Yeah, play the whites and post the blues. That's another thing guys I knew posted.
TFlan > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:55:27 -0700 > From: ericschoonma...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Handicap > To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com > > At my course (par 71), the blues (typical member tees) are rated at 72.1/130. > The golds are 73.4/137. I try to explain to the other members that a guy > who plays from the golds all the time, and is a 10 hdcp (8.* index) probably > hardly ever shoots 81. Certainly less often than a 10 hdcp (8.* index) from > the blues. And if you consider the white tees which has a rating of 68.*/125 > or so, a 10 hdcp there (still approx 8.* index) will shoot 81 or better MUCH > more often. > > ------------------------------------ > Eric Schoonmaker > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Dave Tutelman <dtutel...@optonline.net> > > To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com > > Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 12:21:08 PM > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Handicap > > > > At 11:39 AM 8/6/2009, Eric Schoonmaker wrote: > > > ...if you are playing a set of tees where the course rating is > > > substantially > > lower than par then you will shoot your course hdcp or better probably a > > fair > > amount of the time. Conversely if you play the tips, and that course > > rating is > > say 6 strokes higher than par then you might NEVER shoot your hdcp > > (relative to > > par). > > > > That's an interesting statement. I have to agree with it. The reason I > > consider > > it true is a bit complex: > > > > (1) Course rating, as I noted in a previous post, is mostly based on length > > of > > the course. Slope is mostly based on other factors. > > > > (2) Therefore... Which tees you play from affects the course rating and the > > length. > > > > (3) That works... IF AND ONLY IF the course rating actually reflects the > > change > > in difficulty due to difference in length. I'm sure it does for some > > golfers, > > BUT... > > > > ...The length probably does not matter as much to a Tour quality player as > > the > > change in rating. If you look at scores in Tour events, there isn't that > > much > > difference relative to par as they change the length of the course. It is > > other > > factors that make the course difficult to these guys. > > > > ...OTOH, for a 68-year-old 14-index like me, the length adds more strokes > > to my > > score than the change in rating would suggest. For instance, I play > > Charleston > > Springs fairly frequently, where there is a 500yd difference between the > > white > > and gold tees; that equates to a 2-stroke difference in rating. I play both > > tees, depending on the mood of the group I'm with. For me, the difference > > in > > difficulty is more like 4-5 strokes. From the golds, I'm hitting a wood or > > hybrid for my second shot on almost all the par-fours; from the whites, > > it's > > always an iron with any decent drive at all. > > > > Hope this was clear. > > > > Cheers! > > DaveT > > > > -- > > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ > > > > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009
