Just so you know, the reason a golf course can be called a Championship Golf course is
only because it is a Par 72. There is no other reasons, great courses that are Par 70,71,69,
are not Championship Golf Courses. They may hold championships there but the course is not a Championship course. It is by definition.
That is why courses stretched out Par 3's into Par 4 and Par 4's into Par 5's to reach a 72 par. It was important to marketing. Not so much nowadays. But still used.
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Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko
Actually, with a course rating that is too high, the handicaps are deflated and thats why, as writers have noted, they don't travel well. With a lower rating handicaps will go up but would be truer. Downside is you won't be able to brag you are a 5 handicap when your actually a 9.
Slope ratings on golf courses won't make up for the fact that your course rating is too high.  It takes a difference of 10 points on a course slope to move the needle by 1 stroke
You are again slaughtered. Sorry, don't bet outside the bubble........... |