Well it doessn't.
A lot of us just play for relaxation and fun, but there also those on here who really like to play well and improve. Put me in that group.
So when you post a score it just doesn't reveal the heartache and agony we go through in compiling that score. It doesn't show how you holed that nasty bendy downhill 5 footer for par, when you should really have made birdie.
It doesn't show how you scrambled your way around to level par when really you knew a -4 was the worst you should have scored.
It doesn't show how many wonderful 300 yard plus drives you hit, and didn't take advantage of any of them.
And best of all , it doesn't show how many bleedin putts you missed.