Let's see them handicaps

[jhmeg2]

Post up your past and current handicaps. How close or far from each other are we? I'll go first.

 

[PaPaD]

 

[subsonic]

Currently listed as an 18.9

 

[Uncle Azzhole]

I have played 4 rounds that I have recorded in looper (GPS, club tracking utility for my phone) and I am playing at a 12.8 right now, but im getting better with each round so it should keep coming down.

 

[Anders_H]

10.7 at the moment, once I dial in my new Maltbys I expect it to go down. Love my new sticks [emoji4]

 

[warbirdlover]

11.0 right now. Best ever.

 

[limpalong]

Club: Stagg Hill Golf Club Club #: 22-122-01 Scores Posted: 82
GHIN #: 2140737 USGA HCP Index: 7.4
Effective Date: 07/15/2018

This is a laugh! I've posted 82 rounds since our handicap season began March 1. 95% of those scores were from the "senior"... Gold... tees. Our course has 4 tees rated by the Kansas Golf Association... Blue, White, Gold, and Red. The ratings are supposed to take into account the difference in length and difficulty.
I simply cannot hit the ball long enough anymore to play to a 7.4 from the blues or whites! Just ain't gonna happen. That would see me scoring in the 78 to 82 range consistently from those tees. My last rounds from the whites have been in the 85 to 86 range... and it's extremely difficult work to do that. They need an "age adjusting algorithm" to accommodate us old cusses! Still, I've won far more quarters than lost this year. So, it's been a successful season so far.

 

[Dufferpauly]

Here’s me...don’t get fooled by that 67...that was at a par 63 exec...

 

[TEA Time]

GHIN.com Handicap Lookup

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

 

[Uncle Azzhole]

I dont understand the handycap system, It used to be average your rounds together and then divide by number of rounds. Ive only played 6 rounds now and it has my handycap at 9.5

 

[Uncle Azzhole]

Well that didnt work trying to post a picture of my handycap...

 

[J.P.C.]

we are still on a different handicap system to you guys, we only changing over in September to the USGA Handicap Index Sytem - currently on our system I'm a 18 capper.........but i don't play enough anymore to really get it down.

 

[TEA Time]

I dont understand the handycap system, It used to be average your rounds together and then divide by number of rounds. Ive only played 6 rounds now and it has my handycap at 9.5

If you look at the one I posted, it's from the official USGA site. The asterisks denote which 10 scores it uses to calculate a handicap, which happen to be the lowest 10 score in my index. Then it averages those out.

So it's not just the average of all your scores, it's pretty much the average of your ten best scores. It also factors in the course ratings/slopes.

Think of a handicap as what you should shoot on one of your best days.

 

[PaPaD]

If you look at the one I posted, it's from the official USGA site. The asterisks denote which 10 scores it uses to calculate a handicap, which happen to be the lowest 10 score in my index. Then it averages those out.

So it's not just the average of all your scores, it's pretty much the average of your ten best scores. It also factors in the course ratings/slopes.

Think of a handicap as what you should shoot on one of your best days.

Yep - a handicap is an index/indication of your ABILITY, not your average score. It only uses your 10 BEST scores out of your most recent 20 scores. Course difficulty plays in big as well. I shot 76 today which was 4 over par, but the tees I played are rated at 67 so I was really 9 over par.