| The golf handicap system is a must if you are trying | | | | Considering that golf is suppose to be a gentlemen's |
| to improve your golf game. If you have a golf | | | | game, it is very important to post legitimate scores. |
| handicap, it gives you the ability to play in local | | | | There also are restrictions on how many strokes you |
| tournaments against golfers with better abilities. Any | | | | can take on any given hole. As an example, if you |
| golf course worth its salt will offer you the chance to | | | | have less than a 10 handicap, you cannot turn in a |
| get a golf handicap. Your golf handicap is a true | | | | score card that has any score over double bogey. |
| barometer on your golfing abilities, as long as you | | | | That is to try and keep sanbaggers from inflating |
| accurately post your scores. | | | | their handicap so they can get more strokes when |
| The golf handicap system is a complex formula of | | | | playing in golf tournaments. |
| your average score, along with the difficulty of the | | | | Once you post enough scores and you have |
| course you are playing, along with a few other bells | | | | established your golf handicap, you will see how hard |
| and whistles that only the USGA can figure out. | | | | it is to get a low handicap. It takes more than one |
| Every golf course has a course handicap, which | | | | round of golf for your handicap to move in either |
| determines the number of strokes needed to play | | | | direction. It takes at least 2 or 3 rounds to actually |
| that course to the level of a scratch golfer. | | | | make your handicap move, so you don't have to |
| What all this means to you, is that it helps give you a | | | | worry if you have a bad day on the course. If you |
| true indication of your golf ability. If you wanted to | | | | go in to a slump and can't seem to fix what's wrong |
| play a match against a scratch golfer, which is | | | | with your game, your golf handicap will suffer.. |
| someone with a zero handicap, if you have a 7 | | | | Sandbaggers aside, the golf handicap system is is a |
| handicap, you would receive 7 strokes, one for each | | | | great way to measure yourself against other golfers. |
| of the first 7 most difficult holes on the course. It's | | | | Once you are in the system, you can log in on the |
| like he's spotting you a 7 stroke lead, or a 7 hole lead | | | | internet, and see posted scores for anyone that has |
| in match play. | | | | a handicap. |