The pros handicap

How is it that Tiger Woods and other pros have a plus handicap and are not scratch ? I hardly ever see him over par . How are their handicaps figured ? I have always wondered and figured someone on here knows the answer.

Tachnically, most average golfers have "negative" handicaps. Meaning that the handicap figure is deducted from the gross score to give you your handicap adjusted nett score.

Anyone with a "plus" handicap has to ADD whatever handicap to their gross score to get their nett score.

So in Tiger's case, if his actual club handicap is +4 (plus 4) and he shoots 69 off the stick, his net score would be 73......

Thanks bro.
I subtract and they add.
Makes sense.

As an aside to this, most really good amateurs handicaps are kept artificially low by the standard of the lesser players they compete against in strokeplay tourneys. For example, in competitions at St Andrews off the back sticks, pretty much anyone who doesnt play to +2 or better has a hard time staying close to CSS. As a result the guys who just s****e in the ballot tend to blow their load all over a course 800 yards longer than they are used to, which pulls the CSS up to 75 and the guys off the really low handicaps tend to only need to chop round in par (and lets not forget these guys are pros in all but contract so are easily capable of this) to stay where they are. But a few of them will have a good day and shoot 66 or so and get a little chop.

And of course, all american amateur handicaps are stupid anyway, since they can pick and choose what rounds they want to submit.

D.

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As an aside to this, most really good amateurs handicaps are kept artificially low by the standard of the lesser players they compete against in strokeplay tourneys. For example, in competitions at St Andrews off the back sticks, pretty much anyone who doesnt play to +2 or better has a hard time staying close to CSS. As a result the guys who just s****e in the ballot tend to blow their load all over a course 800 yards longer than they are used to, which pulls the CSS up to 75 and the guys off the really low handicaps tend to only need to chop round in par (and lets not forget these guys are pros in all but contract so are easily capable of this) to stay where they are. But a few of them will have a good day and shoot 66 or so and get a little chop.

And of course, all american amateur handicaps are stupid anyway, since they can pick and choose what rounds they want to submit.

D.

__________________
Longniddry Golf Club Champ 2005.

In the Taylor Made Bag:

Callaway FT-3 Tour 9.5 Aldila NV 65S

Callaway Steelhead 3 Wood

Callaway Steelhead 5 Wood

Callaway X-16 3-PW

MacGregor Tourney 52 Degree

Cobra Phil Rodgers 59 Degree Rusty

Odyssey DFX 2-Ball

Callaway Tour iX

I cant believe it starred out s-c-r-a-p-e.......

Madness gone mad, administrator type people....

D.

but it left "blow their load all over" lol

good spot, gree, that never even occurred to me!!!!

D.