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What is a low, a mid, or a high handicapper?
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The obvious answer, to me at least, is the A, B and C grade divisions. Which at my club at least are <=12, 13 to 19, and 20+. I play off 14, and consider myself a mid capper. But some posts on the forum would suggest this is a high handicap. Others suggest the opposite. Interested n views of what is high, mid and low..
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Just a stab: Low – less than 5 Lowish – 5 to 8 Mid – 9 to 18 Not so mid – 18 and above
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+1 to this.
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+1 is very low.
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Subterranean
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Based on experiences on golf forums, anyone who doesn’t play off plus figures is a “chopper” ...
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I would have thought above about 2 handicap; but plus sound OK as well.
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Don’t be fooled when you read lots of “gems” of advice from others on here. Some of them have a substantially higher handicap than you. and yay, I like those breakdowns for what you intelligent blokes reckon
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Or hit their driver 290m on average. 5 iron 220. Into a bucket. The size of a coffee cup.
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low hanidicappers only two putt twice a round and never lose a ball. Mid handicappers only three putt twice around and lose a ball 3 times a round. High handicappers use noodle golf balls.
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I play off 14, and consider myself a mid capper. But some posts on the forum would suggest this is a high handicap. I think anyone who considers 14 high is being a knob. I think there might be another level of distinction – casual vs regular golfers. Casual golfers like myself and my mates who maybe play 9 holes 2 out of 3 weeks, and 18 rarely, probably average scores around 95 – 110. We want to be better but don’t have the time or money to practise and play. Lessons are a bit pointless because of this. But we chop around because we love it. Regular golfers who play 18 holes at least once a week probably average around 80 – 95. They have the time and money to practise and play, and possibly get the odd lesson too. And lessons have more benefit because they can practise what they learn!
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everyone thinks they are better than they are, and will tell anyone they should be off less. 14 is a mid hcp, but if you regularly play with guys off 5-9, they will always tell you it is too high…...
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0 – 9 single marker
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in those sections there will be your choppers (like myself) also bracketed will be those like codboy, hack pro, steve 75 who are a low markers = under 4
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Whadya talking about? My driver & 3 wood are my scoring clubs. Easy tap ins always …
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you got the “can’t” bit right, but it’s pronounced “kiwi’
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one things for sure, you have to look at things diffeently now than you did for the last 30 years. I always considered anything below 5 to be a high quality golfer who could turn out a par round with reasonable regularity. That was when i was on 10. Now with the new system I’m on 4 and I certainly can’t turn out a par round regularly( I’ve had 1 in my life) and those golfers who used to be on 4 are now on scratch or better. these days I would classify a talented golfer as 2 or less. 3 up to 8 would be a low marker, 9 to 15 a mid range golfer, 15 to 25 a high marker or burglar( in some cases) and above that a hacker. In the past 12 months i have seen the following handicap reductions in my playing partners Its certainly a different ball park to what most of us are used to.
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yeah id agree with that
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What is the average handicap for a male player? Wasnt it something like 18 a few years ago but may now be a bit higher closer to 21? If that is correct then we have a valid average to rate from. That means 18 is not a high capper but average. Anyone know the current average in Aus?
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Average for officially handicapped golfers should be lower than total global average as chumps like me who shoot high don’t have time to be in a club so we’re not officially handicapped anywhere. Again, regular golfers should be lower capped, and us casual hackers should be higher which would pull the total average up if included
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if a pecker pecked a peckled pecket, how many peckled peckets would a pecker peck?
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0-8 = low marker
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you idiot :-)
Shot more than 36 points in an OOM day….seriously. |
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stop speaking in riddles man
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Low – Kiwi…..he is short
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