Your handicap will always appear! As an amateur player, this phrase must be familiar to you. In fact, not only amateur players, professional players in the game will also play their handicap! ¡¾ Wu Ashun: Handicap system applies to every player ¡¿

In the just concluded golf competition of the 13th National Games, the Beijing team, Guangdong Yichun Team and Shaanxi Team won the top three men's group; Shanghai Shangde • Yijia team, Beijing team, Guangdong Yichun team won the top three women's group.

Handicap Jun summarized the total handicap index of four players in each team before the competition, and compared with the table below, you will find that the handicap index and the final ranking are relatively consistent to a certain extent.

Thirteen Games Golf Competition - Men

Thirteen Games of Golf - Women

     For the majority of ball friends, how can we know their handicap?

It is very simple, just need to register the handicap system member, in the Handicap golf APP to submit in the handicap system member course playing results can get their own handicap index!

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     If you are interested in knowing how the Handicap index is calculated, read on!

Handicap, short for Handicap Index, is an index that measures a golfer's potential ability to play a standard course of difficulty. It is a number reserved to one decimal place and is an international technical standard.

The high school Association Handicap system adopts the technical standard of the USGA Handicap system, which is a complete set of complete system to calculate the potential playing level ability of golf players with scientific methods after years of statistics, analysis and accumulation.

To understand the handicap index, we must first know the two concepts of Course rating and Slope rating. Each TEE of each course has a set of course difficulty values and slope difficulty values, and the course difficulty values and slope difficulty values are different according to the gender of men and women.

The course difficulty value can be understood as how many strokes a zero-handicap golfer can hit on this set of TEE.



Slope difficulty values refer to course design factors: length, obstacles, bunkers, greens... Including climate and other factors for players with different handicap amplification factor, that is to say, the greater the slope difficulty value, the difference between the two players will be amplified, the impact on players with low handicap is less, while the impact on players with high handicap is greater.

       If you submit a complete score of 18 holes at a course that has completed the difficulty rating, you will get a Handicap Differential, which is the basis for calculating the handicap index.

The handicap differential is calculated by the following formula:

        When a player submits multiple scores, the valid handicap differentials are extracted according to the following principles:

       If a player has submitted more than 20 scores, the last 20 scores are selected to extract the effective handicap differential.

The handicap index is derived from the extracted handicap differential according to the following formula:

Steps to calculate the handicap index:

1. Calculate the handicap differential of the 18 hole score

2, according to the extract index table of the handicap differential, decide the effective handicap differential

3. Calculate the average of effective handicap differentials

4. Multiply the average of effective handicap differentials by 0.96, retaining one decimal to get the handicap index

         Look out

Players should first convert the Handicap index to Course Handicap on different courses and TEE boards before performing PK or calculating net strokes

       Net stroke = total stroke - Course handicap

       So a player with a handicap index of 12.8, on a course with a slope factor of 136, has a handicap of 15. If he plays with a zero-handicap player on the TEE, he gets a 15-stroke concession, and if it is a game, he gets a 1-stroke concession for each hole ranked from 1 to 15 in the course.



In the pro-am matches of many major tournaments, amateur players are awarded the corresponding handicap according to the course handicap. For example, players with a handicap of 10 will get 1 stroke for each hole ranked from 1 to 10 in the difficulty of the course and calculate the net score of the hole, and then select the best net score of the players in the same group in the hole to count the total score of the team.

According to the calculation formula of the course handicap, it can also be seen that when a player with a high handicap plays on a course with a higher slope difficulty value (TEE), his course handicap will be magnified.

Therefore, the same two players, on different slope difficulty values of the course (TEE), their par number will be different.

The higher the slope difficulty value of the course, the higher the handicap players get relatively more shots, which also conforms to the principle of fairness.

The handicap system is based on the difficulty value of the course and the difficulty value of the slope, combined with the continuous playing performance of the individual, so the calculated handicap index to a considerable extent to ensure his scientific and reliability.

The handicap index obtained in this way can not only better ensure the fair competition between the players, but also be an effective guarantee for the daily operation of the course.

If during holidays or peak periods, the court allows people with a certain handicap index threshold to play, it will ensure that the court is not blocked, after all, players with too high a handicap are unstable and fly around, not only playing for a long time, but also avoid causing hidden dangers to the court safety when there are many people.

In addition, the court can also stipulate that different handicap players serve on different Tee platforms, which can also ensure the normal playing speed. Many courses advocate 415 - 18 holes in 4 hours and 15 minutes, the use of handicap system can effectively support this management style.

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Source: High School Association Handicap System.