How does a golf handicap affect each hole? i'm a beginner with an unofficial handicap of 38?

Answer 1

The only time it will effect each hole is when you play by holes. Let's say your playing a 36 handicap. You will get two strokes. Each hole has been rated 1 through 18. The 1 handicap hole is the hardest. You would get one stroke on the number 1 and 2 handicap hole.

Answer 2

If you mean on the scorecard where it says handicap, that means the difficulty of the whole. So the handicap of 1 on a whole would be the hardest hole.

Definition: "Handicap" refers to a numerical representation of a golfer's playing ability. The lower a golfer's handicap, the better the golfer is. A 2 handicapper is better than a 10 handicapper who is better than a 20 handicapper.
Handicaps are meant to represent a golfer's potential rather than simply be an average of a golfer's scores. For example, someone who averages 20-over-par likely won't have a handicap of 20; his handicap will likely be several strokes lower than 20 because of the way handicaps are calculated.

An official handicap - one that is established through the auspices of a USGA affiliated club - is called a "handicap index." To establish a handicap index, a golfer needs a minimum of his five most recent scores, plus the course rating and slope rating of the courses played.

Once a handicap index is established, it is then used to determine a course handicap.

A course handicap tells a golfer how many strokes he is allowed to take on a specific golf course; that is, a course handicap of 14 means the golfer will be able to deduct 14 strokes from his score throughout the round.
Handicap indexes are used so that golfers of widely different playing abilities can compete fairly against one another.

Answer 3

all depends on the type of game your playing, if you are playing in a medal at your club your handicap is taken off of your total round score, in stable-ford the holes have a different handicap (from 1 to 18, 1 being the hardest), firstly see how many 18`s you have in your handicap with 38 you have 2 and 2 shots left over, this means that on holes with a stroke index of 1 and 2 you will have 3 shots, and you will have 2 shots on all of the other 16 holes on the course, when scoring take your total strokes for the hole and take off your allowance this will give you a nett score, for instance if you shot a 7 on a stroke indexed par 4 you would take off your 3 shots to give you par and 2 points. hope this helps

Answer 4

Greydays is right and has given a good explanation of how your handicap affects the calculation of your score at each hole, for strokeplay or stableford competitions.

All I can add is that in matchplay, the number of shots your opponent would give you is normally only a fraction (typically three-quarters) of the handicap difference. So if a handicap 28 player takes on a handicap 16 player, he only gets a shot advantage at the 9 hardest holes.

That's because a higher handicap golfer teds to be more inconsistent, and the handicap can give them too much advantage at the holes they play relatively well - the ones they play badly, they tend to lose by more than one shot.

Answer 5

It's easy in that you get two stokes per hole plus an additional stroke on the two toughest holes (i.e., handicap 1 & 2) when measuring your score against par. The handicap is used for competition to place individuals in groups and also used for head-to-head or tournament play.
Let's say you are playing an opponent with a 22 handicap. Therefore you are awarded a stroke subtracted from your score for the first sixteen toughest holes. Usually at the top of the scorecard they have the holes handicapped.
It depends on the club you belong to as to how handicaps are computed (i.e., what it tops out at). Usually 28 is tops.

Answer 6

Well firstly Mens maximum handicap is usuall 28 with ladies being 36. Each hole has a "Par" attached to it which is the number of shots it should take you on that hole.
With 18 holes on the course this means that with a 28 handicapp on some holes you will recieve one free stroke and on the 10 hardest holes you will recieve 2 free strokes

Each hole also has a stroke index attached to it to show you on a scale of 1-18 which is the harder holes 1 being the hardest 18 being the easies. With a 28 handicap holes with a stroke index 1-10 will allow you 2 free shots.
If for instance you are on a par 4 hole with a stroke index of 3 and you take 6 shots you will score 6 gross 4 nett so you ave a nett par for your handicap
As you get better and put cards into the clubhouse your handicapp will go down and you will recieve less free shots ie my handicap is 14 so I now get only 14 free shots per round 1 shot on each of the 14 hardest holes
Hope this helps and good luck, I hope you enjoy the game

Answer 7

Have a quick look at your players card. You need to be aiming to complete a hole in two over par or less for each hole. As you get better and your handicap gets less, aim for better scores. Good Luck.

Answer 8

as the guy before said, handicaps can only officially go up to 28, and the handicap is subtracted off your TOTAL score, not per hole.... with your handicip of 38 the maths dont even work out PER hole... you give yourself a 2.111111111 etc etc. handicap per hole?

Forget golf, learn darts, you need better maths skills

Answer 9

handicaps only go up to 28

Answer 10

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