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So I am on a league and just got my handicap card.  Its a 15.  We play 9 holes so does that mean that my handicap is really a 30?  When someone askes what my handicap is what is the correct answer?


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I would assume that is for 18.   What do you usually shoot for 9 holes, if you shoot 15 over on average then your handicap would be 30.


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GOOD FOR YOU AS A BEGINNER ESTABLISHING A HANDICAP!

Your card should show the scores they used to get to your number. Are they combined 9-hole scores that are in the 90's and 100's or are they scores like "52"?

15 is likely your 9-hole handicap (you should have an index with a decimal point -- e.g. 15.2). You ten best scores are likely 9-hole scores. If they are 18-hole combined scores, you are playing a very hard course to score in the 50's for nine holes and have a 15 handicap. There are plenty of threads about how handicaps are calculated.

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yes they are 9 hole scores.  Was impressed to see the 15 but I just aint that good.  30 handicap is more like it.  Sucks though.  Thanks for the input.  56, 51, 54, 50, 62 (yuck)  15.1 usga, 16 home course handicap.


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yes they are 9 hole scores.  Was impressed to see the 15 but I just aint that good.  30 handicap is more like it.  Sucks though.  Thanks for the input.  56, 51, 54, 50, 62 (yuck)  15.1 usga, 16 home course handicap.

For a new golfer those scores are nothing to be ashamed about.  You will only get better in time!


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Set some realistic goals. Things like only two or less scores in the 60's of your last 20. Breaking 50 twice in a row. Dropping your index to 14.0.

This is a hard game and I don't know anyone who kept a handicap when they started. If I had, I'm sure the max of 36 would have been my starting point and I would have stayed there a long time.

Russ - Student of the Moe Norman swing as taught by the pros at - http://moenormangolf.com

Titleist 910 D3 8.5* w/ Project X shaft/ Titleist 910F 15* w/ Project X shaft

Cobra Baffler 20* & 23* hybrids with Accra hybrid shafts

Mizuno MP-53 irons 5Iron-PW AeroTech i95 shafts stiff and soft stepped once/Mizuno MP T-11 50.6/56.10/MP T10 60*

Seemore PCB putter with SuperStroke 3.0

Srixon 2012 Z-Star yellow balls/ Iomic Sticky 2.3, X-Evolution grips/Titleist Lightweight Cart Bag---

extra/alternate clubs: Mizunos JPX-800 Pro 5-GW with Project X 5.0 soft-stepped shafts


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