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Originally Posted by Nyck
...lets say 18 holes to play par is shooting a 72, if you played that course and shot a 90 you would have an 18 handicap.
so bleu is saying he could shoot an 83 on that course.
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Actually, to calculate the true handicap you have to figure in the course rating and the Slope (another rating system for the course). The reason for this is that some courses are alot harder than others, so factoring in the difficulty rating helps even out the handicaps that are earned playing different courses. Also, you only get 96% of the differential between your score and par.
The handicap formula is: (Score - Course Rating) x 113 / Slope Rating
Then you take the differential calculated using the formula - toss out the highest ones (there is a formula for this too - if you only have five scores, you take the lowest one - if you have 20 scores you take the lowest ten, etc.)
Then you average the differentials and multiply by .96 to get the actual handicap.