What Does Course Handicap Mean in Golf?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Scoring
Golf term
Course handicap
Course handicap in practice
The same 10.4 handicap index might convert to a course handicap of 11 at an easy course and 14 at a brutally sloped one, since the formula weights difficulty.
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