What does +1.5 handicap mean? A +1.5 handicap means that 1.5 goals or points will be added to the full-time score for that game. For example, if the game finishes 2-1 and your team has only scored 1 goal, then 1.5 will be added to create an adjusted final score of 2-2.5, meaning the bet now wins.
Now imagine you are relatively new to the world of golf and have a golf handicap of 30. Theoretically speaking, this means that on the St Andrews Old Course - a course par of 72 - you would be expected to take 30 additional strokes, making a total of 102 strokes to complete the game.