Couple Golf Questions?

Question

How does one figure golf Handicap?

Also, what kind of clubs and size clubs would you recommend for a women 5'3" and weighs 119'bs.?

Please read questions carefully.

Thank you.

Answer 1

1. To figure our your handicap: You need your gross score for the past 20 rounds on the 18 holes, course rating number and course slop number. Then you can insert all the numbers on the link below to calculate it.

2. For the clubs, if you are 5'3", you are fit for the regular women's club setting (standard size), versus if you are shorter than 5'3", then there's the "petite set", generally 1" shorter on the shafts.

However, the type of clubs are really based on your skills, if you are a beginner, then beginner's set would be better, usually they have larger club face, more cavity-back, and more offset angle. This will provide more forgiveness on the off-center shots. But if you are a good player, then you can use clubs that have more workability than just forgivness. Usually Blades clubs would do the job.

Hope this helps.  

Answer 2

Says Jeffrey G of best of answers"Quite simply, handicap is how many strokes you should get to shoot par....

So, if say your handicap is 5 and par is 72, that means on average you are shooting around 77. It is more complicated than that, taking into account courses slope/rating, etc. But you just submit all your scores and after you have about 6 scores they calculate your handicap from average of scores"

Also go to a couse's pro shop and ask them about your club size.