ATLANTA — If you have an official USGA handicap, you can now match up your index against the best player in the world.
Ahead of this week’s Tour Championship, in which he will begin with a two-shot advantage, Scottie Scheffler revealed that he carries a plus-7 index, an eye-popping figure.
For those unaware of what that means, Scheffler has to give seven shots back to the course on the seven easiest holes. So, for instance, if he is playing the seventh handicapped hole on the scorecard, and it is a par-4, Scheffler has to make a three to post a net-par. He essentially has to shoot 7-under to
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