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Old 01-23-2011, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by charlie49 View Post
The rating is more important than the slope in comparing different tees. If people play from different tees the ratings of the tees must be considered. At Glenview, someone playing the Whites will give up three strokes to someone playing the Blues. If the person playing whites has a 15 handicap and the one from the blues has a 10 handicap, then the person from the whites gets 2 strokes instead of 5.

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Charlie - I don't think that's right. With the advent of slope and handicap indexes, you compute a course handicap for each player based on the slope of the tees they are using and their index.