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Calculate Your Golf Handicap Index

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Calculate your USGA handicap index from your recent scores. See your course handicap for any course.

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How Golf Handicap Is Calculated
Course Handicap vs Handicap Index

WHS-System

Die 8 besten der letzten 20 Differentials × 0,96. Handicap 18 = 18 Schlaege ueber Par. Deutschland: DGV (Deutscher Golf Verband) verwaltet die Handicaps. Ueber 800 Golfplaetze in Deutschland.

Referenzen

Anfaenger: 30-36. Fortgeschritten: 15-25. Gut: 8-15. Sehr gut: 0-8.

⚡ CalcWolf Insight

The handicap system makes golf the only sport where a beginner can compete fairly against an expert. A 20-handicap golfer gets 20 strokes over a scratch golfer in match play. This is why corporate golf outings work — the CEO who shoots 95 can compete with the sales rep who shoots 75. No other sport has an equivalent leveling system.

Frequently asked questions

Wie berechnet?▾

Durchschnitt der 8 besten aus 20 Runden × 0,96.

Was ist gut?▾

Unter 15: guter Freizeitspieler. Unter 8: Clubwettbewerbe.

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