Calculadora de hándicap de campo
Su hándicap es portable; los golpes que recibe no lo son. Introduzca su hándicap y las salidas que juega: la herramienta devuelve su hándicap de campo según la regla 6.1, y en qué hoyos caen esos golpes según el índice de hoyo.
Cómo usar esta calculadora
- Pick 18 or 9 holes
A nine-hole round is not half an eighteen-hole one: it uses nine-hole ratings and halves the Index before anything else, so choose the format first.
- Enter your Index and the tees
Your Handicap Index, then the Slope Rating, Course Rating and par of the exact tees you are playing. All three are printed on the scorecard, and they differ from one set of tees to the next.
- Read the strokes and where they fall
The figure is the strokes you receive over the round. The table below it shows how many land on each stroke index, so you know which holes they apply to before you tee off.
La fórmula de los golpes recibidos
A Course Handicap answers a different question from a Handicap Index. The Index says how well you play anywhere; the Course Handicap says how many strokes that ability is worth on this course, from these tees, today.
Hándicap de campo = hándicap × (Slope ÷ 113) + (Course Rating − par)
The first term scales your Index to how much harder the course is than standard. The second is the part players forget: a course rated 74.0 playing to a par of 72 is two strokes harder than its par suggests, and hands every player two more strokes. Rounding to a whole number is the last step, never an intermediate one.
Source: Rules of Handicapping, Rules 6.1a and 6.1b (USGA / R&A, 2024 revision).
En qué hoyos caen sus golpes
Strokes are not spread evenly. They follow the stroke index printed on the card: the hole ranked 1 is the hardest and takes the first stroke, then 2, then 3, until every stroke is placed.
Once a Course Handicap passes the number of holes, the count goes round again — a player receiving 20 strokes over eighteen holes gets two on stroke indexes 1 and 2, and one everywhere else. Dividing by eighteen and stopping is the mistake this table exists to prevent.
El caso de los 9 hoyos
A nine-hole round uses nine-hole ratings, and the Index is halved and rounded to a tenth before the rest of the calculation. Halving a finished eighteen-hole Course Handicap instead gives a different answer often enough to decide a match, because the rounding happens at a different point.
9-hole Course Handicap = (Handicap Index ÷ 2, to one decimal) × (9-hole Slope ÷ 113) + (9-hole Course Rating − 9-hole par)
Preguntas frecuentes
How do you calculate a Course Handicap?
Multiply your Handicap Index by the Slope Rating of the tees divided by 113, then add the difference between the Course Rating and par, and round the result to a whole number at the end. A 12.4 Index from tees rated 71.8 with a Slope of 132 and a par of 72 gives 12.4 × (132 ÷ 113) + (71.8 − 72) = 14.3, so 14 strokes.
Why do my strokes received change from one course to another?
Because a Course Handicap measures this course rather than you. A harder Slope raises the first term, and a Course Rating above par raises the second, so the same Index yields more strokes on a demanding layout and fewer on a gentle one. Moving back one set of tees on the same course changes it too.
On which holes do I get my strokes?
On the holes with the lowest stroke index, which is printed on every scorecard: stroke index 1 is judged the hardest hole and takes the first stroke, then 2, then 3. If your Course Handicap is larger than the number of holes, the allocation goes round a second time and the hardest holes carry two strokes.
How does it work over nine holes?
You use the nine-hole Course Rating, Slope Rating and par, and your Handicap Index is halved and rounded to one decimal before the calculation rather than after. That ordering matters: halving a finished eighteen-hole Course Handicap produces a different figure often enough to change the result of a match.
Does a plus handicap give strokes back?
Yes. A player whose Index is better than scratch has a negative Course Handicap and hands strokes back to the field, starting from the easiest hole — the highest stroke index — and working down. A +2 Course Handicap gives one stroke back on stroke index 18 and one on 17.