Derived indexes
Handicaps
Tour players do not post a GHIN. These plus-indexes are derived from professional scoring against estimated championship ratings — a conceptual WHS differential, labeled as such. YouTube-space rows use public cards. Plus numbers are better than scratch. Whole numbers without a plus are regular handicaps.
PGA Tour
Built from professional rounds. Treat the index as a band, not a certificate.
| Player | Index | Rounds | Method | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | +6.8 | 62 | Tour scoring average versus estimated course rating/slope on championship setups, converted to a WHS-style differential and truncated. | World No. 1 season shape. This is not a GHIN post. It is a derived tour index so the YouTube column has something honest to sit next to. |
| Rory McIlroy | +6.2 | 54 | Same differential method as the Scheffler row. Major weeks weighted the same as regular events in this seed. | Plus-index band shared with the rest of the top ten. The gap to Scheffler is strokes, not a different species. |
| Xander Schauffele | +5.4 | 58 | Derived from professional stroke averages on rated championship tees. | Mid-elite tour band. Useful as the 'very good PGA Tour player' anchor. |
| Median made-cut starter | +3.9 | 80 | Composite of scoring averages from mid-field regular-event finishers, not a single person. | The tour is not a row of +6s. This row exists so the table does not lie. |
YouTube space
Creator golf with posted holes. Sample sizes are smaller and the formats are messier.
| Player | Index | Rounds | Method | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Dalke | +3.2 | 18 | College-plus creator cards from public matches. | Former amateur standout now living in creator events. Index reflects posted YouTube scoring, not a recruiting book. |
| Grant Horvat | +1.4 | 22 | Public round posts and televised YouTube cards, treated as competition differentials against published ratings where known. | YouTube-space plus-handicap. Cards are entertainment plus golf; sample is thinner than a tour season. |
| Rick Shiels | 2.6 | 30 | Published channel handicap and recorded social matches. Stored as a regular (non-plus) index of 2.6. | Instruction-and-review volume golfer. Useful as the 'single-digit creator who posts everything' row. |
| Good Good mid-card | 4.8 | 40 | Composite of regular Good Good match participants who are not plus-index ringers. | The YouTube tour is a spread, same as the PGA Tour. This is the 8–12 band people actually watch. |