Beyond the Grass · The BTG Bridge
One fair number
for every golfer.
The Bridge takes the handicap you earned outdoors and turns it into a fair indoor one — so simulator regulars and grass golfers compete on level ground.
The Bridge · V3.2
Source sets confidence, not your number.
Your indoor reading
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Enter your outdoor handicap to see your reading — then move a lever and watch it react.
Round conditions
Pins
Green speed
Green firmness
Putting arrow
Wind
Terrain penalty
Gimmies (ft)
Mulligans
Just like a course’s length and difficulty shape your handicap outdoors, the sim’s setup shapes it indoors.
This is a conditions reading. Your competition number adds a first-event cap and sharpens with every verified round.
What the Bridge is.
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It translates outdoor to indoor.
Your outdoor handicap was earned on grass — wind, run-out, real greens. A simulator plays differently. The Bridge converts your outdoor handicap into a fair indoor handicap, so an outdoor golfer and an indoor regular start the round on equal terms.
02
It sets your start line, not your ceiling.
Your indoor handicap is what you play off — it sets your NET start line so every flight is a fair fight. It is the only number you ever need to see. Nothing you buy can move it.
03
It earns its accuracy from real rounds.
The Bridge doesn't guess once and walk away. As verified indoor rounds come in, it refines — keeping the whole field fair as a tournament goes on.
The evolving Bridge
Round 1 sets your indoor baseline. Every round after plays against it.
Your number isn’t carved at registration. It refines as real rounds come in, so the field stays fair as a tournament goes on. If your handicap moves between rounds, that is the system working for you — not against you.
A career day is a career day. Honest rounds clear without a word.
How it sets your competition.
Your Bridge handicap does two jobs. It places you in a flight — Champ, A, or B — so you compete against players of your level. And it sets your tee, so the course meets you where your game is.
No verified outdoor handicap?
Your tee is set. Your flight is earned.
You start in a Provisional bucket. Tees do not move during the event — your tee is fixed for every round. Your flight (Champ, A, or B) is assigned once your rounds are in, on your combined result. This is the Bust-Out Rule.
Already have a verified outdoor handicap? The Bridge assigns your flight at registration and it stays fixed for the whole event — no mid-event reassignment. Read the full rules →
On integrity
The number is yours. It is earned from real golf, and nothing you can buy will ever move it.
The Bridge runs on a versioned curve we tune from real results — never a quiet edit, always a tracked change, so every number is reproducible and every round is judged the same way. That is what keeps the field honest: the same fair math sets the start line for the scratch outdoor player and the simulator regular alike. Your flight is won on the screen, not bought off it.
Questions about your number? Email a Back Nine team member.