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29 @ St Andrews and down 0.03

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Thu, Oct 25 2012 5:22 PM

  Surely that can't be right, 7 under par for 9 holes.

  At that rate I'm gonna need another coupla hundred 29's to make TL.

  Madness.

• Lobsterboy 4,729 Posts

  Thu, Oct 25 2012 5:34 PM

  Is there avg you need to hit to make T/L? I haven't seen one mentioned . . 

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Thu, Oct 25 2012 5:38 PM

  sixty 60

   

  Actually thinking about it a little more, my 29 was on the back 9, so I was quite chuffed, the front is so much easier, which leads me to think, just as courses have a slope rating in RL, why don't WGT introduce a rating for all their courses here.

  I don't think a 32 at RSG back compares to a 32 at Oakmont, yet both scores will yield the same result in your average.

• lonnieskinner 1,677 Posts

  Thu, Oct 25 2012 7:05 PM

  60 avg, and 500 ranked rounds as a legend, i believe. Keep going John, you will make it soon.

• gk21al 199 Posts

  Thu, Oct 25 2012 7:50 PM

  hah, well a 29 only drops my average .01

  It's just the nature of numbers & averages.

   

  lonnieskinner:

  60 avg, and 500 ranked rounds as a legend, i believe. Keep going John, you will make it soon.

  Believe it's only 100 ranked rounds as a Legend.  Once you get 500 rounds, your average only calculates the lowest 500 scores.  I could be wrong, but that is how I view it.

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Mon, Oct 29 2012 8:41 PM

  Well, another 29 this time at Kiawah, another miserly 0.03 off me average.

   

  This is beyond tedious.

• easternguy 301 Posts

  Tue, Oct 30 2012 1:32 PM

  oneeyedjohn:

  sixty 60

   

  Actually thinking about it a little more, my 29 was on the back 9, so I was quite chuffed, the front is so much easier, which leads me to think, just as courses have a slope rating in RL, why don't WGT introduce a rating for all their courses here.

  I don't think a 32 at RSG back compares to a 32 at Oakmont, yet both scores will yield the same result in your average.

   

  I've been saying the same thing for months...

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Oct 30 2012 1:36 PM

  oneeyedjohn:

  Actually thinking about it a little more, my 29 was on the back 9, so I was quite chuffed, the front is so much easier, which leads me to think, just as courses have a slope rating in RL, why don't WGT introduce a rating for all their courses here.

  I'm pretty sure all the courses aren't counted equally. Shoot that 7 under at Oakmont and see what happens.

• easternguy 301 Posts

  Tue, Oct 30 2012 3:55 PM

  I'm pretty sure all the courses aren't counted equally. Shoot that 7 under at Oakmont and see what happens.

   

  Thanks, I never really noticed. I've asked in the past but no one pointed it out.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 9:16 AM

  oneeyedjohn:

  Well, another 29 this time at Kiawah, another miserly 0.03 off me average.

  This is beyond tedious.

  Get used to it my friend!

  With a divisor of 500, you need 5 strokes to produce a .01. You will experience good rounds around 30 not moving your visible ave. at all, because a .002 will be rounded off.

  Alas,...

  YankeeJim:

  I'm pretty sure all the courses aren't counted equally. Shoot that 7 under at Oakmont and see what happens.

  ... There will be a difference in -7s on STA and on OAK because one counts as 2x29=58 and the other as 2x28=56.

  Gross scores go into the calculation, not relatives to Par.