I hear coworkers talking about golf handicaps (usually in the 80’s range) and smile/nod my way through the conversation. I’m assuming it’s how many strokes over an 18 hole day?
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Every golf hole has a par. This is the number of times the course designer believes your club SHOULD make contact with the ball until it makes it into the hole. Your handicap is the average of how many strokes over par you were on each hole on average. A lower handicap means a higher skilled golfer.
At least that’s the intent. The true handicap is actually a fairly specific calculation taking in a lot of factors and numbers like course difficulty overall.
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