Learning the steps in calculating golf handicap can sometimes become too confusing. But before anything else, let us first find out what is golf handicap about.

Golf handicap is the numerical measurement of an amateur golfer’s ability on how to play golf, and it is also a calculation in the net score from the number of strokes that has been played in the game, permitting the players to play against each other, regardless of their level of proficiency. A lot of time, the calculating of the golf handicap was usually done by the Local Golf Club , although it would be better if you equip yourself with some knowledge about the entire Golf Handicapping Systems.

If the process of calculating the handicap is done by the Golf Club Committee, you will be ask to provide five Score Cards, at least. These score cards must be filled out completely, and it must include all the marked down. If you obtained the score cards from various Golf Courses, there is a need for you to include the scratch score as well as the slope rating of such golf courses. The scratch score is the measurement of the scratch golfer’s playing ability, which is based on the particular golf course, under normal weather conditions. On the other hand, the slope rating of the golf course should indicate how difficult for an average golfer to play in such golf course, as opposed to that of the scratch golfer.

These things can be obtained from the Score Card, but in cases where these are not listed on the card, you have to obtain it from the Golf Course.

So here the golfing tips on how you are going to calculate the golf handicap:

1. First, get each of the cards from the five score cards, and subtract the score of a standard scratch golfer from the gross score that was recorded on the card. This will give five new totals, which comes from the results in the five score cards .
2. Next step is you multiply the five new totals to 113. Ask me why it’s 113, well, this is actually a universal number that the Golf Association Handicaps of the United States requires. And so from the results, there will be five new totals again.
3. You will then divide these totals to the Slope Rating figure of a certain golf course, and the result is call the “Golf Differential”.
4. Finally, determine the lowest among the five scores calculated and then multiply these figures to 0.96.The result will be your Golf Handicap score.