Golf Handicap Calculator

Mulligan+ Golf Handicap Explained
A Golf Handicap is the measurement of your golfing ability and allows you to play against others on a fair basis. It's therefore an excellent measurement of how your game is improving and in an ideal world your handicap should always be reducing or staying the same.



Handicap's represents the number of stokes you play above a 'scratch golfer', someone who plays off a ‘0’ handicap.


Calculating a Handicap
The 'SSS' - Standard Scratch Score
Your Initial Handicap Value
How to calculate your golf handicap
Buffer Zones
Adjusting your Score
Stoke Index
Golf Handicap Calculator
How does your handicap Increase
How does your handicap Stay the same
How does your handicap Reduce

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Calculating a Golf Handicap



To calculate your initial handicap, an average of your first three rounds is used. What must be remembered is that the CONGU system does not allow a player to score more than a double bogey (+2) on each hole.

The Scorecard Manager in Mulligan+ does this automatically for you once 3 scorecards have been entered.

You can also use our quick Free Golf Handicap Calculator to create your initial value.

Under CONGU the maximum handicap golf handicap for a man is 28 and for a women 36. However, our Handicap Tracker extends Men's Handicap to 36 for handicap purposes but our Handicap Certificates are limited to 28 for men. In other countries the maximum handicap is 53.5!

The SSS - Standard Scratch Score



While the Par for the course is important, your handicap is calculated using the SSS or the Standard Scratch Score of the course. The reason is that while the Par for different courses might be the same, some courses are more difficult than others and this difference is shown within the SSS.

The SSS value can typically range between 67 and 74.

How does your Handicap Change



Buffer Zones –


Each time you add a scorecard, your handicap is recalculated. The Buffer Zones relate to your Handicap and determines how you handicap changes, either up or down. As your handicap decreases, becomes closer to 0, it becomes more difficult to lower your handicap. You will also notice that your handicap does not jump up when you have had a bad round, but increases slowly.

Category Handicap
Range Buffer
Zone Reduction (shot) Increase
(Round)
1 0.1 - 5.4 +1 -0.1 +0.1
2 5.5 - 12.4 +2 -0.2 +0.1
3 12.5 - 20.4 +3 -0.3 +0.1
4 20.5 - 28.4 +4 -0.4 +0.1
5 28.5 + +5 -0.5 +0.1


Your handicap is always to one decimal point, but for playing and calculation purposes, your handicap is rounded up or down to give a playing handicap. An actual handicap of 14.3 is a playing handicap of 14. 14.5 is a playing handicap of 15.



Adjusting your Scores



The firstly thing that takes place after adding your scorecard is that your score must be adjusted. The maximum score possible on any hole is +2 and therefore, if you play +8 on a Par 5, you adjusted score will be +7, 2 over Par.

Why adjust your golf scores? - The reason for adjusting your golf scores is to not penialise very bad holes. If you shot 10 over par on one hole but played bogey on every other hole, a handicap value of 27 would not reflect your playing ability. The next time you play you might play +18 over par and play -9 under your handicap.



Stroke Index - Shots Awarded



The stroke index gives every hole on the course a difficulty rating, 1 to 18, with 1 being the most difficult and 18 being the easiest.

Depending on your handicap, you are rewarded a number of strokes per course and these are awarded on a hole by hole basis.

If you have a 6 handicap, then you will be awarded one extra shot on the 6 most difficult holes, i.e. 1 – 6.

If you have a handicap of 12, then you will be awarded one shot on the 12 most difficult holes, stoke index 1 to 12.

If however you have a handicap of 27, you will be awarded one shot for every hole, plus one extra on the 9 most difficult holes. This means you get 2 shots on the 9 most difficult holes and 1 shot on the easiest holes,



Golf Handicap Calculator



We take your adjusted Score from the SSS of the course.
We take this value (Gross Score) and subtract your current playing handicap giving us your Net Score (Net differential)
We then apply your Net Score, to the various Buffer Zones for your handicap.
How confusing is that! – That is the reason we do it all for you.





How does my handicap increase/decrease



Some examples of a 28 Handicap player.

Your Handicap Increases

Adjusted Score - SSS = Gross Score
103 - 70 = 33

Gross Score - Handicap = Net Score
32 - 28 = 5

If Net Score > Buffer then ADD 0.1
5 is > +4

Running Handicap + 0.1
28.0 + 0.1


Your new handicap would be 28.1




Your Handicap stays the same


Adjusted Score - SSS = Gross Score

101 - 70 = 31


Gross Score - Handicap = Net Score

31 - 28 = 3

Net Score is within Buffer Zone

3 is < +4


No Change to Handicap

28.0



No Change in Handicap


Your Handicap Reduces


Adjusted Score - SSS = Gross Score

95 - 70 = 25


Gross Score - Handicap = Net Score

25 - 28 = -3

Net Score is less than handicap so 0.4 per shot

3 x 0.4 = 1.2


Running Handicap – 1.2

26.8




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