Found this on the USGA website. This chart shows you what percentage of golfers have your handicap and how your handicap stacks up against the rest of the country.
Here’s the link. Men’s USGA Handicap Indexes
| USGA Hdcp Idx | Percent of Total | Cumulative |
| +1 or better | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 0 | 0.55% | 0.68% |
| 1 | 0.57% | 1.25% |
| 2 | 0.85% | 2.10% |
| 3 | 1.15% | 3.25% |
| 4 | 1.56% | 4.81% |
| 5 | 2.02% | 6.83% |
| 6 | 2.56% | 9.39% |
| 7 | 3.17% | 12.56% |
| 8 | 3.68% | 16.24% |
| 9 | 4.20% | 20.44% |
| 10 | 4.66% | 25.10% |
| 11 | 5.02% | 30.12% |
| 12 | 5.41% | 35.53% |
| 13 | 5.58% | 41.11% |
| 14 | 5.67% | 46.78% |
| 15 | 5.54% | 52.32% |
| 16 | 5.36% | 57.69% |
| 17 | 5.02% | 62.71% |
| 18 | 4.64% | 67.35% |
| 19 | 4.23% | 71.57% |
| 20 | 3.88% | 75.45% |
| 21 | 3.46% | 78.91% |
| 22 | 3.12% | 82.03% |
| 23 | 2.78% | 84.81% |
| 24 | 2.44% | 87.25% |
| 25 | 2.11% | 89.36% |
| 26 | 1.81% | 91.17% |
| 27 | 1.54% | 92.71% |
| 28 | 1.30% | 94.01% |
| 29 | 1.10% | 95.12% |
| 30 | 0.91% | 96.03% |
| 31 | 0.75% | 96.78% |
| 32 | 0.61% | 97.39% |
| 33 | 0.51% | 97.91% |
| 34 | 0.42% | 98.32% |
| 35 | 0.34% | 98.66% |
| 36+ | 1.34% | 100.00% |
Seems, kind of inaccurate to me, don’t you think? I suppose it’s limited to only those who use an official handicap tracking service.
I read somewhere that 75% of golfers do not track their handicaps, so if this is an accurate percentage, than out of the 25% of golfers that do track their handicaps, the a fore mentioned table displays their dispersion.
Your thoughts?
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Given that most don’t track there handicap (I don’t know anyone besides myself and you that actually tracks their handicap) this seems accurate. The majority that would track it are in my range (10-15) because they are good enough to be considered good by many but not good enough to actually be good. If that makes sense.
I looked at the women’s index. Makes me feel better about my game. We’ll see if I feel that way when I play this weekend.