Golf equaliser (8)

I believe the answer is:

handicap

(Other definitions for handicap that I've seen before include "millstone" , "Obstacle" , "Impediment, hindrance" , "Something making progress or success difficult" , "Circumstance that makes success difficult" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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