SSS ?

[CannyFifer]

Our course is a par 71 but on the card it also says SSS 69, anyone know what this means? Is it the same as CSS

 

[Spinn77]

I think that's essentially it's 'rating' - standard scratch score.

CSS is the competitive scratch score which is calculated after a comp dependant on everyones performance in the comp. Takes into effect the conditions of the day.

I think!

 

[jammydodger]

Our course is a par 71 but on the card it also says SSS 69, anyone know what this means? Is it the same as CSS

This is the score a scratch golfer would be expexted to post on a day when conditions are normal. It gives everyone an idea of whether the course plays a little easier or harder than the par. Some courses have par 72 and SSS is 75 , you then know that youre in for a tough challenge but you get those 3 extra shots added to your h/c

The CSS is just the score for the day with all the benign/harder conditons taken into account. This is the score your handicap will be taken from

 

[RGDave]

Our course is par 70 (4 par 3s but only 2 par 5s) and SSS 68.
I think it might be one less off winter mats and 1 more off the back.
Unfortunately, out CSS tends to work out at 2 under par as well, so it's tough to get cut.

Our course is dead easy for a scratch player i.m.o. If someone came and played with a handicap of ZERO or even 1 or 2, I'd expect them to play much better than 68 gross.
However, it's a nasty track for a med-high h'cap player as it's wickedly tight and has far too many trees hanging in the line of drives.

 

[CannyFifer]

Weve got 4 par 3's and 3 par 5's. 6116 yards from the medal tees. thanks for clearing the SSS up for me.

 

[Fyldewhite]

As above SSS is the way in which courses are rated against each other as the par is very artificial. For example a course may have 4 par 3's all less than 150 yards and another all over 200. Which would you rather play?

Competition Scratch Score (CSS) is worked out on the day of a competition and uses the SSS as a base figure. This can be adjusted up or down depending on the scores in the competition. In other words this figure takes account of the conditions on the day at a particular course. For example, playing a course with no wind and nice receptive greens would be much easier than playing the same course in a gale and bone hard greens, tight pins etc. Handicap adjustment needs to take this into account.

 

[haplesshacker]

So is SSS the same as the American 'Slope Rating' then, or is that something completely different?

 

[SS2]

So is SSS the same as the American 'Slope Rating' then, or is that something completely different?

That is something completely different.

The Slope Rating is a measure of how much more difficult a course is for a bogey (18 hcap) golfer versus a scratch golfer. It is used in conjunction with the Course Rating to arrive at a playing handicap for a particular course.

It's a bit complicated, the American System, which is surprising given that so many of them resemble a de-tuned version of "Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel" from The Simpsons.

 

[viscount17]

complicated? by the time you wade through this lot complicated is an understatement

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but they do have one thing I quite like, it's the way they deal with unfinished holes

Unfinished Holes and Conceded Strokes
A player who starts, but does not complete a hole or is conceded a stroke must record for handicap purposes the most likely score. The most likely score may not exceed the player's Equitable Stroke Control limit, defined in Section 4-3. This most likely score should be preceded by an "X." (See Decision 4-1/1.)
There is no limit to the number of unfinished holes a player may have in a round, provided that failure to finish is not for the purpose of handicap manipulation.

Example 1: A and B are partners in a four-ball stroke play competition. On a hole on which neither player receives a handicap stroke, A lies two, 18 feet from the hole. B lies two, 25 feet from the hole. B holes a putt for a 3. A picks up on the hole, because A cannot better B's score. A records X-4 on the scorecard because 4 is A's most likely score.

Example 2: A and B are playing a match. On a hole on which neither player receives a handicap stroke, A has holed out in 4; B has a 30-foot putt for a 5. B has lost the hole, and picks up. B records X-6 on the scorecard because 6 is B's most likely score.

Example 3: A and B are playing a match. On a hole on which neither player receives a handicap stroke, A is one foot from the hole, lying 4. B is 10 feet from the hole, lying 3. B putts and misses. They both concede a half. Both players record X-5 because that is their most likely score.