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Golf Handicap worksheet

Grades 6–7 · CCSS 6.SP.B.5.c, 7.NS.A.3

Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.

  1. Problem 1.
    • Calculate: Score differential for one round
    • Adjusted gross score: 90
    • Course Rating: 75
    • Slope Rating: 150
    • Playing conditions adjustment (PCC): 0

    Find: Score differential

  2. Problem 2.
    • Calculate: Handicap Index from recent rounds
    • Adjusted gross scores, oldest first: 75, 60, 100, 100, 110, 78, 70, 72, 100, 80
    • Course Ratings (one, or one per score): 71.2
    • Slope Ratings (one, or one per score): 128

    Find: Handicap Index (unofficial)

  3. Problem 3.
    • Calculate: Score differential for one round
    • Adjusted gross score: 135
    • Course Rating: 65
    • Slope Rating: 140
    • Playing conditions adjustment (PCC): 2

    Find: Score differential

  4. Problem 4.
    • Calculate: Handicap Index from recent rounds
    • Adjusted gross scores, oldest first: 90, 95, 90, 80, 56, 90, 90, 132, 85, 90
    • Course Ratings (one, or one per score): 71.2
    • Slope Ratings (one, or one per score): 128

    Find: Handicap Index (unofficial)

  5. Problem 5.
    • Calculate: Score differential for one round
    • Adjusted gross score: 58
    • Course Rating: 77.5
    • Slope Rating: 105
    • Playing conditions adjustment (PCC): 0

    Find: Score differential

  6. Problem 6.
    • Calculate: Score differential for one round
    • Adjusted gross score: 88
    • Course Rating: 64
    • Slope Rating: 120
    • Playing conditions adjustment (PCC): 0

    Find: Score differential

  7. Problem 7.
    • Calculate: Handicap Index from recent rounds
    • Adjusted gross scores, oldest first: 80, 75, 80, 100, 90, 84, 95, 90, 60, 70
    • Course Ratings (one, or one per score): 88
    • Slope Ratings (one, or one per score): 128

    Find: Handicap Index (unofficial)

  8. Problem 8.
    • Calculate: Handicap Index from recent rounds
    • Adjusted gross scores, oldest first: 90, 80, 70, 75, 50, 110, 100, 100, 79, 75
    • Course Ratings (one, or one per score): 90
    • Slope Ratings (one, or one per score): 120

    Find: Handicap Index (unofficial)

  9. Problem 9.
    • Calculate: Score differential for one round
    • Adjusted gross score: 74
    • Course Rating: 90
    • Slope Rating: 150
    • Playing conditions adjustment (PCC): 0

    Find: Score differential

  10. Problem 10.
    • Calculate: Handicap Index from recent rounds
    • Adjusted gross scores, oldest first: 90, 70, 72, 106, 90, 100, 90, 110, 80, 100
    • Course Ratings (one, or one per score): 70
    • Slope Ratings (one, or one per score): 130

    Find: Handicap Index (unofficial)

Answer key: Golf Handicap worksheet

  1. 1. Score differential: 11.3

    1. Take the strokes you shot over the Course Rating (less any PCC), then scale them to a standard course by multiplying by 113 ÷ Slope Rating

      113150×(90−75−0)=11.3
    2. Round to the nearest tenth

      differential=11.3
  2. 2. Handicap Index (unofficial): -3.4

    1. Work out a score differential for each round, so every round is judged on the same scale. For example, the most recent: (113 ÷ 128) × (80 − 71.2), rounded to a tenth

      113128×(80−71.2)=7.8
    2. With 10 scores, the rules average the lowest 3

      −9.9+(−1.1)+0.73=−3.4333
    3. Round to the nearest tenth to get the Handicap Index

      Handicap Index=−3.4
  3. 3. Score differential: 54.9

    1. Take the strokes you shot over the Course Rating (less any PCC), then scale them to a standard course by multiplying by 113 ÷ Slope Rating

      113140×(135−65−2)=54.8857
    2. Round to the nearest tenth

      differential=54.9
  4. 4. Handicap Index (unofficial): 2.2

    1. Work out a score differential for each round, so every round is judged on the same scale. For example, the most recent: (113 ÷ 128) × (90 − 71.2), rounded to a tenth

      113128×(90−71.2)=16.6
    2. With 10 scores, the rules average the lowest 3

      −13.4+7.8+12.23=2.2
    3. Round to the nearest tenth to get the Handicap Index

      Handicap Index=2.2
  5. 5. Score differential: -21

    1. Take the strokes you shot over the Course Rating (less any PCC), then scale them to a standard course by multiplying by 113 ÷ Slope Rating

      113105×(58−77.5−0)=−20.9857
    2. Round to the nearest tenth

      differential=−21
  6. 6. Score differential: 22.6

    1. Take the strokes you shot over the Course Rating (less any PCC), then scale them to a standard course by multiplying by 113 ÷ Slope Rating

      113120×(88−64−0)=22.6
    2. Round to the nearest tenth

      differential=22.6
  7. 7. Handicap Index (unofficial): -17.4

    1. Work out a score differential for each round, so every round is judged on the same scale. For example, the most recent: (113 ÷ 128) × (70 − 88), rounded to a tenth

      113128×(70−88)=−15.9
    2. With 10 scores, the rules average the lowest 3

      −24.7+(−15.9)+(−11.5)3=−17.3667
    3. Round to the nearest tenth to get the Handicap Index

      Handicap Index=−17.4
  8. 8. Handicap Index (unofficial): -23.5

    1. Work out a score differential for each round, so every round is judged on the same scale. For example, the most recent: (113 ÷ 120) × (75 − 90), rounded to a tenth

      113120×(75−90)=−14.1
    2. With 10 scores, the rules average the lowest 3

      −37.7+(−18.8)+(−14.1)3=−23.5333
    3. Round to the nearest tenth to get the Handicap Index

      Handicap Index=−23.5
  9. 9. Score differential: -12.1

    1. Take the strokes you shot over the Course Rating (less any PCC), then scale them to a standard course by multiplying by 113 ÷ Slope Rating

      113150×(74−90−0)=−12.0533
    2. Round to the nearest tenth

      differential=−12.1
  10. 10. Handicap Index (unofficial): 3.5

    1. Work out a score differential for each round, so every round is judged on the same scale. For example, the most recent: (113 ÷ 130) × (100 − 70), rounded to a tenth

      113130×(100−70)=26.1
    2. With 10 scores, the rules average the lowest 3

      0+1.7+8.73=3.4667
    3. Round to the nearest tenth to get the Handicap Index

      Handicap Index=3.5