Course Handicap

Course Handicap Calculation
Just enter your Handicap Index and the SLOPE Rating of the tees you will play. We'll calculate your Course Handicap.
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Course Handicap Table
The competition scratch score used to recalculate your handicap.
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Course Handicap
A handicap awarded a player based the courses SSS or CSS when playing in a competition.
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Course Handicap = Handicap index * Slope Rating / 113. The course rating is not used to determine a course handicap. The result is rounded to the nearest whole number.

The formula for a player's actual Course Handicap is determined by multiplying his USGA Handicap Index by the USGA Slope Rating of the course played and then dividing by 113. The resulting figure is rounded off to the nearest whole number (.

Make a little dot somewhere within the box for the holes on which your course handicap will be used. (The "handicap" row of the scorecard tells you where to take strokes. If your course handicap is 2, then take a stroke on the holes marked 1 and 2.

United States Golf Association: Course Handicap Calculator
United States Golf Association: U.S. Golf Associations Licensed for Handicap Purposes
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A handicap card indicates home course handicap of a golfer. A golfer's handicaps are updated monthly.
Hazard
A hazard is an obstacle on a golf course designed to challenge your ability to reach the green.

Equitable Stroke Control puts a limit on the number of strokes you can write down on the scorecard for any one hole, based on your course handicap.
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player competes against the rest of the players in his or her flight of field. Scoring is based on one ball gross or net which ever is preferred. If players are competing in a net stroke play event the player will then subtract the course handicap ...

Course handicap---the number of strokes a golfer can subtract on a particular course.
Course rating---a calculated number which rates the difficulty of a course, necessary to figure out handicaps.

See also: Golf, Handicap, Stroke, Hole, Par