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  1. 06-26-2014 07:42 PM #1
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    Don't want to seem stupid, but can anyone tell me the difference between your handicap and your "index"
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    Clarification of terms.

    With the RCGA you get a "handicap factor" which is a number that includes a decimal place, i.e. 6.5. The USGA refers to this as the "handicap index". The formulas are the same, there is stupid trademark issue that results in the usage of factor instead of index.

    Once you have a "handicap factor" you can then calculate your "course handicap" for the tees at the course you are playing. A course handicap is an integer number, i.e. no decimals, an is calculated using your factor and the slope rating for the course.
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    Correct, but it's now Golf Canada, no longer known as the RCGA... Just to add to the confusion.
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    That is insane. Why not just have one term for handicap???
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    "Handicap Index" is a registered trademark that belongs to the USGA.

    Up until the change a couple of years ago Canada, I'm not sure about other geographies, used a slightly different method for calculating "Handicap Factors", which not surprisingly is a registered trademark of the RCGA, now Golf Canada.

    When we switched to the USGA system, which I still think is stupid, they probably could have called it a "Handicap Index" if they licensed it from the USGA but then it would not have our own Made in Canada feel to it.

    Yes, this is stupid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by doucette View Post
    Don't want to seem stupid, but can anyone tell me the difference between your handicap and your "index"
    index is the factor with decimal numbers ... 0.1, or 2.3, or 6.5,
    handicap is "course handicap" ... 0, or 2, or 7.

    you use the index, and do some math with it to arrive at your course handicap for the course you're playing.

    so if you are a 6.5 index and playing a really easy course (slope 105), you would probably be a course handicap of 6.

    but if you are a 6.5 index and playing a really hard course (slope 145), you would probably be a course handicap of 9.
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    All I know, is both of them are going up!! SON OF A!!!!!
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