MTBR:
hakman123:
. The strokes is the important score, not the -6.
What? ......I'll take a -6 any day on any course .....on a par35 or 34 it even gives you 1-2 strokes on your average. if you shot a -4 on a par 34, it would count as a -6 on your average....example: Bethpage par 35......-5 at BP is just like a -6 on a par36 course...a -6 will continuously move your score average down to a 60 at least, closer you get to 60 (-12 on a par 72) the more it will slow down to .01 per round....after saturation of course. Simple math don't make it too complicated. A 60 on a continuous basis is good enough to be a TL any day and a -6 will get you there,,,maybe just a few -7's or better to finalize it.
at 63 a -6 should have moved more....I'm thinking they did same thing to me tho .....that is bogus on WGT's part. It's their way of getting you to play more rounds and use more balls to get to TL...good luck!
The calculation is a simple average --- you take the STROKE SCORE on your best 500 Ranked Rounds (with the normal exclusions) as a legend (doubling any 9 hole scores).
If you have for example 31,502 strokes for your 500 RRs then 31,500 / 500 = 63.004
As WGT only show 2 digits --- that rounds to 63.00
While it is GOOD to score -6, that is not what the calculation is based on. The calculation is based on the strokes played. That is what I mean when I say it is the strokes that are important - not the score relative to par.
You cannot possibly say " at 63 -6 should have moved more" it all depends on the worst score in those 500 RRs that is going to be replaced by the 58 scored at BPB.
thetazz101 says the average IS saturated -- so we will assumed he has already replaced the odd blow-out score.
So let's say the worst score is now 67 Then 58 replacing 67 reduces the 31,502 strokes by just 9 strokes. The total is now 31,493 the new average will be 62.986
Again -- due to rounding this is shown by WGT as 62.99
The average has therefore moved only 0.01 on your screen -- even though by calculation is has moved 0.018
It is also possible to have just 1 stroke difference cause your average to move 0.01
if for example your initial score total was 31,498 (Ave = 62.996 == 63.00 rounded) and changed to 31,497 (Ave = 62.994 == 62.99 rounded)
The bottom line is that your average does not move very much as a saturated legend, once all your rubbish scores have been replaced, because the average is taken over 500 scores. Your worst score becomes quite close to your average, and even a super low score will only move your average by about 0.02 overall
There is no conspiracy here. Welcome to the long haul towards TL.
The Hakman