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- Some Standard Definitions Pertaining to Handicap FILE: HD.HLP
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- Handicap - The number of artificial strokes a player receives to
- adjust his/her scoring ability to the common level of scratch or
- zero handicap golf.
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- Course Rating - The evaluation of the playing difficulty of a course
- compared with other rated courses. It is expressed in strokes and
- decimal fractions of a stroke, and is based on yardage and the
- ability of a scratch golfer. Course rating is more refined than
- par.
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- Par - The score an expert golfer would be expected to make for a
- given hole. Par means errorless play without flukes and under
- ordinary weather conditions, allowing two strokes on the putting
- surface. Par is based on yardage recommended by the USGA.
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- Handicap Differential - The difference between a player's adjusted
- gross score for 18 holes and the rating of the course on which the
- score was made. Example: Adjusted gross, 90; course rating, 70;
- handicap differential, 20.
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- Handicap Stroke Hole - A hole on which a player applies a handicap
- stroke to his gross score. The numerical order in which handicap
- strokes are assigned to the holes of the course is shown on the
- scorecard. A handicap stroke is an equalizer for use on a hole
- where it is likely to be needed; its purpose is not to give an
- advantage to the player who receives it.
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