Question: I know pros can’t have Handicap Indexes, but if they could, what would be the average Index of a PGA Tour pro?

Answer: Most tour pros would have an Index of about plus-5. In any given week, the winner plays to about a plus-10. In the year 2000, when Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship, he played to a plus-10 the entire year. I know a lot of scratch golfers who think they’re good enough to play on tour, so let this serve as a reality check.

-Dean Knuth, former senior director of the USGA Handicap Department