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 How is a golf handicap calculated?

What is the golf handicap calculation formula?

 

 

There is so much talk about how to lower your golf handicap, but what is the actual calculation used to determine the golf handicap?  Here it is, we have it right here. You can do this for yourself and determine your own golf handicap. The process is not complicated, but you will see that there are quite a lot of calculations to determine your current handicap.

 

The Golf Handicap Calculation is a 3 step process. Each step must be done after each round of golf to determine the most up to date handicap.
 

Golf Handicap Calculation - Step 1

The first step is creating the round differential. This is done by using just a few factors. We use the following factors in determining the round differential.

  • The Round Score

  • Course Rating (found on scorecard)

  • Slope Rating (found on scorecard)

This is the actual formula used to create each score differential.

 

(Your Score – Course Rating)    X   113 / Slope Rating   =   Score Differential

 

Example:

Score = 85
Course Rating = 72
Slope Rating = 123
 

The actual calculation would now look like this:

(85 – 72)  X  113 / 123 = 11.94


Golf Handicap Calculation - Step 2

The next step is to determine how many round differentials will be used in the golf handicap calculation. The minimum number of rounds is 5 and the maximum number is 20. This means you must have at least 5 rounds of golf played to determine your handicap. When you reach over 20 rounds of golf played, then you will drop the oldest round each time you add a new round. Your golf handicap is determined by using your best 10 rounds of the last 20 rounds of golf you have played. There is a chart that will show you how many round scores are used to do the golf handicap calculation. You will always use your lowest scores when selecting which rounds are used.


Golf Handicap Calculation - Step 3

The last step will produce your golf handicap. In our example we will use the number of rounds played as the maximum of 20. With 20 rounds played you will use your 10 best scores. First you will total your 10 best score differentials created in step 1. Total the 10 best differentials and then divide by the number of rounds, 10. The last part of the calculation is to take the last calculation and multiply this number by .96 (96%) and keep 2 decimals with no rounding. This is your golf handicap.

 

Table Used to Determine the Number of Rounds to Use :

 

Rounds................Rounds To Use

5-6.......................1 Lowest
7-8.......................2 Lowest
9-10.....................3 Lowest
11-12...................4 Lowest
13-14...................5 Lowest
15-16...................6 Lowest
17........................7 Lowest
18........................8 Lowest
19........................9 Lowest
20......................10 Lowest

 

 

Example:

Say your best 10 round differentials total to 103.10
Divide by 10 = 10.31 (no rounding)

10.31 x .96 = 9.90

Then you drop the last digit with no rounding, so your index is 9.9
 

 

So now you have your handicap and that is known as your HANDICAP INDEX.

 

Click here to learn HOW TO USE YOUR INDEX when playing different golf courses

 

 

 

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