TPC Tigers Payne Killing My Handicap :)

[Mmr1234]

Hey everyone, fairly new here. Thought it was funny to share, I'm trying to establish my handicap and really wish I didn't play in the recent TPC Tigers Payne tournament, haha!

I have 9 rounds, and one of them was even par in that tournament. As you can see, I'm not a scratch golfer:
Looking at the standings, I see everyone's scores were way out better than typical that week. That round is going to haunt me for some time. It was a fun course but may want to take it out next season as it's going to really skew everyone.

[JayJo13]

You haven't played enough rounds to have an established handicap yet. It says you're a 0.0 but that means you haven't played enough rounds. You need to play 5 rounds of either QSchool, ProTee or Noonan Society events to get a handicap. Looks like you have 4 now so one more and then check the website on the following Tuesday and it should be there.

[Mmr1234]

I have 6 rounds played right now and it finally started to count. I shot par on that round so my handicap is a 0. It looks cool, don't get me wrong!

[alexsmith11]

I think what he means is the 1 outlier will skew his handicap once he gets one.
well the more rounds you play it will all even out in the end.

[Mmr1234]

Exactly, by a lot. See my reply below

[Mmr1234]

Yeah, just saying this was an outlier course for the group to be aware of. If one of the points of Q school is to establish a handicap, not sure if this is a good course to include. Check out the scores, they are awesome!

Looking at the scores to weeks prior:

• Pebble Beach - Leader -5, 11 people E or better
• Sawgrass - Leader -11, 12 people E or better
• Tawra - Leader -12 (next closest -3), 5 people E or better

For Tiger's Payne:

• The leader was -30 under.
• 76 people shot E or better
• 30 people shot -15 under or better

[dborden0]

I wouldn't think it should impact your handicap in a negative way. Since it is an easy course, the slope rating should be very low (assuming it is a handicapped course).

[dborden0]

What is your tour name? I'm guessing your handicap is a 0 because they haven't established one for you yet. If you have played enough rounds, you probably want mthunt to check it for you.

[dborden0]

Actually, it looks like you have a handicap now. I just don't think it was computed when you looked. It looks like you are a 13.1 now.

[mthunt]

Handicaps only update once per week and start on that day of the week after you completed 5 rounds. The in game handicap is based on in game play and has nothing to do with the tour handicap. It can be reset or changed in the game.