Golf Slope Rating Calculator
Slope rating tells you how much harder a course plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer. Enter the course rating and the bogey rating and this works it out for you.
How the calculation works
Slope = (Bogey Rating − Course Rating) × 5.381 (men) or 4.24 (women)
The gap between what a bogey golfer and a scratch golfer are expected to shoot is what slope captures. A wider gap means the course punishes the higher handicapper more — think forced carries, thick rough and trouble that a scratch player flies over but a bogey player finds.
The answer is always clamped between 55 and 155, with 113 being a course of standard relative difficulty. You'll use this number, along with your Handicap Index, to work out your Course Handicap on the day.
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