Handicaps let PlayThru calculate net scores so golfers of different skill levels compete fairly. When enabled, a handicap capped event affects the leaderboard, match play, and registration (handicap fields appear on the registration form when enabled).
Step-by-step
1: Enable handicaps on the Event tab
- Click Create Event from the dashboard or edit an existing event.
- Open the Event tab.
- Under Event Configurations, check Handicap.
- Optional: check Adjust handicaps for course to use slope and rating to adjust a golfers handicap for the difficulty of the course.
- Optional: set Apply percentage of handicap (e.g., 100% for full handicap, less than 100% if you want to limit the impact of handicaps).
- Click Save.
Handicap percentage is not available for Scramble or Alternate Shot formats.
2: Enter course data (Course tab)
- Go to the Course tab.
- For each tee box, enter in hole handicap indexes for each hole along with Par values.
If Adjust handicaps for course is enabled:
- Enter Slope and Course Rating values for each tee.
- Save.
PlayThru uses the USGA adjusted handicap formula
Adj Handicap = (Handicap * (Slope/113)) + (Course Rating - Par)
3: Enter golfer handicaps (Golfers tab)
- Go to the Golfers tab.
- Enter each golfer's Handicap Index (if adjusting handicap for the course, do NOT enter the course handicap, PlayThru calcualtes that automatically).
- Assign each golfer to the correct Tee.
- Save.
4: Verify on Scorecard tab
The checklist will flag "Missing handicaps" if any golfer is blank while handicaps are enabled.
Leaderboard behavior
- When handicaps are enabled, the leaderboard defaults to net scores.
- Golfers can toggle gross/net on the public leaderboard to see where they rank for both options.
- Net scores are calculated per hole based on the golfer's tee, handicap, and stroke index.
Tips
For 9-hole events, the entered golfer handicap and course ratings will be about half what you'd enter for an 18-hole event. See article #18 for more details.
