R&A website says my course par is 70... but not according to the scorecard

[sjw]

As the title says - my course is a par 72 according to the scorecard. On the R&A website, it's listed as a par 70 from the yellows. What gives? (The Cambridgeshire Golf Club, Bar Hill)

 

[Swango1980]

As the title says - my course is a par 72 according to the scorecard. On the R&A website, it's listed as a par 70 from the yellows. What gives? (The Cambridgeshire Golf Club, Bar Hill)

I'm surprised the R&A even quote par, given some believe it is an absolutely irrelevant piece of information

 

[Wabinez]

As the title says - my course is a par 72 according to the scorecard. On the R&A website, it's listed as a par 70 from the yellows. What gives? (The Cambridgeshire Golf Club, Bar Hill)

they have it as par 72 off the whites

par 70 off the yellows.

EG have it as par 72 off both, which is the thing that matters

 

[jim8flog]

R&A Database

White
Male
72
72.1



Yellow
Male
70
71


first figure is the par the second the Course Rating .

From a handicap point of view the only important figure is the Course Rating these are correct according to England Golf

The club can set it's own pars, they have no bearing on handicaps or course ratings.

 

[rulefan]

From a handicap point of view the only important figure is the Course Rating these are correct according to England golf Golf

The club can set it's own pars, they have no bearing on handicaps or course ratings.

Par does in most other parts of the world and in England soon if D-S's post elsewhere is implemented. viz (CR-Par).
But the one that is important is the one in WHS, which probably (?) comes from your ISV software

 

[BiMGuy]

The R&A website is wrong. I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

[D-S]

Is it the same in the USGA website?

 

[sjw]

Thanks all. I figured the R&A would be a sort of be-all-and-end-all source of info. Apparently not. I'll use England Golf in future.

Good point made about par not actually mattering for handicap, never thought about it like that. One for my other thread here https://forums.golfmonthly.com/threads/sss-css-cr-slope-pcc-what-the-hell-does-it-all-mean.114461/

 

[jim8flog]

Par does in most other parts of the world and in England soon if D-S's post elsewhere is implemented. viz (CR-Par).

Yes but in my view CR-PAR is just maths done in a different order to get the same result.

 

[wjemather]

As the title says - my course is a par 72 according to the scorecard. On the R&A website, it's listed as a par 70 from the yellows. What gives? (The Cambridgeshire Golf Club, Bar Hill)

It will be a simple error in either submission or entry to the USGA's master Course Rating database (I have seen this happen when raters have assigned hole pars based on length without reference to the scorecard). Your club should contact their county rating ream to get it corrected.

Par is required in the database for calculation of Course Handicaps in jurisdictions where (Course Rating - Par) is included in the calculation - which, according to another thread, may include GB&I soon.