What is an Adjusted Gross Score?

The golfer adjusted gross score is a golfer's stroke total for a round after accounting for the maximum per-hole scores allowed by the stroke control guidelines.

* If a golfer does not yet have an index, the maximum allowed index will be used. (36.4 for men, 40.4 for women)

Our software supports four options for AGS calculation:

  1. 2020 stroke control (recommended): Maximum hole score allowed is a "Net Double Bogey" (2 over par plus allowed handicap strokes).

  2. Pre-2020 stroke control:

18 hole handicap

Limitation on any hole

9 or less

Double Bogey

10 through 19

7

20 through 29

8

30 through 39

9

40 or more

10

  1. Constant Maximum Score:

Par

Max Score

3

6

4

8

5

10

6

12

  1. No Stroke Reduction: The AGS will equal the gross score. This is not recommended because an unusually high score on a hole can greatly increase a golfer's handicap.

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