How to calculate your golf handicapHow to calculate a golf handicap step by step: adjust your score, work out each round's differential, then average your best ones. Worked example included.How to get a golf handicapHow to get a golf handicap: the official way through a club or online eClub (about $30 to $50 a year), and how to track an unofficial handicap for free.What is a good golf handicap?What is a good golf handicap? The average USGA Handicap Index is 14.2 for men and 28.7 for women. See what each handicap range means and how yours compares.Course rating and slope, explainedCourse rating is what a scratch golfer should shoot. Slope rating (55 to 155, average 113) is how much harder a course plays for everyone else. Examples inside.Net double bogey: the most a hole can count forNet double bogey is the most a hole can count for your handicap: par plus 2 plus your strokes on that hole. Before you have a handicap, the limit is par plus 5.