[kansasr]

Originally Posted by Joeint

The executive courses have ratings https://ncrdb.usga.org/

Thank you. Amazing, it only took 3 full pages of hijacking to get an answer to the OP's question LOL.

[MrChip72]

I rarely play a round on the Executives where there isn't at least a handful of mulligans taken by most of the group and sometimes 3 foot "gimmes" on a fast and sloped green not to mention the occasional uncounted foot wedge usage for a more favorable lie.

To start worrying about handicaps on those would be silly.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Hape2Bhr

If they do, I certainly hope they use more experienced course raters than those who flubbed the ratings on the championship courses.

They are on the GHIN system now. Actually surprised that the USGA is now doing this. Great short game players will have a tooooo low handicap

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Really??? So why did they bother hiring golf course architects. Why pay Arnold Palmer, Nancy Lopez, Hubert Green and John Mahaffey to design courses. They could have just planted some flags in a low-lying cow meadow to drain water and "speed play". Full disclosure---are you even a golfer---not play golf, but a golfer????

Had same 1st reaction. Big difference in old vs newer courses.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Differentiate??? It's called handicap index. I guarantee you the course rating is about 5-6 shots higher from 7200 than it is from 5500. Then, when you play El Campion or Black Bear, the slope is higher as well. So when a Villager who shoots 80 from the white tees here goes and plays the championship tees at Bethpage Black (rating about 77.5, slope 155) he can expect to shoot about 106

Biggest difference is that white tees in TV are shorter than other courses and consequently have a lower slope. How many 300 -325 yard holes are out there? A lot. Generally I(13 handicap) can expect to be 4-5 shots higher on other courses.