TGC Tour Handicap Calculation

[mthunt]

After how many rounds I will get my tour handicap?! I played my first round in the first competition but my Tour Hcp is set to 0.0.

I believe its 5

[allen2be]

Ok thanks. But I'm good to start the tour now? I have only completed 5 rounds (all handicap rated, but one of which is the 9 hole par 3 course, and I did 3 or 4 of the courses in Q School). My handicap will carry over for the tour this week?

[mthunt]

You can play. Enjoy

[Stingreye]

Does the calculation ignore equitable stroke control (ESC), where there is a limit to the max stroke you can take per hole?

[mthunt]

The game moves you along at 11. I'm pretty sure there's no ESC.

[Cklguy2013]

I'd be curious to know how most people's real handicaps differ from their irl handicaps. It appears to me that they're about 5 shots lower on here.

[keither5150]

My tour handicap is 1.2, In TGC I am a 7. IRL I am a 10. Other stats are close. Firs are better IRL while Girs are better on TGC.

[Stingreye]

21 IRL 14.4 tour handicap. I think the gimmy putts and the ability to find your ball on bad shots are at least a handful of stokes.


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[Boerdoc]

15.6 IRL Tour handicap 12.2

[mthunt]

2.5 in real life, -1.2 here.

[Cklguy2013]

1.4 irl and -3.8 here, but I'm speculating that might be a bit low since I've only played 6 rounds, I'm thinking it will be more around -2.5 after 20 rounds. So it almost seems that lower handicappers differ by about 4 or 5 with that difference increasing as the irl handicap gets bigger, which is probably a result of, as Stingreye pointed out, 6 foot gimmes and always being able to find your ball so fewer penalty strokes on here.

[Godfather]

1.4 irl and -3.8 here, but I'm speculating that might be a bit low since I've only played 6 rounds, I'm thinking it will be more around -2.5 after 20 rounds. So it almost seems that lower handicappers differ by about 4 or 5 with that difference increasing as the irl handicap gets bigger, which is probably a result of, as Stingreye pointed out, 6 foot gimmes and always being able to find your ball so fewer penalty strokes on here.

And perfect lies every time.

[Cklguy2013]

Yes that and no wind as well.

[keither5150]

Perfect lies are what gets me as well. I golf 10 rounds indoors to every round outdoors. I have a hard time with tight lies.

[goatbarn]

I'm a 3.5 IRL this year and now at 0.9 on here. My iron game is equally bad in both.

[st_golfer]

I'd be curious to know how most people's real handicaps differ from their irl handicaps. It appears to me that they're about 5 shots lower on here.

Depends on what your struggles are. Inconsistent or bad ball striking doesn't magically improve hitting off of a mat. That is my top bugaboo, so I am not surprised that sim and RL caps are about the same right now. But as that improves (and it has), I suspect the sim handicap will drop quicker than the RL will and the difference will grow larger.

[wbond]

I'm now down in the 5 stroke category. The 6' gimmies are probably the biggest factor, then add in no rough and it's easy to get below vs real. When i first started on the sim, it was the other way around until i got used to the game and putting.