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I’ve been to several women’s events including the Women’s Open and always found the pace of play to be incredibly slow. Some of the...

What an utterly bizarre game of golf I've just had. Comp off the whites started with a fresh air shot on the first tee :eek: but...

I found Painswick to be very tough when I played it 2 years ago. Off the yellow tees CR is 3.1 under par and SR is 105. I'm HI 4.7 and...

I think there are many that don't understand the difference.

Course rating is one element of a course’s difficulty- slope also has effect for mid- high handicappers. As I understand it you could...

But, courses already get rated. And, apart from a few complaints from golfers who don't actually understand the process, let alone the...

These may be useful although short on detail. The last one is probably the best...

I wouldn't have thought there was enough work to keep many people employed as a full time professional course rater. Unless you only had...

As I said it is far, far more than 4 hours by far more than 1 person. How many man years should the County be devoting to rating each...

So a rating team should spend enough time on a golf course, so that something can be factored into a course rating that has taken you...

The relationship between CR and Par can be misleading. Par is arbitrarily assigned by the club. A par 4 can range from 240 to 490 yards...

The R&A should have an employee at every course with a Thermometer, Barometer & a Wind Sock and of course a Watch so the PCC can be...

When I went to the England Golf seminar before WHS was rolled out, Gemma Hunter explained the Course ratings were roughly 80% based on...

I did the survey, and was chatting at pre match lunch with a fellow team vet who travels, and plays, in the lower handicap end of the...