You can figure this one out on your own with a little math, but its a LOT easier if you just use a computerized system, but let’s keep going. The maximum score you can record for handicap purposes is a “net double bogey.” “Net” in this sense means after any handicap adjustments have been made. “Gross” in this sense means before the handicap has been applied. Adjusted Gross ScoreĪdjusted Gross Score is the score you got for the round with any adjustments for large scores on a single hole. So now let’s look at what those other variables are in the equation. You can calculate the Scoring Differential for a single round with this formula: (113 / Slope Rating) x (Adjusted Gross Score – Course Rating – PCC adjustment). A score of 82 at Bethpage Black is very different from an 82 at your average municipal course (yes, I know Bethpage is also technically a muni, but you get my point). This is used rather than your actual score to normalize the handicap index across any course no matter what the difficulty. Scoring differential is simply the score for a single round adjusted based on other factors that are designed to assess the difficulty of the course you just played. While the formula above seems pretty simple, it’s gotten a lot more complicated since the 2020 changes because of the additional factors that go into it. How Is Golf Handicap Calculated? (Post 2020 Version) It was formed in 2020 to implement the new handicap system. The WHS is a new entity that was formed by the USGA and the R&A to manage golf handicaps for all golfers in the world. There are other ways that a handicap can be used but the bottom line is that once you have a handicap, it opens up a lot of possibilities to compete with other golfers of any skill level.
If they are playing match play, then the typical way to give strokes is that Player B would give Player A one stroke on each of the 7 hardest holes (according to the scorecard). This can be applied to the total score if they are playing stroke play. Open local qualifying event, you must have a handicap of 1.4 or below.īut probably the most common way most players use handicaps is to determine how many strokes one side should “give” the other in order to make the competition fair.įor example, if Player A has an 11 handicap and Player B has a 4 handicap, then Player B should give 7 strokes to player A. It can be used to allow golfers of any skill level to compete against each other on a relatively even playing field.Ī golf handicap can be used to classify golfers by skill level. Your golf handicap is a way to measure your scoring potential and compare it to other golfers. If you want to know more, then keep reading. So the bottom line is that calculating your golf handicap isn’t really something you can do with a pen and paper…like you could before 2020. There may be additional adjustments made under some circumstances. To calculate your golf handicap after the 2020 changes, you take the average of your 8 best Score Differentials which are each calculated by this formula: (113 / Slope Rating) x (Adjusted Gross Score – Course Rating – PCC adjustment). It got more accurate but a lot more complicated. In 2020, the USGA and the R&A both adopted the new World Handicap System so that it is now a uniform system no matter where in the world you play.
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