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Slope
The handicap system used in Australia will be changed on 23 January 2014 to incorporate the use of Slope. Under Slope, a golfer’s playing Handicap on any given day will be determined according to the difficulty of the tees or course to be played. Golf Australia believes that this will be fairer than our current one-handicap-fits-all-courses method.
What are the features of Slope?
Every set of tees on every golf course around the country will have a Slope Rating which has been determined in accordance with the new course rating system. The maximum Slope Rating is 155 (most difficult) and the minimum is 55 (least difficult). The Neutral Slope Rating is 113.
Every set of tees will also have a Scratch Rating.
The Handicapper will calculate a nationally-standardised handicap index for every player. This will be called the GA Handicap. A GA Handicap will be calculated by using the best 8 of a player’s most recent 20 scores (ie. best 8 of 20, x 0.93). See the Table below for the sliding scale to be used if a player does not have 20 scores in their history.
Every score in every player’s score history will first be standardised by the Handicapper against a Slope Rating of 113. As a result, the GA Handicap will reflect a golfer’s ability on a course which has the neutral Slope Rating of 113.
The GA Handicap is not intended for use as a playing handicap. It is to be used in conjunction with the Slope Rating of the set of tees being played to calculate a golfer’s playing handicap for the day. This will be called the Daily Handicap.
How will Slope make things fairer?
Generally speaking, a high-marker finds it harder to adjust to a difficult course than a low-marker does. Slope adjustments will play a balancing role. For example, if the Black Tees are harder than the White Tees, a high-marker may play the Black Tees off a handicap of 28 and the White Tees off 24. The elite player finds it easier to adjust, so they may play the Black Tees off 4 and the White Tees off 3.
Golf Australia believes this is fairer than having the difference between the elite player’s handicap and the high-marker’s handicap always stay the same.
Every time before playing a round, check what the Daily Handicap will be for you. After each game the Handicapper will enter the score for the day, calculate the Played to (standardised to Neutral Slope of 113), determine new GA Handicap plus Daily Handicap for next game and circulate to members
Daily Handicap = GA Handicap located on “Look up Chart” for a particular course & set of tees.
When the handicap record contains more than 20 scores, the GA Handicap calculation uses the best 8 of the player’s most recent 20 games (earliest game drops out as latest game comes in).