Let's say that we have four golfers: Alex, Bob, Chris, and Dan, of various abilities who are in a competition against each other. Here are the players and their handicaps:
| Alex | 14.8 |
| Bob | 9.9 |
| Chris | 1.5 |
| Dan | 26.4 |
The course has the following slope and rating:
So, using the formulas above, here are their course handicaps (only the slope is used to determine the course handicap):
| Alex | 16 |
| Bob | 11 |
| Chris | 2 |
| Dan | 28 |
And, finally, here are their gross and their net scores:
| Golfer | Gross | Net |
| Alex | 91 | 75 |
| Bob | 86 | 75 |
| Chris | 74 | 72 |
| Dan | 99 | 71 |
Dan wins. He is the only one in the group who actually shot better than his handicap, so he deserved to win.