Orikoru
Tour Winner
Me obviously."Fair" to whom?
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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Arthur Wedge
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Your HI is still the same I’m guessing it’s now just your course is rated correctly
Orikoru
Tour Winner
No, my course is now rated even more incorrectly.
Arthur Wedge
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based on what ?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
The rating system is a joke, but this has already been discussed elsewhere.
Arthur Wedge
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Grimms Dyke is a par 68 of 5200 yards with multiple par 4’s under 300 yards
A SR of 65 seems about right
clubchamp98
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Yeah you sound like the people who do the ratings. Length is all that matters obviously.
Arthur Wedge
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Yeah you sound like the people who do the ratings. Length is all that matters obviously.
Well it’s a key reason when courses are rated
How Is Course Rating Calculated?
Course Rating is a key number in the World Handicap System but what exactly is it and how is it worked out?
www.golfmonthly.com
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Went to the course to try the new driver. Jumped onto an empty back nine and just bashed balls off various tees for two hours. Tried various swing speeds and stances. Long and, some, very straight. Others were only a tad offline. Initial thought was that it is a good purchase!
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
If you think the rating system at your club is a joke how does it compare to the SSS pre WHS?
Ours barely changed 0.8 difference for whites, 0.4 yellows, 1.2 reds (all increases).
Given the time between the two being done not surprised to see some difference given the changes in the course in that time.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I never looked at or cared what SSS was, I had absolutely no idea what it was for. I don't believe it affected me in any way. I also think I joined my current club after WHS came in anyway, so no experience of it before.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Yeah you sound like the people who do the ratings. Length is all that matters obviously.
I have understood It was the SSS where it was mainly based upon distances although clubs could set par based upon difficulty.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
SSS (Standard Scratch Score) was what your handicap was based upon not par.*
Handicap alterations were based upon the CSS (Competition Standard Scratch) a comparison between the actual scores in a comp and the SSS
This used to be the biggest mistake players made re handicap . They used to compare their score against par rather than the SSS/CSS. Where I play shooting to scratch meant a score of 3 under par off the whites so with my then handicap of 6 I was expected to go round in 3 over par.
Vikingman
Head Pro
Played yesterday, think its the coldest I've ever been on a golf course.
Springveldt
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Still do, mine's currently 2.8I remember the good old days when you only had one handicap.
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Arthur Wedge
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I remember the good old days when you only had one handicap.
I still do
Just looked and still have a handicap of 1.7
AussieKB
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I still do playing off 5 tomorrow at one course then 4 on Thursday at another etc...
clubchamp98
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That depends where your playing!
Tashyboy
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Today is the story of my life re golf. Shot the round of my life over the last couple of years. 23 points front nine, 21 back nine with four bloody lip outs. And guess what, we played a team comp, best 2 from three. All to score on par fives and we dragged nowt 
the flipping golfing gods some days just mock you.
Re my driving, I am a flippin machine at the moment
the flipping golfing gods some days just mock you.Re my driving, I am a flippin machine at the moment
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