Help – Handicap

How does the Mentor Handicap Work? The Mentor handicap (or Mcap) is designed to be used by players who are improving at golf and wish to track their progress. The Mentor handicap also goes up to 99 and only needs three games to get a handicap.

What is Mcap? The Mentor Handicap is often referred to as a Mcap

Why is a Mentor Handicap better than an official handicap for me? Official handicaps are not designed to help people learning golf. They are designed to be used by very competent golfers in competitions. This why the highest is 54. In contrast, a Mcap goes up to 99, so accommodates a much greater range of golfing skill. The Mentor handicap uses Simple Stroke Control rather than net double bogey and only requires entry of the final strokes above par rather than needing to enter every hole.

What is Simple Stroke Control? Simple Stroke Control or (SSC) is a way of avoiding a bad hole ruining your handicap. It means that if the maximum score you can have on any hole is 3 over par. We suggest that if you do have more than 3 over par on any hole, you just pick your ball and record a 3 over par. This speeds up play.

Why can't I post my results hole by hole? The handicap tracker for the Golf Mentor has been designed to be easy as possible to use. When you use the Mentor handicap, we advise using Simple Stroke Control when you play. Note that the Mentor handicap is not an official handicap.

Can I use the Mentor handicap in official competitions Most national golfing organisations, include the USGA, insist that in order to have a handicap you need to belong to a participating club. Accordingly, it is not possible to have a purely on-line official handicap, so you cannot use the Mentor handicap in official competitions. However, the Mentor handicap gives you a strong indication of how much you are improving, and can be used by members of the Golf Mentor when playing each other. The Mentor handicap method is different from the World Handicap System.

What is a Conventional Handicap? A conventional handicap is the type used in club competitions. Many countries around the world now conform to the World Handicapping System. In these countries, you use the same handicap no matter which course you play on.

Do I need the Slope Rating?. If you know the Slope Rating of the set of tees on the course that you are playing at then you should enter it. If you do not know the slope then just leave that input, and it will be entered as as the default slope rating of 113.

How do I post a Par round? Calculate your strokes over par, and enter it in the Score box. For example, if your playing handicap was 20 and your score was plus 3, then enter 23 into the Score box.

How do I post a Stableford round? Calculate your strokes over par, and enter it in the Score box. For example, if your playing handicap was 20 and your score was 39 points, then enter 17 into the Score box.

How biased is the conventional handicapping system? Very biased! If you look at this page, on the Pope of Slope website, it is biased as much as one stroked for every six strokes difference in handicap. The Pope of Slope is Dean Knuth, the originator of the slope system. This analysis was produced for the old USGA handicapping system, but the new World Handicapping System is still biased against higher handicappers.