Course Rating

[D-S]

I'd guess massively wide fairways, minimal rough and huge greens?

Huge greens yes, extreme rough in play yes, semi no.
Without measuring the landing zones , obviously, a lot were bordered by deep bunkers/was the areas (flights of steps down into the bunkers on some fairways), so tricky to quantify, however there was no semi; you were either on the fairway or in a deep bunker.

Interestingly I just checked Cleeve Hill which has wide fairways and minimal rough, albeit with quite small slow greens and their rating is 72.2, slope 128 length 6512. I remeber doing the rating last year, took us 3 tries due to fog coming in every time.

 

[clubchamp98]

One for the people who think that length is all in Course Rating and maybe for those who don’t believe in the universality of Course Ratings around the world in WHS.

I played Saadiyat Beach GC in Abu Dhabi today, I played from the Blue Tees, measuring 6,716 yards, the course is at sea level (the clue is in the name).
It has hundreds of bunkers and large waste areas all bordered by dense long clumps of local seaside grasses.
It has a lot of long carries, water is in play on many holes and there are some forced lay ups.
The greens are very fast and undulating.
The CR is 71.1 and the Slope is 126, very similar to my course at home off the 63 tees. Saadiyat is over350 yards longer and has way more trouble in strategic areas as well as far trickier greens than you will see at any/most UK courses.

If that was your home club, your handicap would be significantly higher.

If the rating team that I am a member of looked at it we would seriously question it.

What would be your best guess at this rating if done by your team.?

 

[D-S]

What would be your best guess at this rating if done by your team.?

Incredibly difficult to guess but given the length, amount of bunkering, green speeds, water in play etc. I would be amazed if it came in under 72 even given wide fairways.
Just another comparison another local course to me of a similar but slightly shorter length (6657 vs 6716) has a CR of 73.0 and a less relevant slope of 129.

Either way it does show that obviously, contrary to what many might say, length isn’t everything, in course rating terms at least.

 

[KenL]

Our course is due a re-rating in the summer. 6597 off the back tees. 100 bunkers, sea in play on several holes as is an oob wall on 6 holes.
Par 71. Current CR is 72.3. Slope is 128 or 129.
Very interested to see what will happen.