What is the highest handicap #?

Question

Is there a high limit handicap # that a person can be?

Answer 1

according to the USGA the highest handicap is 35, however other golf rules have it being 36, if you use a local USGA number, it is a 35.

Answer 2

36 for men and 40 for women for any USGA sponsored event. As a result almost every country club goes along with the same numbers. However, in order to avoid " sandbagging", most of the principal club tournaments will use any where from 70 to 90 % of the handicap for " Net score" tournaments.

Answer 3

36

Answer 4

36 for men, 40 for women according to the USGA.