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lowering handicap

• Hobbsy1979 3 Posts

  Sat, Mar 22 2014 6:04 AM

  Hey guys, cn anyone tell me if your handicap redues more quickly if you play in comps rather than just free play ?

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Sat, Mar 22 2014 9:36 AM

  First, it's an average - a special one - but not a handicap.

  The answer is no as far as ranked rounds are concerned. For average calculation, a score is a score, no different weights. 9 hole scores double for this purpose.

  Alas, tournaments provide twice the basic number of XPs => you'd level up quicker.

  Note: Practice rounds count towards levels but not towards average.

  Note2: Same for Par3 and Par5 rounds, ranked and practice.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Sat, Mar 22 2014 11:59 AM

  Yep. We have a Scoring or Stroke Average, not a handicap.

  It's much easier to compute an Stroke/Scoring average than it is to calculate a handicap.

  The USGA's handicap system takes course difficulty into account whereas a stroke/score average does not.

  At the end of a round, players that have a handicap adjust their score based on on their handicap index. For most players that adjustment subtracts (a minus handicap) strokes from the players score. Expert players often are required to add (a plus handicap) strokes to their final score.

  USGA Handicapping