Home course rating easy rant

[gumby]

So for the past 2 months now my home course rates around 68 on a weekday and 69-70 on a weekend, mind you this is a par 72, 134 slope course. This is the most frustrating thing ever because you get these high handicappers shooting 43+ points in stableford that drive the DSR down by a mile. Funniest thing, my friend shoots a 67 and it goes in as a +1.X differential.

I'll have to shoot 73 (handicap is around 5) consistently to just get it as a 5 differential in my golf link, I feel like it's pretty slack that you get punished for a really good round because most of the field who are 20+ handicappers, are shooting 43+ points.

[lmanion]

I won at my home track a couple of saturdays ago playing off 13 had 45 points. 6 others were 40+ and a guy that played off 3 on the day went out after having 37 points. I can see your point but I dont really have a huge problem with it.

[Rodent]

It's a problem. Maybe they should have different DSR's for each grade?

[gumby]

It's a problem. Maybe they should have different DSR's for each grade?

They definitely do, it's exponentially harder for A graders to shoot 43+ points. A guy I use to play with shot a 72 and it came in with a differential of 3.5, his handicap went up from 6.7 to 7.1.

[Hux]

If high handicappers are routinely shooting 43pts etc enough to affect DSR and its slope is 134 at the time then there is an issue with the course ratings. No way a slope 134/72 could end up having a DSR of 68 or even sub 72 routinely unless there are some significant condition issues that lets the course play really easy.
Whats the course?

With regards to the other comments, there are grades in a comp so the A graders don't have to compete against C graders in net events.

[Buzz]

Understand the issue but surely if C graders are doing this regularly they won't stay in C grade?

[Dotty]

Understand the issue but surely if C graders are doing this regularly they won't stay in C grade?

They have a roster and take it in turns.

Bernie just needs to make 44 points every twentieth game, then Merv will take care of the next comp. game, followed by Clive, Des, Norm, etc. for the next four months.

By the time his turn comes around again, Bernie's 44 points would have dropped off his GA calculation.

ps.

[solarman]

FFS Dotty, now my head hurts after that

[Dotty]

FFS Dotty, now my head hurts after that

Don't worry.

It's not your turn to play well, until the second week of January.

[mrbluu]

Gumby I'd the DSR rates a couple of under oar every round, doesn't this that mean if you shoot 35-36 every round u handicap will go up.????

Also in these comps how many grades are there???

[Buzz]

I'm a C grader and 38 is my best in 12 months. Then again I guess I'm only one shot from B grade

[mrbluu]

I'm a C grader and 38 is my best in 12 months. Then again I guess I'm only one shot from B grade

Did u miss out on the roster????

[Buzz]

Yeah I'd say so ... Also missed out when they were handing out talent

[mrbluu]

Yeah I'd say so ... Also missed out when they were handing out talent

I've got similar LOFT issues...

[Scifisicko]

What P's me off is that the DSR has minimal correlation to the conditions.

+1 for Dotty's roster theory.

[Dotty]

I'm a C grader and 38 is my best in 12 months. Then again I guess I'm only one shot from B grade

You keep your good form for matchplay events, which doesn't get handicapped.

ps. x a million.

[gumby]

Gumby I'd the DSR rates a couple of under oar every round, doesn't this that mean if you shoot 35-36 every round u handicap will go up.????

Also in these comps how many grades are there???

Yeah if your flagged round goes out. My next flagged round is at a 2 differential meaning that I would need to shoot a 70 ( 2 under par) just to keep my handicap from going up

We have Div 1 and Div 2, i think Div 1 is A and B combined and Div 2 is the rest.

[gumby]

What P's me off is that the DSR has minimal correlation to the conditions.

Agreed, played in gale force winds and it still ended up being a DSR of 70, I don't get it.

[gumby]

there is an issue with the course ratings.

I agree, when they came out with the slope rating of our course it was 130 for whites and 134 for blues and every member was quite surprised. Honestly it should be around 11X, it kinda stops the higher handicapper getting around 3-4 more shots from their GA handicap.

[Buzz]

You keep your good form for matchplay events, which doesn't get handicapped.

ps. x a million.

Haha you know there's probably more than a few that think I'm a burglar but there's probably more that wonder why I'm not worse than 20

Matchplay is great you only have to play slightly better than your opponent!

[sms316]

Join somewhere else

[Coldtopper]

I blame the asylum seekers they wreck everything!

[Progolfgear]

Same problem at my local track. I was playing well for a while and got down to +1, over winter I have gone out to 1 and now that I am starting to get some better scores the course rating is always -3ish.

Had 1 under on Wednesday, played to 1.8, had a .9 drop off the end and went out.

The only time our course rating is ever par or thereabouts its because we had a 100kph wind.

[WBennett]

I'm a C grader and 38 is my best in 12 months. Then again I guess I'm only one shot from B grade

Dear Buzz
How did you go today?
Your turn on the roster?


Same question for Solarman...

[dazza99]

I play 2 local tracks quite often.

One a slope of 120 I regularly shoot my best rounds.
The other (my home track) slope 124 and I play easily my worst golf there. Often 5 - 10 shots more than track 1

Had the issue above at track #1 recently. Shot 38pts for the round. But DSR came in at 68 and my cap went out. Bit annoyed...
Understandable though. it did play fairly easily that day.

As for the course in the OP. Sounds like the rating must be a bit out if its every week.