** PLEASE NOTE THAT AS FROM THE 2024 SEASON THE CALCULATION WILL BE** 
Handicap Index * (Slope Rating(131)/113) + (COURSE RATING(70.2) – PAR (71) )

WE AWAIT CLARIFICATION RE CERTAIN MATTERS BEFORE UPDATING THE BELOW

What is your Course Handicap? ( Please note that the slope rating referred to below for Kilsyth is now 131)

A course handicap provides you with the number of strokes you need to play to your handicap based on the difficulty of the course and the set of tees from which you will be playing.

It is calculated by taking your Handicap Index * (Slope Rating/113). Note- If playing only 9 holes the formula is different

Example 1

Your Handicap index is 10.8

KLGC (White Tees) Slope Rating is 133

Your course handicap is 10.8*(133/113) = 12.7 (rounded to 13)

The figure of 113 is used as that would be the slope if the course was of equal difficulty for scratch and bogey players

But don’t worry as signage in the Clubhouse and at the 1st tee showing the Course Handicap for all Handicap Indexes and Tees.

What is your Competition/Playing Handicap?

Depending on the format of play, a handicap allowance me by applied to your course handicap. (For individual Stroke Play the allowance is 95%).

Therefore your Playing Handicap would be (using the above example) 13*0.95 = 12.4 rounded to 12.

For allowances to be used for different formats see the table here

You do not have to worry about the arithmetic though – all you have to do is record your gross score and the WHS  system will do all the calculations