KenL
Tour Rookie
Yes, you will be. 135 is a high index.
What Hcp do you tell people?
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Skytot
Active member
I find it much harder than my previous course . Can’t just leather your drive , every hole driver needs to be in correct position
KenL
Tour Rookie
Sounds tough, where is it?
Skytot
Active member
Romiley GC in Stockport
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Index.
RichA
Well-known member
Handicap Index. Rounded up (never down) to the next whole number.
RRidges
Active member
Yep HI.
sunshine
Well-known member
On forums I tell people I’m a scratch golfer who hits 350 yard bombs for fun. In reality I’m off 48 and can barely make contact with the ball.
Backsticks
Assistant Pro
I ask them to specify what course, tees, and competition format, they mean. Then open the app on my phone, which is very convenient, work it out, and then I can give them the answer.
KenL
Tour Rookie
So you would round 4.1 to 5?
RichA
Well-known member
I'll never have to, but yes.
The OP seemed to be talking about being asked by (probably non-golfing) relatives and friends...
Oh you play golf. What's your handicap?
4.1
How can you have .1 of a shot?
[Long explanation of handicap index calculation follows, marking you out as a "typical golf bore]
Oh you play golf. What's your handicap?
4
What? Exactly 4? [questioner turns out to be a golfer]
Erm, 4.1 actually.
Oh, so you rounded it down. Nice one. [sniggers]
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Neither of those is a viable reason to round 4.1 to 5. ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
None golfers most probably have no idea that handicap equates to shots. They might know that golfers use a ‘handicap’ number as an indicator of ability in golf, with a low number being better than a high number, and so saying 4.1 is just as meaningful as saying 4. It’s a low number so you are pretty good at the game.
Golfers know about handicap index and so telling a golfer that you are 4.1 makes sense to them.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Does anyone else give the 'should be' number as well? "I'm off 15 but should be about 13 really." Based on nothing but your inflated self-worth. Guilty! 
Ethan
Money List Winner
i usually say 'My index is ..'
pendodave
Tour Rookie
Yes, but the other way round!!Does anyone else give the 'should be' number as well? "I'm off 15 but should be about 13 really." Based on nothing but your inflated self-worth. Guilty!
Based on self loathing of my game at the moment...
Alan Clifford
Active member
I play in another juristication for a few months of the year where the par/course rating difference is calculated into the course handicap. So, to quote the course handicap, you need to factor in which tee you will be playing. Best just to use the index.
williamalex1
Money List Winner
The older I get, the better I use to be
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
If they're not a golfer and just being polite, my playing handicap, 12. If a golfer, then my index, 10.5.
Golfnut1957
Newbie
I've just sat and thought about this and realised that at the moment my handicap is so fluid that at any given time I only ever know my index, and I'm relying on the V1 app to inform me of my playing handicap each time I play.
