ABSTRACT
Thousands of scores from a broad range of golfers and courses were analyzed. After two years, the HRT concluded that basing handicaps only on a standard of Course Rating (Standard Scratch Score) created a “portability error” in the handicaps of average golfers when competing away from their home course. Despite the existence of an accurate course rating at different courses, in matches between players from different courses, the average player from the more difficult course consistently won because handicaps based only on one parameter-the expected score of a scratch golfer-are not portable.
