Calculating Course Handicap

[Kalnoky]

You need to have a Handicap in order to calculate your Course Handicap ((Handicap * Slope)/113) however, you need to know the Course Handicap to calculate your Adjusted Gross Score… 

Is this one of those things like you need a Screen Actor’s Guild Card to work in Hollywood, but you need a job in Hollywood to get a Screen Actor’s Guild Card? Where does the leap of faith occur? Or am I misunderstanding how it works?

Just curious if anyone knows.. I suppose this is what I pay the extra $5 for to play on Thursdays, i.e., to not think about this stuff. 

[Golfingdad]

4 minutes ago, Kalnoky said:

 

           You need to have a Handicap in order to calculate your Course Handicap ((Handicap * Slope)/113) however, you need to know the Course Handicap to calculate your Adjusted Gross Score… 

      Is this one of those things like you need a Screen Actor’s Guild Card to work in Hollywood, but you need a job in Hollywood to get a Screen Actor’s Guild Card? Where does the leap of faith occur? Or am I misunderstanding how it works?

      Just curious if anyone knows.. I suppose this is what I pay the extra $5 for to play on Thursdays, i.e., to not think about this stuff. 

No it's not.  You don't need to know your adjusted gross score to get a handicap INDEX - you just need 5 or 6 (minimum) scores.  Once you get an index, then you can calculate your course handicap and start competing. http://www.usga.org/course-handicap-calculator.html  (Or just use the chart that is in most courses clubhouses)

[bkuehn1952]

You have it right.  When one arrives at the course, one calculates the course handicap using your current index.  Let's say the course's slope for the tee chosen is 125.

22.9 x 125/113 = 25.  20-29 means all hole scores in excess of 8 are limited to "8" by ESC. 

When one is just starting the process of getting an index, one uses an ESC maximum of "10" until one posts 5+ scores and an actual index is issued.