Golf's Handicap System

Hack It Out Golf

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers

Education, Sports, Golf

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Golf's handicap system is one of its most enduring features: the ability for golfer's of differing skill levels to have a match against each other remains a major draw. But that system is complicated, and most golfers have a very rudimentary understanding of how it works—if they don't misunderstand it altogether. In this episode, Lou and Mark (Greg is out chasing the Schwab Cup) talk about the handicap system: what goes into it, how it's misused, and how it's changed over the years. Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA The Hack It Out Golf Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HackItOutGolf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	I thought it'd be a good chance this week. It's just me and Lou this week. Welcome Lou. No Greg. He's away. I don't know playing golf somewhere, which he always seems to be doing. Like, how does he get away with playing? Yeah.
0:42.0	Yeah. Somewhere in the world. Yeah. Winning money somewhere. So I thought this would be a good
0:46.8	opportunity to talk about the handicap system because we know Greg obviously has his issues with
0:51.6	certain handicapped. But he's not here this week, I thought, I'm rubbish with the handicap system.
0:57.9	I used to understand it inside out when I had a handicap.
1:01.2	I, you know, all part of certainly when you get down to where I was getting down to,
1:06.1	so as scratch and wanting to get in the big events,
1:08.9	understanding any way how to use the handicap system
1:12.6	to make sure my handicap was going the right way.
1:15.0	I wanted to understand it.
1:17.3	So Lou is someone who definitely understands a handicap system.
1:20.8	Since the changes, because we've gone to the world handicap system in the UK in the last X amount of years,
1:25.4	I think you've used it for a lot longer over there, Lou.
1:29.9	Come on.
1:30.7	Let's have an overview of it because I know even my mom and dad who play weekly,
1:34.5	I ask them questions about the handicapped system and they're a little bit like,
1:37.9	I'm not sure how that works.
1:39.5	But come on.
1:40.8	Well, this is not going to be an overview.
1:43.6	This is going to be a deep dive.
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