What does the average golfer score?

According to the USGA, the average score for recreational players is 91 on a par 72 golf course. These numbers take into account everyone who actively records their scores and reports them online, and since a lot of golfers don't do this, the average golf score for all golfers is much closer to 100.
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What is a good golf scoring average?

In golf, scores less than 120 strokes are seen as respectable, or “good” scores among amateur golfers. While 90 stroke scores are considered average, scores below 120 strokes on an 18-hole course are seen amongst the golf community as relatively good.
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What percentage of golfers can break 90?

According to data from the National Golf Foundation, only 26 percent of all golfers shoot below 90 consistently on regulation 18-hole courses; 45 percent of all golfers average more than 100 strokes per round.”
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What is the average score of all golfers?

For the average amateur adult male, the average score is a 96. For a woman, the average score is shooting a 108. Other websites have found and claim the national average golf score is around 100 strokes which is close between the 96 and 108 cited above.
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What is average Amatuer golf score?

The average score for an amateur golf player is 90 strokes. A score of 90 strokes on a par 72 course is considered an average score for beginners and amateurs. Anything above 120 is regarded as a bad golf score. This may be the average golf score, but there is more to it.
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What is Tiger Woods average score?

Woods is 14–1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. Woods scoring average in 2000 is the lowest in PGA Tour history, both adjusted, 67.79, and unadjusted, 68.17. Woods has the lowest career scoring average in PGA Tour history.
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Is a 20 handicap good for a golfer?

While, as we have said before, many players do not register for an official handicap, it is still the best way to measure skills. If you want to be considered good you at least need to have an official handicap. The survey found golfers around 16 to 20 handicap to be the average golfer.
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What is Tiger's best score?

1. 63, 2007 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (2nd rd.) Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. The hottest major on record – the thermometer hit 101 in the first two rounds – also was the site of one of Woods' personal records.
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Is 50 a good golf score?

Yes, breaking 50 in a game of 9 holes is is a good score. A score of 50 is considered to be a major milestone for golfers who are making the shift going from beginner to intermediate levels of golfing.
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How far should an average golfer hit a 7 iron?

Average 7 Iron Distances are following:

Beginning golfers- 100 yards (men) or 60 yards (women) Intermediate golfers- 135 yards (men) and 75 yards (women) Advanced golfers- 165 yards (men) or 140 yards (women)
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What's my handicap if I shoot 85?

If you shoot a 85, you can say that your handicap is an 13. You are a mid handicap golfer, which is an average handicap (more golfers fall into this group than any other).
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How good is a 12 handicap in golf?

If a golfer has a handicap between 10 and 18, she is a skilled player with a moderate handicap.
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Is 69 a good golf score?

Good, based on what is average, is 90 strokes for every 18 holes played. This “good” golf score is based on playing a round of golf on an industry standard par 72 course. If a golfer stays within (assuming they are an amateur) scoring a 90-108 stroke (maximum), they are within the 'good golf score' range.
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Is 100 a good score in golf?

Since a score of 100 is considered an average score for an average golfer, you'll be considered an above-average golfer if you can consistently break 100.
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What percentage of golfers can break 80?

Only about 2 percent of all golfers ever break 80, which generally is considered the Holy Grail of scoring. To legitimately break 80 — no improved lies; no 3-foot gimmes; no free drop from out of bounds — is to breathe the rarefied air of good, if not great golf.
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Is 81 a good golf score?

An average golf score is 90 strokes for every 18 holes played. This score applies to an amateur golfer playing on a par 72 course. A good golf score is a maximum of 108 strokes, while a bad score is considered to be 120 strokes or higher.
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Is 30 a good golf handicap?

The lower the score, the better you play. A good golf handicap is usually below 10. This would mean that a player with a handicap of 10 typically shoots around 82 for 18-holes.
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What is my golf handicap if I shoot 130?

That is the simple answer because if you played a course with a slope rating of 130 and course rating of 70, then your handicap index would be a 15.8. The result is if you averaged 90 strokes over five rounds.
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Is 66 a good golf score?

Golf courses normally have a par that ranges between 70 and 72; any score that is at par or under par is considered good.
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How hard is it to break 80 in golf?

Breaking 80 is not impossible, but it's not completely easy either. You need to become a relatively good ball striker at the minimum. If that part of your game is tapped out, then look to the short game to make up the difference.
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Can the average golfers break 100?

According to the National Golf Foundation, 55% of adult golfers can break 100. Only 29% of adult golfers report an average score of 90 to 99.
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What handicap do pros have?

The average Tour pro has a handicap index of +5.4.
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What handicap is a scratch golfer?

What playing off scratch means is that player has a handicap of 0 (or better). If your handicap is 15, you expect to be about 15 over every time you play; a scratch player expects to play level par or better whenever they play.
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What is a respectable golf handicap?

A good golf handicap is ten or less. With a handicap index of ten or less, you will generally shoot somewhere around 82. Shooing in the low 80s is better than average but certainly not good enough to be considered a scratch player.
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