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How does one figure out one's golf handicap?

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sohcrates

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I'm joining a golf league at work, but they need to know my handicap!

I guess i have to play a few rounds and keep good track of my score....but then what?
 
For a rough estimate, what is your average scrove? Pretend it is 90. If par is 72, your handicap will be about 18 (90-72). If you have a couple of scorecards you can base your handicap on, click here.
 
Just put your score in one of those PGA handicap computers they have in the pro shop.

I think it would be pretty difficult to figure it out on your own because of each golf course's course ratings and other stats that need to be accounted for in your handicap.
 
First you and your golf buddy drink a case of beer. Then you both start walking. Whomever takes the most steps wins, and the other one subtracts his/her number of steps from the winners' number of steps, and that's how you figure out your handicap.

oh ya- I'm a 0 handicap, so I know what I'm talking about.
 
Average score doesn't work. Only the 10 best of your last 20 submitted rounds counts. So if your scores range from 84-100, the average would be around 92 and your handicap would be a 20 under that method. But toss out the highest 50% and your scores range from 84-92, so for handicap purposes the average round is 88 or so. That makes your "simple" handicap a 16. That's not the actual number as other factors like course rating and slope get added in as well. If you're a "simple" 16 at a place liked Winged Foot (played there, beyond hard, barely survivable and my index is 3.4) then your actual handicap might be something like a 14 because the course is so much harder than average. And if you play at a muni with 480 yard par fives and no rough, that "simple" 16 might turn into an 18 because the course is so easy. The best bet is to just not have a real handicap, just play against your friends and tell them you're a 30 so that you get enough strokes to wipe them out.
 
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