Dariusz J.
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You raise an excellent follow-up topic for further discussion Dariusz.
Once we're done debating this one, can someone please start a thread on optimal weightshift, so that we can threadjack it into a
"What IS the conversion factor to be applied to US handicaps when they travel to Europe?" debate.
LOL. Here we go...
I can say only, that I was always informed (mainly by my golfing buddies who travelled to the States and played golf there) that the difference should be counted to around 3-5 index points on the average. OTOH, I had pleasure to play with a few golfers both from the States as well as from the UK and except one or two cases their HCP index seemed to be a lot too low, much more than these 3-5 points.
IMO, it is because: a. golf courses are much more friendly outside Poland; b. handicap rounds cannot be played on carts here; c. much shorter season here = less opportunity to lower effectively our indexes.
Cheers