil's: http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/local-knowledge/2013/06/yes-some-tour-pros-have-a-handicap-phils-is-52.html Tiger's would be probably a little bit better. Still well shy of even +10.

[quote name="David in FL" url="/t/40239/tiger-woods-handicap/60#post_896475"] Sorry, but if the course rating were 80 with a maximum allowable slope of 155, a 61 still "only" gives a differential of -13.8.[/quote] Well isnt competition courses much harder than a normal course. (And I meant +20 on that round not hdcp). Plus Phil must be terrible if he is only 5 strokes better than a scratch golfer. (Also tiger is much better). If that is true though that gives me hope if I am only 10 strokes worse than Phil mickleson!! Also he should have a really good hdcp because he can shoot so low and high. It dosnt count the highs but it will count his 59 1/2

[iacas]

Nick, do you read threads or just start posting in them? This link is from early on page 1: http://thesandtrap.com/b/the_numbers_game/calculating_the_handicap_indeces_of_the_pros .

[nick1998bunker]

Nick, do you read threads or just start posting in them? This link is from early on page 1: http://thesandtrap.com/b/the_numbers_game/calculating_the_handicap_indeces_of_the_pros .

That's interesting. He has so many rounds very close to each other. And no I don't read them unless they are a page long.[quote name="boil3rmak3r" url="/t/40239/tiger-woods-handicap/60#post_856183"] Since there's talk about how a pro may score on one of our courses, I thought I'd share a photo of a plaque that hangs at my course's 19th hole. As you can see, Ben Hogan was once the course record holder with a 64 in 1951. I'm not sure if ratings have changed over the years, but current course information from the tips are: 6,256 yds; par 71; 70.4 rating; 120 slope.[/quote] I think tommy gainey holds my course record with 60

[iacas]

And no I don't read them unless they are a page long.

Start.

[Wally]

Simply put, his handicap is calculated to be "stupid good".

[inthehole]

The only pro I could find when doing a geographical GHIN search was Bubba Watson in FL ... he was a +7.7 last time I checked

[nick1998bunker]

The only pro I could find when doing a geographical GHIN search was Bubba Watson in FL ... he was a +7.7 last time I checked

If tiger is a 5 I call BULLSHIT lol

[Golfingdad]

I did the math for a few pros a couple of months ago.  Rory, I think, and somebody around 50th and somebody around 100th on the money list, and their caps were like +8, +6 and +6.  Not too shabby.

But I think the big difference between pros and the rest of us is in our anti-caps.  The bottom 10 of our last 20, not the top 10.  My handicap would probably go up by 5 or more strokes, whereas the pros would probably go up by one or two.

[David in FL]

The only pro I could find when doing a geographical GHIN search was Bubba Watson in FL ... he was a +7.7 last time I checked

He's only got 8 scores posted.....going back to 1992, so I'd call that one invalid.

[bplewis24]

He's only got 8 scores posted.....going back to 1992, so I'd call that one invalid.

Must be a vanity capper.