# Shooting 97 in golf

A 97 on a par 72 is 25 over par and 7 strokes worse than bogey golf. On a middle tee rated 70.6 with a slope of 125 it is worth a Score Differential of 23.9, so a golfer whose good rounds are 97 holds an index near 23.9, and a golfer whose average round is 97 holds one nearer 19 to 21.

## Key figures

- A 97 on a middle tee rated 70.6 with a slope of 125 is a Score Differential of 23.9; on a championship tee rated 74.2 with a slope of 138 it is 18.7.
- The benchmark model reads a 97 as 26 strokes over the tour average, 16.9 of them in the long game.

## Scope

- The differentials apply the published World Handicap System formula to typical tee values; the split of strokes is the site’s benchmark model, Broadie’s published shares applied to the strokes over the tour average.

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