It's all change under the World Handicap System.
Playing Handicaps are calculated as a percentage of Course Handicaps for each format of the game as follows:-
- Individual stroke play, Stableford, par/bogey, maximum score: 95%
- Fourball stroke play: 85%
- Fourball Stableford: 85%
- Fourball par/bogey: 90%
- Individual match play: 100%
- Fourball match play: 90%
- Foursomes: 50% of combined team handicap
- Greensomes, Pinehurst/Chapman: 60% low handicap + 40% high handicap
- Best 1 of 4 stroke play: 75%
- Best 2 of 4 stroke play: 85%
- Best 3 of 4 stroke play: 100%
- Best 4 of 4 stroke play: 100%
- Scramble (4 players): 25%/20%/15%/10% from lowest to highest handicap
- Scramble (2 players): 25% low/15% high
- Total score of 2 match play: 100%
- Best 1 of 4 par/bogey: 75%
- Best 2 of 4 par/bogey: 80%
- Best 3 of 4 par/bogey: 90%
- 4 of 4 par/bogey: 100%
Please be aware that pre-calculated Playing Handicaps by computer (and shown on competition score cards and start sheets) are only rounded once i.e. there is no intermediate rounding between the calculation of a Course Handicap and a Playing Handicap as there is for Match Play.
