Your score?

[pruden6]

Someone asks what your score is for the round you just finished, do you tell them your score with or without your handicap factored into it?

[2puttbogey]

Always actual score never adjusted score. Do some people actually do that?

[Vollundganz.Golf]

As an aspiring scratch golfer i never even think about factoring in my hcp. 
Your score is how many strokes you've made.

Adjusted score is just your excuse in front of your partner or opponent in competition. 
 

Any thoughts?

[GolfSpy_APH]

If I know them I will tell them. I don't see where handicap comes into play. Mine fluctuates and my score can be very course dependent. Especially considering I have been playing a lot of new courses recently. 

[Murrrrrrrr]

Always raw score. There are ways to mentioning the handicap without mentioning the handicap. If the course was hard you go into about how narrow the fairways were, how difficult the green complex was, how you got some tough breaks, etc. If it wasn't so challenging you talk about how the type of grass suited you, how your range sessions really came through, how you were putting lights out, etc. Many ways of mentioning handicap without mentioning handicap. 

Edited July 31 by Murrrrrrrr

[DaveP043]

6 hours ago, pruden6 said:

Someone asks what your score is for the round you just finished, do you tell them your score with or without your handicap factored into it?

I almost always editorialize first, then give my raw score:

"I played pretty well for me, I shot 78"

That's kind of giving an idea of my net score, without actually saying it.  

5 hours ago, Vollundganz.Golf said:

As an aspiring scratch golfer i never even think about factoring in my hcp. 
Your score is how many strokes you've made.

Adjusted score is just your excuse in front of your partner or opponent in competition. 
 

Any thoughts?

I hope you didn't intend this to sound as elitist as it seems to me. 

"I shot 97"

"You suck!"

"That's the best round of my life, 66 net!!"

For those of us who don't have realistic aspirations to get to scratch  (95% or more of all golfers), some indication of ability is an important part of the discussion of any round of golf.  It could be net score, or simply some vague editorial comment about how good or bad the guy played.  The raw number is pretty meaningless without that.

Which brings up the question, do you include the difficulty of the course you played when you relate the score?  A 76 on Bethpage Black might be a fine score, a 76 on Podunk Greens might suck.  Isn't that information similar to telling someone your net score?

[Gusset]

Just to provide another data point- if I decide to actually give a number, it's always the actual score. I've never heard someone factor in handicap.

[Bossfan]

Always my non adjusted score

[Vollundganz.Golf]

On 7/31/2024 at 2:32 PM, DaveP043 said:

I almost always editorialize first, then give my raw score:

"I played pretty well for me, I shot 78"

That's kind of giving an idea of my net score, without actually saying it.  

I hope you didn't intend this to sound as elitist as it seems to me. 

"I shot 97"

"You suck!"

"That's the best round of my life, 66 net!!"

For those of us who don't have realistic aspirations to get to scratch  (95% or more of all golfers), some indication of ability is an important part of the discussion of any round of golf.  It could be net score, or simply some vague editorial comment about how good or bad the guy played.  The raw number is pretty meaningless without that.

Which brings up the question, do you include the difficulty of the course you played when you relate the score?  A 76 on Bethpage Black might be a fine score, a 76 on Podunk Greens might suck.  Isn't that information similar to telling someone your net score?

I don't understand your reply.. 

i just tell it like it is.

Most golfers know you have a handicap and if they'd like to know what you "actually" shot they might follow up with 'Oh great, and what's your hcp?' 
 

no offense.

that's what the handicap system is for 

 

[Vollundganz.Golf]

On 7/31/2024 at 2:32 PM, DaveP043 said:

I almost always editorialize first, then give my raw score:

"I played pretty well for me, I shot 78"

That's kind of giving an idea of my net score, without actually saying it.  

I hope you didn't intend this to sound as elitist as it seems to me. 

"I shot 97"

"You suck!"

"That's the best round of my life, 66 net!!"

For those of us who don't have realistic aspirations to get to scratch  (95% or more of all golfers), some indication of ability is an important part of the discussion of any round of golf.  It could be net score, or simply some vague editorial comment about how good or bad the guy played.  The raw number is pretty meaningless without that.

Which brings up the question, do you include the difficulty of the course you played when you relate the score?  A 76 on Bethpage Black might be a fine score, a 76 on Podunk Greens might suck.  Isn't that information similar to telling someone your net score?

I don't understand your reply.. 

i just tell it like it is.

Most golfers know you have a handicap and if they'd like to know what you "actually" shot they might follow up with 'Oh great, and what's your hcp?' 
 

no offense but that's what the handicap system is for 

 

[Brooky03]

I haven't bothered to calculate my handicap and probably never will.  So, it's just raw score for me.

[DaveP043]

25 minutes ago, Vollundganz.Golf said:

I don't understand your reply.. 

i just tell it like it is.

Most golfers know you have a handicap and if they'd like to know what you "actually" shot they might follow up with 'Oh great, and what's your hcp?' 
 

no offense.

that's what the handicap system is for 

 

I took issue with the bit I underlined, "your adjusted score is just your excuse....".