Golf Handicap

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By Carl T

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  1. Carl T

    Carl T
    Little Rock, AR

    When someone asks you what your golf handicap is, do you tell them what your golf handicap index is, e.g., 10.0 or do you tell them what your handicap is from the tees you normally play, which in my case which is a 12 with and hcp index of 10.2 ?
  2. Christopher T

    Christopher T
    Sapulpa, OK

    I always go with the handicap index, much easier to remember,, especially since I have started playing the tips more often.   

  3. Quintin H

    Quintin H
    Morehead, KY

    If you use your course hcp, then you need to specify what course and tee, because that number changes depending on what course and tee.

    but for somebody that doesn't know that course and tee you have told them nothing.

    The hcp index does not require any other information.

  4. Sean S

    Sean S
    Canton, GA

    I normally state my index, it is easier to remember since your course handicap is based on the tees you are playing.

  5. Brent W

    Brent W
    St George, UT

    Index plus about 3 or 4. :)

  6. ToddL

    ToddL
    Attleboro, MA

    I go with the Index.  That is what your handicap really is.  You then apply it to the specific course and tees.  

  7. Pat R

    Pat R
    Elizabethtown, KY

    If in casual conversation, I use my index. Of course, on the 1st tee before a match, I use my course handicap as a result of applying the index to the appropriate tee from which I'll be playing.
  8. Carl T

    Carl T
    Little Rock, AR

    Pat R said:

    If in casual conversation, I use my index. Of course, on the 1st tee before a match, I use my course handicap as a result of applying the index to the appropriate tee from which I'll be playing.
    Looks like the index is the way to comment on your hcp in casual conversation but if you are actually playing and money is on the line then what ever the hcp is for the tees you are playing. One of my goals was to get down into single digits and the lowest hcp I reached last year was 9.8. I met my goal and never realized it.

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