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AboutThe handicapA golf handicap is intended as a measure of a golfer's potential playing ability.
The higher the handicap of a golfer, the poorer the golfer's ability relative to that of a person with a lower handicap.
In terms of stroke play (a scoring system involving counting the total number of strokes a golfer takes on each hole during a given round), a more skilled golfer gives the less experienced player a "handicap" in which extra strokes are added to his or her score. The player that has the fewest strokes at the end of the round is the winner. A handicap theoretically allows players of differing ability levels to play together on more equal grounds. Although handicap systems are prevalent in amateur golf, they are not used in professional golf. A golf handicap is often determined at the course where a golfer typically plays, and though certain details of a handicap system may vary, handicaps are generally based on a recent history of a golfer's rounds. This means that a handicap is not static, and is regularly adjusted. The term "handicapping" originated in horse racing where a jockey was handed his odds for the race in a cap (hand-in-cap). The concept however, existed long before the term was coined. Even in the early days of the sport, the act of allowing strokes in golf was called "assigning the odds," which was a task assumed by a group of administrators. These individuals were referred to as the "adjustors of the odds," and were the precursors of the modern Handicap Committee's present in golf clubs. "Scratch golfers" and "bogey golfers" are terms that are often used in relation to golf handicaps. A scratch golfer is a golfer whose handicap is zero, while a bogey golfer is one whose handicap is approximately 18. Rating of course, rating of slope, and handicap of course In the United States, officially rated golf courses are described by course and rating of slope. Rating of course is a number (typically between 67 and 77) that is used to measure the average "good" score that a scratch golfer may attain on the course. A rating of slope in contrast, is a number (typically between 55 and 155) describing the relative difficulty of a course for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer. A handicap of course indicates the number of strokes that a golfer receives at a particular golf course. It can be thought of as an adjustment to a golfer's handicap that takes the difficulty of a golf course into account. It is the number of strokes that should be deducted from a golfer's gross score to determine net score. Playing condition adjustment Since golf is a game that is played outdoors, weather or other conditions can significantly affect a player's scores. As such, in an effort to more accurately represent a player's scores, an adjustment, referred to as the Playing Conditions Calculation (PCC), based on playing conditions for the course is included. This involves factoring in a number, ranging from -1 (when conditions make the course easier) to 3 (when conditions make the course more difficult), into the score differential calculation, depending on the conditions of the course for the given day. For example, if the conditions on a course are relatively bad on a given day (e.g. rain and heavy wind), the player's score can be adjusted to reflect that, given a day with relatively better weather conditions, the player's score would likely have been better, and the score will be automatically adjusted using statistical procedures to more accurately reflect these conditions. The same is also true in particularly good weather conditions that could cause a player's scores to be better than they otherwise would be. Because this adjustment is dependent on a given day, and since it is calculated automatically, it is important that players submit their scores on the actual day of play so that the PCC will be applied to their score on the correct day. This calculation is intended to be conservative and will not be applied unless there is strong statistical evidence that it is necessary. Index of Handicap Calculator Use this calculator to compute the index of handicap for a golfer given data from at least 54 holes (3 rounds of 18-holes) of playing data. When filling the form, please provide either an 18-hole or 9-hole score. Do not provide both. The playing condition adjustment is an optional value between -1 and 3. If left blank, it will be treated as 0. SlopeUnder Slope, a golfer’s playing handicap on any given day will be determined according to the difficulty of the tees or course to be played. Golf Australia believes that this will be fairer than our current one-handicap-fits-all-courses method. What are the features of slope? How will Slope make things fairer? Generally speaking, a high marker finds it harder to adjust to a difficult course than a low marker does. Slope adjustments will play a balancing role. For example, if the Black Tees are harder than the White Tees, a high -marker may play the Black Tees off a handicap of 28 and the White Tees off 24. The Elite player finds it easier to adjust, so they may play the Black Tees off 4 and the White Tees off 3. Golf Australia believes this is fairer than having the difference between the elite player’s handicap and the high-marker’s handicap always stay the same. Every time before playing a round, a player should check what their daily handicap will be for that round. How can they do this? • Different clubs will use different methods to communicate Daily
Handicaps to golfers. Examples of different methods include via the use
of existing club computer systems, and via direct printing on to score
cards. Some clubs will provide easy-to-use Daily Handicap look-up
posters. A player will play off their daily handicap when they visit another club, but what handicap do they use at their home Club? What is the formula that Golf Link will use to calculate a daily handicap? Example 2 Adam’s GA Handicap is 18.4 and he plays from a set of tees with a Example 1 Slope What does Slope do? Slope adjusts a player’s handicap to the course they are playing by using that course’s Slope Rating. What is the aim of Slope? The aim of Slope is to increase the portability of handicaps and to create a more level playing field for golfers. What does the Slope Rating provide that the Scratch Rating doesn’t? Scratch Ratings are based solely on the challenge a golf course poses to an elite player, whereas the Slope Rating has factored into it the challenge posed to the elite player AS WELL as the challenge posed to the non-elite player. How does this make things more equitable? We all know that on a difficult course a high-marker’s score tends to deteriorate to a greater extent than the score of an elite player. Just how much more is what Slope measures. For example, if Course A is harder than Course B, a high-marker may play off 28 on Course A and 24 on Course B. The elite player finds it easier to adjust, so they may play off 4 on Course A and 3 on Course B. Why do we need Scratch Ratings as well as Slope Ratings? We still need Scratch Ratings. The Slope Rating and the Scratch Rating work in concert with each other. The Slope Rating is telling us how many more shots a player will need at a course in order to play to the Scratch Rating. What are the features of Slope? Every set of tees on every golf course around the country has a Slope Rating which has been determined in accordance with the course rating system. The maximum Slope Rating is 155 (most difficult) and the minimum is 55 (least difficult). The Neutral Slope Rating is 113. Every set of tees also has a Scratch Rating. GOLF Link calculates a nationally-standardised handicap index for every player. This is called the GA Handicap. A GA Handicap is calculated by averaging the best 8 of a player’s most recent 20 ‘Score Differentials’ (which are all displayed in a player’s handicap record on www.golf.org.au). However, every score in every player’s score history will first be standardised by GOLF Link against a Slope Rating of 113. As a result, the GA Handicap will reflect a golfer’s ability on a course which has the neutral Slope Rating of 113. The GA Handicap is not intended for use as a playing handicap. It is used in conjunction with the Slope Rating of the set of tees being played to calculate a golfer’s playing handicap for the day. This is called the Daily Handicap. It is the GA Handicap that is displayed in a player’s handicap record on www.golf.org.au The further the player’s GA Handicap is from Scratch, the greater will be the impact of the Slope Rating on their Daily Handicap. The Scratch Rating is the number of strokes that a player with a Scratch handicap (ie a player with a GA Handicap of 0.0) is expected to have. The Slope Rating indicates how much harder or easier the course will play for a player who is not a Scratch Marker. Daily Handicap = (GA Handicap x (Slope Rating ÷ 113) + (Scratch Rating minus Par)) x 0.93 If that sounds difficult to work out, don’t worry because GOLF Link will calculate it all for you. GA also provides every club with easy-to-use Daily Handicap look-up posters. VariablesPCC = Playing Conditions Calculation World Handicap System. What is the Playing Conditions Calculation? The Playing Conditions Calculation (PCC) is a daily calculation that compares actual scores made at each course to the expected scores of the players who made them. in other words to take into consideration the difficulty of the day (typically weather and unusual circumstances be it GUR or other temporary changes) Scratch Rating Slope rating The slope rating of a golf course is a measure of its relative difficulty for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer. Wikipedia in other words an adjustment to players handicap on the day at that course using a recognised formula based on the results of players at different handicap Subtract any stroke penalties from individual hole scores as the game is being played. ... So, for example, if you played a nine-hole round of golf with individual hole scores of "2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 5, 3, 4 and 3," the total raw score would be "29. 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