What would you score at Royal St George's?

[MarkT]

Finger in the air time what would you go round Sandwich in relatively calm conditions?

Course is around 7200 yards, you've got spotters and there's around a 10mph wind

Your score, handicap and your workings out would be lovely

I'll kick us off with 91, off 6.

Reasons - hopefully steady away off the tee followed by putting around a lot of bunkers and probably getting stuck in a few of them

 

[Sobel]

I'd run out of balls by the 9th I reckon.

 

[slowhand]

Around 120 with a course handicap of 25.

My driving recently has been quite good, a steady fade, but I'm quite a short hitter. My putting and bunker play is awful so I'll be stuck in a few of those bunkers.

 

[Bdill93]

I can honestly say around 120. No way I keep it straight enough over 18 holes to not lose some balls etc!

 

[Papas1982]

If Into the wind i'd quite happily not play and just watch how all the handicap golfers take on the 4th....

 

[Orikoru]

No idea to be honest. Conservative estimate would 30 over if I played reasonably well. Plenty of the par 4s are too long for me to reach in two, two of the par 3s I'd be struggling to reach in one, plus there's a fair few holes where I'd be three-putting or not getting up and down from off the green, so not much chance of me breaking 100 I shouldn't think. But I've never played any courses even remotely like this so I have nothing to go on at all.

Just looked it up on MyEG app, and off the Championship tees it says my course handicap is 19, which doesn't feel like enough shots to me. Haha. By that estimate I should be shooting 89. And the rest...

 

[Boomy]

Hmmmmmm I would guesstimate around 92 playing off 12

Reasons: I play links golf on my home course, should be ok off the tee, love tight fairways for irons and wedges.. but putting could let me down.

Any chance of a 4 ball courtesy of Golf Monthly to test out my estimate please Mark

 

[chrisd]

We have done the Kent Links forum meet a few times and personally I find Royal Cinque Ports harder than St George's but I'd certainly need at least 100 shots off the normal tees, goodness knows from the Open tees

 

[Beezerk]

Hmmmmmm I would guesstimate around 92 playing off 12 Any chance of a 4 ball courtesy of Golf Monthly to test out my estimate please Mark

Yeah I'd be free too, maybe a great chance to change my mind about links courses ?

 

[Deleted member 3432]

No idea to be honest. Conservative estimate would 30 over if I played reasonably well. Plenty of the par 4s are too long for me to reach in two, two of the par 3s I'd be struggling to reach in one, plus there's a fair few holes where I'd be three-putting or not getting up and down from off the green, so not much chance of me breaking 100 I shouldn't think. But I've never played any courses even remotely like this so I have nothing to go on at all.

Just looked it up on MyEG app, and off the Championship tees it says my course handicap is 19, which doesn't feel like enough shots to me. Haha. By that estimate I should be shooting 89. And the rest...

Course rating is 75.2 so you have a few more than 89 to play with....

 

[Orikoru]

Course rating is 75.2 so you have a few more than 89 to play with....

Is MyEG wrong then? It says course rating 75.2, slope 138, course handicap for me 19.0. (Index 15.6) ??‍

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Is MyEG wrong then? It says course rating 75.2, slope 138, course handicap for me 19.0. (Index 15.6) ??‍[/QUOT

You can play it as a par 70 if you want but I'm aiming to beat 75.2 and hoping pcc goes up

 

[Orikoru]

You can play it as a par 70 if you want but I'm aiming to beat 75.2 and hoping pcc goes up

Ok, I don't really understand what you mean. If you get 19 shots that's 19 shots on the par isn't it, not the course rating. To get 36 points I'd have to shoot 89.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Hmmmmmm I would guesstimate around 92 playing off 12

Reasons: I play links golf on my home course, should be ok off the tee, love tight fairways for irons and wedges.. but putting could let me down.

Any chance of a 4 ball courtesy of Golf Monthly to test out my estimate please Mark

Looks a bit green and soft to me...

 

[Deleted member 3432]

I'm going for 82 off 3.

Would need a few rounds to work out how to play the course.

 

[SteveW86]

The real question should be what would the pros score if they didn’t have ball spotters.

 

[r0wly86]

I think I could break 80 of 8. Did it around Saunton East, if there are ball spotters then that would save me I think

 

[BobbyP]

The length would do for me as I tend to play "safely" around most courses. I'd have a choice of hitting 5i off the tees to stay on the fairway, or taking the driver and ending up in the rough on 80% of the holes.

I play off 26 but I'd add a shot a hole to that, easy. So 114 would be my target. Throw in a couple of lost balls / 3 off the tee / out of bounds then more likely 120.

 

[GG26]

Could easily see me shooting 120. It would depend to a fair degree on how well the driver was working on the day

 

[Boomy]

Looks a bit green and soft to me...

It really does look a bit green and soft