TGC Tour Handicap Calculation

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How is your TGC Tour Handicap Index Calculated

Your TGC Tour Handicap is calculated based on the official USGA Handicap Formula.

Step 1: Calculate the Differentials
Using your adjusted gross scores, the course ratings and slope ratings, Step 1 is calculating the handicap differential for each round entered using this formula:

(Score - Course Rating) x 113 / Slope Rating

The sum of that calculation is called your "handicap differential." This differential is calculated for each round entered (minimum of five, maximum of 20).

Note: The number 113 is a constant and represents the slope rating of a golf course of average difficulty.

Step 2: Determine How Many Differentials To Use
Not every differential that results from Step 1 will be used in the next step. If only five rounds are entered, only the lowest of your five differentials will be used in the following step. If 20 rounds are entered, only the 10 lowest differentials are used. Use this chart to determine how many differentials to use in your handicap calculation.

Number of Differentials Used

The number of rounds you are reporting for handicap purposes determines the number of differentials used in the USGA handicap calculation, as follows:

Rounds Entered	Differentials Used
5-6 rounds	Use 1 lowest differential
7-8 rounds	Use 2 lowest differential
9-10 rounds	Use 3 lowest differential
11-12 rounds	Use 4 lowest differential
13-14 rounds	Use 5 lowest differential
15-16 rounds	Use 6 lowest differential
17 rounds	Use 7 lowest differential
18 rounds	Use 8 lowest differential
19 rounds	Use 9 lowest differential
20 rounds	Use 10 lowest differential

Step 3: Average Your Differentials
Get an average of the differentials used by adding them together and dividing by the number used (i.e., if five differentials are used, add them up and divide by five).

Step 4: Calculating Your Handicap Index
And the final step is to take the number that results from Step 3 and multiply the result by 0.96 (96-percent). The result is TGC Tour Handicap Index.

Handicap Committee
The handicap committee currently consists of mthunt, keither5150 and bubba22. They are also the tournament committee. The committee picks and rates the courses. Slope rating 113 will be used when a course has not been rated. The committee will monitor scores, handicaps and game play.

[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.