Explain what the "par and handicapping in the golf game and how is it counted".?

Question

I'm really glad if you all can answer it with more detail about my question becoz i'm taking golf course in my university and need to make a research and submit to my instructor.

Answer 1

Par is the number of storkes that it should take you on any given hole to put the ball in the cup.  2 strokes are always putts and the rest are how many strokes it should take you to put the ball on the green.  Your handicap is how many strokes you are over par on 18 holes.  It is counted by averaging how many storkes over par you are over par and comparing it with the course handicap.  If you average par on 18 holes, you have a handicap of 0.

Answer 2

Par is the score you should shoot (well if your really good). Its normally 72. your handicap is what u normally shoot over par.

Answer 3

Par = The number of strokes "allotted" to make this hole.  You can take as many or as few as you can, but this is the number the course designer determined it _should_ take on the hole.

Handicap = A 'ranking' per say.  It is determined using a less than easy formula taking in account the number of strokes a player takes, the tees they used (front, mid, back, champion) and the difficulty of the course they played.  It takes 10 or more full rounds to compute a handicap.  IT IS NOT THE AVERAGE of the rounds.  It takes a set number of those rounds (IE the BEST ten of 20, 8 of 18, etc.) and then it is a percentage (I think it is 96%) of that weighted average - again using the formula that takes in account the tees, course, etc.

A handicap differential is the difference between the adjusted gross score and the NCGA/USGA Course Rating, multiplying the difference by 113, dividing the results figure by the NCGA/USGA Slope Rating and rounding off to the nearest tenth. The following is an example for a course with a 71.5 Course Rating and a 130 Slope Rating.

Adjusted Gross Score95

Course Rating71.5

Difference23.5

Handicap Differential113 x 23.5 divided by 130 = 20.4

The value 113 in the above formula is the national standard for Slope Ratings and is used to weigh differentials.

INDEX Formula

Lowest 10 of Last 20 Differentials. The INDEX is computed from the lowest 10 of the player’s last 20 rounds as follows:

Total of 10 lowest differentials147.9

Total averaged14.79

Total multiplied by 96%14.19

Delete all numbers after the tenths digit14.1

NCGA/USGA index is14.1

If you have fewer than 20 differentials available:

AvailableUsed

1-4No INDEX issued

5 or 6Lowest 1

7 or 8Lowest 2

9 or 10Lowest 3

11 or 12Lowest 4

13 or 14Lowest 5

15 or 16Lowest 6

17Lowest 7

18Lowest 8

19Lowest 9

The idea behind the handicap system is that it allows players of different abilities to compete with each other.  A better player will "give strokes" to the other player based on the difference in their handicaps.  Simplified example is that a difference of 10 points would mean that if the lesser player scored 9 or less strokes behind the better player he would have 'won' that round.  10 would be a tie.  In a match play (you win holes, not the round), the better player would give a stroke on specific holes and that is probably more detailed an area that you want to research.