The course you shot 80 on, has too high a rating, so your current handicap is deflated. If you play on a properly rated course that has the same rating as yours. you will be lucky to break 90. As other writers noted.
If the rating was correct, you would be closer to an 18 handicap. Your 90 would have a better chance to win.
No, the one you shot 80 on is. The 5 on too high a rating will be fodder.
Some courses are rated too high and some rated too low...tough to tell...... its best to know your own before you bet the house on it.
Lastly, how often are courses rated...........?....they are rated at the bequest of the owners of the course.........who may decide what's best in their best interest
The point is you are currently delfated
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
OK, let's try this again. Say you shot 80 exactly on the best 8 of your last 20 rounds on a course in TV with a rating of 67. Your index will be about 12.5-13. Now, if as you suggest, they drop the rating to 61. Your index is now18.5-19. Please explain how that is a deflated handicap. Now, you might make the case that a 5 handicap from a course with too high a rating is not as skilled as a golfer from a course with a "true" rating, but then you would have to look at course ratings everywhere. Are they all too high???
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