handicap Question?

Question

ok i had like 47s on 9 holes and like 103 on 18
how is handicap found out
at the edge of the screen it said like a number like (roughly) 31.1 but i forget what i was for how is handicap figured out and what does that # mean

Answer 1

This will tell you all.

Answer 2

Handicap is basically an average of how many over par you shoot a 18 hole round. So since you shot 103 on an 18 hole round and the par on a golf course in around 70-72, your handicap should be around 30-35, because you shot around 31 over par. The number (called your handicap factor) is used because many golf courses differ in difficulty, and the factor can be transferred to any course. Hopefully this helps.

Answer 3

Handicap is based on two numbers: course rating and slope rating. It has nothing to do with par for the course.

In a nutshell, course rating says how well a scratch golfer will do on the course. Slope rating is an indication of how tough the course is for a "bogey" golfer, relative to other courses. An "average" course has a slope rating of 113.

You will need to know both of these numbers to find your handicap.

For one round, all you can compute is your "differential" (D). It is your score (S) minus the course rating (C), then multiplied by 113 and divided by the slope rating (R):
D = (S-C)*(113/R)

You official handicap is: 96% of the average of the 10 lowest differential values out of your most recent 20 rounds. (You can get an official handicap after fewer than 20 rounds, but I don't remember how many.)

And remember, this is a simplified explanation. The USGA has an 88-page book that explains it all in detail.