Hey Tiger, am I stroking here? – golfer Tiger Woods: handicap calculations – Brief Article
We were so blown away by Tiger Woods’ plus 10 home-course handicap at Isleworth (which we computed for our January issue using his 20 most recent PGA Tour scores), we commissioned Fran Scheid, a member of the USGA’s handicap research team, to figure out average tournament course handicaps (the number a player would be expected to play to at a pro event) for Woods and some other prominent tour players.
Tiger’s 2000 handicap, plus 9.7, was a full shot better than David Duval’s (plus 8.7), and Karrie Webb (plus 8) was less than half a stroke better than Juli Inkster (plus 7.7).
A few top players were within hailing distance of Woods in the men’s game, but we were startled to see just how much better Tiger was than the average tour pro. Brad Faxon won once and finished 46th on the money list, but at plus 5.6, he gets four strokes from Woods. And as good as Seve Ballesteros (plus 1.9) is in match play, he’d still need to get four a side–or 32 strokes in a 72-hole event!
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