I’d be getting 16!

He got game

You may consider yourself a fine player with your 3 handicap or perhaps you frequently play to your 15 handicap. You may even think that Tiger Woods could spot you a stroke per hole and you'd
have a close match.

Turns out a stroke per hole would be about right if you were about a 3 handicap. And Tiger would still probably win.  The handicaps of our favorite PGA Tour pros remain a mystery. Sure
we know they're in the "+" realm - which, oddly enough, means better
than scratch - but by how much?  

Calculations

PGA Tour courses don't have established ratings. Pros often play from
tees used only in PGA Tour events, the rough is grown extra long and
thick, and greens are sped and firmed up. Each of those changes has a
dramatic effect on the course rating and slope, making it difficult
to ascertain the true nature of a pro's handicap index.

Normally we apply a 0.96 multiplier to a person's average
differential in calculating handicaps. This is to help figure in the
"potential" of a player. A golfer with an un-adjusted handicap index
of 5 becomes a 4.8 index after the 0.96 multiplier is applied. It
would make little sense, however, to take a plus-5 handicap to +4.8,
so we must instead divide by 0.96. That would make a +5 golfer a +5.2
golfer, again figuring in the "potential."
Here are the shocking figures:  After calculating the slope and rating for the increased difficulty of the courses played, figuring his stroke differential and then dividing by 0.96, the scope of his talent becomes painfully apparent.  
His Average Stroke Differential = 10.6
His Best 10 rounds Average Differential = 13.2
Divided by 0.96 =  Handicap Index: +13.75

Now take a deep breath and read that again. +13.75. For cryin’ out loud, Tiger's WORST ten differentials average out to +8.05.  To put a +13.75 into perspective, if you are a 5 handicap golfer and tee it up on a par 72 municipal course, you’d need to post a score of roughly 77 to shoot your handicap.  Tiger would need to post a 58 to shoot his!  Absolutely unreal.  This guy is just really good…. 

I'd get 16 and still likely get thumped