Your Score Differential is one round's score measured against how hard the tee you played actually is. You get one for every round that counts, and it is what your handicap is built from.
Where to Find It
Once a round is saved, open its Round Summary. Premium and Intelligence golfers see the Score Differential there.
How the Number Is Worked Out
It compares your adjusted gross score with the course rating and the slope rating of the tee you played.
That is why the same score on two courses gives you two different Score Differentials, and why a good round on an easy course can still come out above your handicap. The number is not your score. It is your score put in context.
If the Number Looks Wrong
If the number looks wrong, you can replace it.
- Open the Round Summary of that round.
- Tap the menu in the top right.
- Edit the Score Differential.
What you enter replaces the value we worked out, and it is the one your handicap uses from then on.
Rounds Without a Score Differential
Sometimes there is nothing to show, because we cannot work it out:
- The course has no course rating or slope rating.
- The round is incomplete.
- It was a Match Play round.
Notes
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Editing one does not rebuild your handicap
Correcting a Score Differential changes what your handicap is worked out from, but your handicap does not update itself. Go to Performance, tap Handicap, then Calculate.
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This is not your Differential Score
The names are nearly the same and the numbers have nothing to do with each other. The Differential Score is the one you see while you are playing, telling you how the round is going. See How to Play Stroke Play or Stableford.
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Your Hole19 handicap is not an official index
Hole19 is not a handicap authority. These numbers build the handicap we show you here, and it is not a World Handicap System index. See How to Calculate Your Handicap (Premium).
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