Expert: Warren Friedl, Pro Shop Owner/Operator, - 6/3/2009

Question
Do you use a new handicap for each week you bowl or do you figure the handicap one week and apply it to all the next weeks scores of the season?

Answer
Tina,
Every time you bowl, the results get tallied, which changes your totals, and if it changes your average, it changes your handicap. So, after each session (each week, every other, once a month, depending on the schedule of your league), it sounds like you bowl every week, then it changes every week.

You figure handicap from the total pins and total games bowled, which tells you your average. So, as you add games and pins each week, the handicap CAN change (and so will your handicap). If your average stays the same your handicap will too.

Thanks for the question.