What is your Adjusted Gross Score? And how does it affect your golf handicap? Gross score is every stroke a golfer has taken during a golf round, then added up for a total score. Adjusted gross score is a golfer's strokes that are total for a golf round, but only after accounting for the maximum per-hole scores that are allowed by the USGA's Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) guidelines.
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All golf rounds turned in for handicapping purposes must be played using (ESC) guidelines. Equitable Stroke Control sets a cap on the score a golfer can take on any given hole. For example, a player might have actually taken 12 strokes to play a hole, but (ESC) guidelines for the course handicap level, may only allow the player to take a 7 on the scorecard. Rules state that all rounds turned in for golf handicaps must be the adjusted gross score of the golfer.