Handicap

[chumley]

Just wondering - is a handicap of 13.6 good or bad?

[ErixonStone]

Is it 13.6 or +13.6?

13.6 is not good at all.
+13.6 is probably about average for this community.

HCP in a video game is subject to wild inconsistencies, depending upon the courses you've played. Most people here simply ignore it.

[chumley]

+13.6

Don't really care just it has kept on increasing despite my playing more sub par rounds.

Thanks

[gabe777]

Does handicap get reset if you change up to harder clubs ?

[pc17]

Mar 19, 2019 15:53:29 GMT -5 gabe777 said:

Does handicap get reset if you change up to harder clubs ?

No. As the handicap is determined by the average score on each course. And I think I'm right in saying that each course, has to have 500 plays to achieve a handicap, if that's the right wording.

[ErixonStone]

Mar 20, 2019 7:13:09 GMT -5 pc17 said:

Mar 19, 2019 15:53:29 GMT -5 gabe777 said:

Does handicap get reset if you change up to harder clubs ?

No. As the handicap is determined by the average score on each course. And I think I'm right in saying that each course, has to have 500 plays to achieve a handicap, if that's the right wording.

Just for correctness, HB has confirmed that there is an in-game typo that says this, but the actual number of plays required for a course to become handicap-rated is 300 (unique players).

[Ibewasabi]

Jan 10, 2019 0:35:12 GMT -5 chumley said:

+13.6

Don't really care just it has kept on increasing despite my playing more sub par rounds.

Thanks

a + sign indicates that your so good, after the round is complete you would add strokes where as a regular handicap number with no + sign would take those strokes away. So if you were a real golfer you'd be really freakin good with a +13.6 handicap...