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Re: Par 3 Courses affect on average score

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Fri, Oct 7 2016 3:23 AM

  Just to pass along my personal experience with tiering up:

  About 15 months ago I went from Master to Tour Master after beating a new Legend in a MP during competition between our respective CC's.

  About 2 or 3 months later I went to Legend after winning 1 weekly tournament, and finishing 2nd (tied for first but lost the tie breaker) in another weekly tournament.  Both wins were  within about 2 or 3 weeks  I think.   In both cases my average was still above the level called for to advance to the next tier.  Perhaps you had something similar happen to you.

  phred952

• atila59 1 Posts

  Thu, May 11 2017 7:05 PM

  if that is true, how it is posible that a player has an average of 51 or 53 for example??

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 9:53 AM

  atila59:

  if that is true, how it is posible that a player has an average of 51 or 53 for example??

  Sorry, but I don't get what context you mean by this question.  An average of an odd number could easily be reached with 2 even round scores.  If you played 2 rounds and scored a 54 and a 52 the total would be 106.  Divide by the 2 rounds played and the average would be a 53.

  If you care to explain where you are going with this then it would help.

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 10:14 AM

  atila59:

  if that is true, how it is posible that a player has an average of 51 or 53 for example??

  At all tiers, there's a saturation point. What that means is that only your lowest scores count toward average. For example, the saturation at my tier is 200 rounds. That helps people have lower averages than if all of their rounds counted.

  Additionally, people can choose to play country club tournaments from the red tees. With high-end equipment, those courses can become ridiculously easy. What that means is that a person can shoot scores around 24 or 25 for 9 holes.
  
  Take, for example. St. Andrews, front 9. From the red tees and better equipment, it becomes a drive, pitch, and putt. And, under the right conditions, over half the par 4 holes are driveable (3, 6, 7, 9), providing eagle opportunities.