Ole Gray
Mayor of the Woodshed
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2008
- Messages
- 31,292
- Reaction score
- 100
- Location
- Watkinsville, Georgia
- Handicap
- Average
If people do hit their handicap or better every round, their handicap is wrong. Your index is 96% of the average differential of your 10 best scores out of your last 20 scores. So if you have a run of scores better than your handicap, the handicap will go down. So, you should shoot your handicap or better approximately 25% of the time. If you do more than than consistently, there is something wrong with your handicap. Oh yeah, while on the subject, use course rating to determine if you "shot your handicap". For example if the course rating is 67.8 but par is 72 and your course handicap is 10 you must shoot 78 just to equal your handicap not 82.
The slope rating is key. That is why my handicap is going to go back up when I move to the Senior tees permanently. Heck maybe I will pan our around a 20 or 25 which if that is what it is, then so be it.