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Yes agree, I was exaggerating a little, but I've seen really low players on these types of courses a few times. 5 iron off the tee then...

This I completely agree with. Easy for a scratch golfer but a nightmare for a high hc with a slice.

This to me suggests the slope rating should be higher then, because a bogey golfer doesn't have the ability to play that way. Slope is...

Golf is about getting the ball into the hole. Please go out to a pitch and putt course or short 9 hole course and start playing. You'll...

Have you ever seen a genuine scratch golfer playing a short and tight course? Mid iron off the tee, wedge into the green, they find it...

The problem is all golfers are different but the system cannot take that into consideration. What is a difficult course for you may be...

Surely thats all relative Not sure I would call it a difficult course

The problem with your proposed system, is that it had zero mathematical basis. Handicaps for the vast majority of those playing most...

It isn't down to the governing bodies (I assume you mean the R&A and USGA). It is entirely dependent on the resources if the relevant...

Isn't that pretty much exactly how the existing course rating system works? By predicting what typical scratch and bogey golfers would...

When I’ve been to practice days at the Open, the players all practise putting and chipping to expected hole locations.

At each PGAT event (or at least, most), the players and caddies know the previous years' hole locations and will putt/play to them...

It can be a fine line. Cliques, by their nature, don't let outsiders in, are very insular. A group of friends may be still open to...

Cliquishness at golf clubs is one of my biggest irritations. We had an outflow of around 15 members who all went to other clubs in...

Yep, why I said it seems like a lot of work. I do Aimpoint and I normally only do 2 reads on long putts, one about halfway and one...