The Handicomp Golf Handicap System is designed to serve golf clubs and golfers of every type. It takes a golfer's scores and calculates a Base Handicap (a number to one decimal) that is then translated to a Tee Handicap based on the difficulty of the Course Tee being played. The HGHS was born from League play and is based on 9-hole scores. It uses the best twelve of a golfers last twenty 9-hole scores and relies primarily on yardage and par to determine course difficulty. So, a score of 45 on a difficult set of tees may be considered a better round than a 44 on a more simple set of tees. The HGHS then takes those best scores and produces a Base Handicap that is presented as a decimal number (e.g. 14.1). A Base Handicap can then be translated to Tee Handicaps which is exressed as a whole number (e.g. 15). Tee Handicaps are the Handicap that is then used within competitions. Base Handicaps are real-time and recalculated every time a new score is posted.
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