How to Calculate Your Golf Handicap

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You can't really know how good a golfer you are unless you know your handicap. Follow these steps to figure out how you measure up to the pros.

Step 1: Figure adjusted gross score
Figure your adjusted gross score from your last 5 to 20 rounds of 18-hole golf. Your adjusted gross score is your gross score adjusted for unfinished holes, conceded strokes, and holes not played.

Tip
The United States Golf Association requires a minimum of 12 scores to be submitted in order to calculate a golfer's handicap.

Step 2: Subtract the course rating
Subtract the course rating from your adjusted gross score from each round to find the differentials. The course rating can be found on the scorecard and is given in decimal form. For example, Pebble Beach Golf Links in California has a course rating of 75.5.

Step 3: Divide the differentials by the slope
Divide the differentials by the course's slope, also typically found on the scorecard, and multiply the quotients by 113. These products are called the adjusted differentials.

Tip
If the course rating and slope are not printed on the scorecard, you can call the course to get the numbers.

Step 4: Multiply adjusted differential
Multiply your lowest adjusted differential by 96 percent, or 0.96. This final product is your handicap.

Did You Know?
Tiger Woods won his first U.S. Open title at Pebble Beach in June 2000.