The club where I play is going to close the first hole on two courses for a number of weeks. These courses will play as 17 hole courses during this time period. For posting purposes I can see two options.
1) The club could simply re-rate the courses during this period - new slopes and new ratings that would be a around 4 strokes less than the current ratings (first holes are both par 4's).
2) The club could do nothing and the members/guests could simply treat rounds played on those courses during this period to be incomplete rounds and determine 'their most probable score' for those holes and post 18 hole scores (most likely following rule 4-2 in the USGA handicap manual) with the existing ratings and slope unchanged.
Option #1 would appear to be the most equitable/accurate as these holes will be closed roughly a month. Option #2, while (IMHO) less 'accurate' seems to fit rule 4-2 pretty darn good.
How should this be handled in an ideal world where everyone does what they 'should do'?
Option 2) exists because option 1) isn't going to happen as the club has no authority to re-rate the course. Only the state or regional golf association may re-rate courses. It is all part of the requirements to have a USGA handicap.
PS: Ratings are in strokes, but slope is some magical USGA thingee unit.
"Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote in message news:Ii6fe.5431$7F4.4513@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...> The club where I play is going to close the first hole on two courses > for a> number of weeks. These courses will play as 17 hole courses during > this time> period. For posting purposes I can see two options.>
1) The club could simply re-rate the courses during this period - new > slopes> and new ratings that would be a around 4 strokes less than the current> ratings (first holes are both par 4's).>
2) The club could do nothing and the members/guests could simply treat> rounds played on those courses during this period to be incomplete > rounds> and determine 'their most probable score' for those holes and post 18 > hole> scores (most likely following rule 4-2 in the USGA handicap manual) > with the> existing ratings and slope unchanged.>
Option #1 would appear to be the most equitable/accurate as these > holes will> be closed roughly a month. Option #2, while (IMHO) less 'accurate' > seems to> fit rule 4-2 pretty darn good.>
How should this be handled in an ideal world where everyone does what > they> 'should do'?>
"sfb" <sfb@spam.net> wrote in message news:ad9fe.2035$nX1.618@trnddc09...> Option 2) exists because option 1) isn't going to happen as the club has> no authority to re-rate the course. Only the state or regional golf> association may re-rate courses. It is all part of the requirements to> have a USGA handicap.>
PS: Ratings are in strokes, but slope is some magical USGA thingee unit.>
That might be technically correct. However, our club on several other occasions has issued temporary slope/ratings - primarily when they rebuilt some tees and ended up using alternate tee locations that, in a few cases, made big changes to the yardages of a few holes.
I don't know if they involved other authorities when doing this or not.
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