Entering my golf scores with/without handicap?

I understand the process of the handicap when playing others which mine is a 20. I know that I must enter every round I play to be fair. My question is when I enter my scores do I deduct my handicap from my total score and enter it. Or, do I enter my actual score. Example: Say I shoot an actual 94 but with my handicap it drops it down to a 76. Would I enter 76 in to the system?

The answer to your question is NO!

No one mentioned “course handicap”. That is the first thing you must figure out. There is a calculator on the ghin site. There is probably a chart at the pro shop or you can look on the terminal where your scores at the golf course. Or you can do it the old fashioned way.

Handicap index (example 19.5) mulitplied by the slope rating (example 122, found on score card) and divided by 113 <--- that number is constant. = 21.05 = course handicap of 21.

Then use equitable score control to adjust the score.

Course handicap ------------------- maxium score per hole

0-9 ---------- Double Bogey
10-19 ---------- 7
20-29 ---------- 8
30-39 ---------- 9
40 or more ---------- 10

So if your course handicap is 21 and you shot 95 with a quadruple bogey on one of the par 5's, you have to subtract a stroke and only take an 8 on the hole. The same with the other holes.

Then post your score.

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