What is a Handicap Date & How to Calculate System 36 Score in 5 Easy Steps

Handicap day is a term commonly used in a small, amateur golf game, which helps balance the qualifications between golfers. This article will teach you how to calculate Handicap quickly, helping you confidently conquer every golf course.

1. What's a Handicap Day?

Day Handicap (or Daily Handicap) is a temporary point of acceptance, used to adjust players' scores in a particular round, allowing golfers with different qualifications to play equally and fairly on that day.

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2. How many manual days are there?

There are many ways to calculate Handicap day by day according to different systems such as System 36, Callaway System, Peoria System, Stableford Points System, etc. In which, System 36's Day Handicap is the most used.

3. System 36 Day Handicap Calculation

System 36 is the simplest and most common method of calculating Handicap days based on player results on an 18-hole round of Golf.   To perform the System 36 calculation, follow the steps below.  

Step 1: Summarize the points of each golf hole After each golf hole, the player will score his or her score on Scorecard (score card). At the end of the round, there will be scores of 18 holes, serving the process of calculating Handicap days and Net scores later.

Step 2: Convert points of each pit to System 36 points According to System 36, the score that Golfer scored on each hole will be based on the following formula:

• Achieving Par or better (Birdie, Eagle…): 2 points
• Bogey: 1 point.
• Double Bogey or worse: 0 points

Step 3: Calculate the total score according to System 36 Add up the System 36 scores of all golf holes to get a System 36 total score for the round.  

Step 4: Calculate Date Handicap Handicap days are calculated by subtracting 36 from the total System 36 score:

Handicap Date = 36 – Total System Score 36  

Step 5: Calculate the Net score according to System 36 Finally, you calculate the net score for the round by taking the Gross Score minus the Handicap day:

Net Score = Total Score – Handicap Date

For example, you play a round of golf with scores in 18 holes as follows:

  Based on the table above, calculated:

• The total score (Gross Score) is equal to the total number of strokes used is 84.
• The total System 36 score is 23 points

Then, Calculate Handicap Date = 36 – Total System Score 36 = 36 – 23 = 13 points   Finally, calculate Net = Gross Score – Handicap Date = 84 – 13 = 71  

So, according to System 36, you have a net score of 71 for this round against Handicap on the 13th.

4. When to use Handicap day?

You can use Handicap on days in fun golf events, small golf tournaments, amateurs or internal tournaments, etc. to determine the player's temporary Handicap on the day of the match.  

But for tournaments, official Handicap is required, calculated according to standard systems such as World Handicap System, USGA Handicap System, etc. If you don't, Handicap won't be accepted. Because all day Handicap calculations are temporary and informal.  

Handicap cannot replace official Handicap in professional golf tournaments, because:

• Not properly reflecting Golfer's true qualifications: Due to calculating on a single round, not performance in multiple rounds.
• Do not adjust to the difficulty level of each golf course: Each golf course will have different difficulty levels, shown by indicators such as Slope Rating and Course Rating.
• Do not follow the rules of official Golf organizations such as USGA, R&A, etc.

In addition, to calculate Handicap days more quickly and accurately, you can use Handicap Online computing applications.

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