Trygve Bogevold 

Do you recognize this man, and what has he done for you?

For everyday golfers, the impact of handicap research is felt in every round. Meet Trygve (trig-vee) Bogevold. Trygve is not only a founding member of the USGA Handicap Research Team (HRT), but also the great-uncle of Dr. Erik Barton, who belongs to Salishan Golf Links. However, enough about Doc.

Leighton Calkins created the original USGA handicap framework in 1904, adopted in 1911. Fast forward...

In May 1978, Dr. Richard Stroud, a consulting member of the Handicap Procedure Committee, wrote a letter to Gordon Ewen, the Committee's Chairman, proposing the Slope System. In discussing a 1971 proposal by Dr. Clyne Soley and Trygve Bogevold for a slope-like approach to handicapping, Stroud wrote, "It should be emphasized that the proposed scheme for selecting course-difficulty parameters is based on length alone. There is a significant chance some more sophisticated methods will prove necessary; i.e., the Knuth method for refining course ratings and a similar procedure for predicting slope."

In 1979, the USGA formed the HRT. The group's mission was to study and refine many aspects of the Handicap System, including Course Ratings. The concepts of expert and bogey ratings emerged. The present USGA Course Rating System, which includes Bogey Rating and Slope Rating, was developed and tested by Knuth, initiated in 1981, and is now known as GHIN (Golf Handicap & Information Network). (1)

Can't sleep at night? Try reading The Pope of Slope. 

(1) Used with permission from the author, Dean Knuth.                                                                                                                      

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