Post a Score

CGA members have access to three ways to post a score:

• Free GHIN® Mobile App
• ghin.com
• Posting kiosks located at participating golf courses.

The GHIN Mobile app is a convenient, fast, and easy way to record and track your scores, determine your Course Handicap™, and prove that you are a CGA Member. Download the app by searching the keyword “GHIN” on Google Play or the iTunes store.

Handicap Index®

Do you know someone looking for a USGA Handicap Index?

Why would I need a Handicap Index?
To play in a member-guest, a pro-am, a county amateur, or a CGA tournament. Most of these require a USGA Handicap Index. If you belong to a CGA club, then you have a USGA Handicap Index as part of your CGA membership.

What is a Handicap Index?
A Handicap Index is a calculation of your scores, using the course and slope ratings of the tees you played. It's a way to compare your playing level against other golfers and make games fair.

Can I start a Handicap Index online?
Sure, but you have to be careful. Many websites offer "handicaps" that are not a Handicap Index. The USGA says you must belong to a club of golfers which is a group of individual players. Most websites will offer some kind of handicap calculation, but many do not use the WHS formula or place you in a club. The CGA has WHS-compliant Carolinas eClubs located throughout North and South Carolina.

Join a golf club?
Golf clubs are public, municipal, military, semi-private, and private. Joining one is easy. The Carolinas Golf Association can help you find a club. Click here to e-mail the CGA staff or Search for CGA Member Club.

GHIN^® Mobile App

Download your free GHIN Mobile App.

Handicap Index^® Look Up

A golfer that has completed a Digital Profile may sign in on the GHIN app or at ghin.com and look up fellow golfers. 

Course Handicap™ Calculator

Golfers may visit the USGA website or the GHIN app to calculate a Course Handicap for a particular tee set at a golf course.

• On the USGA website, you will need to know the Course Rating™ and Slope Rating™ for the tee set at the golf course.
• On the GHIN app, you will search for a golf course first and then select a tee set.
   

Maximum Hole Score

If you have yet to establish a value for your Handicap Index, the maximum hole score for posting purposes is par +5.

Once you have established your Handicap Index, the maximum hole score for posting purposes is a net double bogey.  Net double bogey is equal to par + 2 + any handicap strokes you receive based on your Course Handicap. 

For additional details, see Rule 3.1 in Rules of Handicapping or visit the USGA website.