Handicap

A bogey golfer averages a bogey a hole and shoots around 90. But the label hides a specific statistical shape. Here is what that profile looks like across the bag, and which numbers move the score.

Your index fell two strokes this month but your strokes gained barely moved. That gap isn't a bug — it's the two numbers measuring different things. Here is how to reconcile them.

Breaking into the single digits is less about one heroic skill and more about a specific statistical shape. Here is what that profile actually looks like across the bag.

Open golfity and your strokes gained number depends on which benchmark you picked. Here is what each one means, why the same shot scores differently, and how to choose.

Your handicap index is not a mystery the federation computes in a back room. It is a short formula you can run by hand. Here is the WHS math, step by step, with the numbers worked out.

A 30-putt round can be excellent or terrible depending on how you got there. Here are real putts per round benchmarks by handicap, plus the context the raw number hides.