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Question on tiers

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 12:38 AM

  This is probably not the place but nowhere else seemed like the right place when looking at the posts. Just a quick question. 

   

  Is there a set average over your best 20 rounds at each tier to move up a tier? Also, what are the averages if so? For example, I was in the low to mid 80's when I moved to Amateur and then in the high 70's to make Pro tier. Now I'm around a 75. I just wanted to know around where each tier started and ended by scoring average. So I was just looking for say, 85 to make Amateur, 79 to make Pro, etc. Any answers would be great thanks.

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 12:40 AM

  Also, is it your average over your best 20 rounds in that tier to move up or 20 rounds below a certain score to move up? Thanks.

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 8:44 AM

  Moving up to the next tier requires a combination of minimum number of ranked rounds at your current tier and a scoring average below a certain number.

  • The number of ranked round necessary to move up increases with each tier, and...
  • The scoring average necessary to move up drops with each tier

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:27 AM

  I figured it was something like that but.....

  How many rounds do you have to play in each tier?

  What is the average you have to maintain at each tier? (Most important question)

   

  I wanted to know so that I could aim for something and also prepare for the faster greens, new tee boxes, etc.

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:31 AM

  If you don't know, that's fine, just give me a 2 stroke range where YOU went to the next tier ranking. Usually, most people will improve quite a bit until they get into the 70's (Pro). Then I'd say most people will only improve a stroke or two on average for awhile so it won't be hard to figure out when and where your move happened.

   

  I'm going to guess Tour Pro is somewhere around 70 - 72, but I could be off by a stroke or two. I just wanted to know for my own information and goals to strive towards rather than someone just telling me to practice and improve, like a blanket statement. Thanks.

• cricketrules 1,050 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:38 AM

  I think it's 72 to reach tour pro, 67 to get to master, 63 for tour master then 61 for the final jump to legend. No idea on the ranked rounds though. Probably around 20 or 30 at your tier.

  Jack.

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:53 AM

  cricketrules:

  I think it's 72 to reach tour pro, 67 to get to master, 63 for tour master then 61 for the final jump to legend. No idea on the ranked rounds though. Probably around 20 or 30 at your tier.

  Jack.

  That sounds about right to me Jack.  I'm pretty sure the number of rounds from master to tour master is 40 and from TM to legend 50.  This is also the number of rounds that count towards your average, when you play round #41 as a master, if it is better than your current worst round then that round will be dropped from the average calculation and the new score will count.  What this means is your average can now only go down as long as you are in that tier, it won't go up again.  When you make the next tier it starts again from scratch.

  I know you already know this Jack, just wanted to add it for anyone not aware of this.

  And the magic number as a legend?  400 ranked rounds.

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Fri, Feb 17 2012 3:40 PM

  Thanks guys for all the numbers. That's a big help.

• alekandr 17 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:47 AM

  69 = Pro 

  67 = Tour Pro

  65 = Master

  63 = Tour Master

  61 = Legend

• Sunfyre7896 51 Posts

  Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:12 AM

  The PRO part of your chart is incorrect, only because I'm pro and I'm nowhere near 69. Right now I'm at a 74.6 average and I've been around a 76 for more than 20 rounds and I've been a pro all along. I think that pro started somewhere in the high 70's because I jumped from Amateur, hitting in the low 80's, to pro in the upper 70's when I shaved about 4 to 5 strokes off my game from learning how to calculate putting distances and getting a putting aid tool. 

   

  So that being stated, I'm thinking that the 69 to 70 listed earlier might be right for tour pro, or maybe it's 72. I guess we'll see. At least I know a range now. However, I believe in the top 3 you have there at 61, 63, and 65 respectively.