handicap

[lyricist65]

not being a member of a golf club, the only way i can guage what my handicap is through sites like golfshot.

i have now added my 7 most recent rounds to the site and they calculate me as a 24.9.

the scores are as follows:
120
108
122
114
95
109
50 (9 holes)

does this make sense? i have only hit 25 over par once (the 95) and often hit a fair bit over. anyone care to shed some light???

Thanks as always

 

[pbrown7582]

Assuming they calculated as per congu guidelines any triples or higher will be rounded to doubles hence the handicap given as near your PB.

 

[lyricist65]

thanks - just had a look on wikipedia too, it seems the handicap is more a measure of what your potential is, as opposed to what your average score is. ta

 

[pbrown7582]

A common misconception these days it should be defo nearer you best rather than your average.

 

[RGDave]

Early days L65.

Stick with it. 25 over par wouldn't normally give you 25 on course, especially if you had a few 7s, 8s and 9s. Given the rest of your scores though, it seems OK.

I just looked on masterscoreboard.com and clicked on a few of our players off 24 or 25, and they have lots of medal scores between 100-115.

I expect you'll soon lose the 120s....