Thanks for the insights. I used to start by looking at the slope rating. Anything over 135 was going to be a challenge.
After your article, I'm gonna start with the course rating number instead. What a par shooter would shoot. This might help my mindset going into the round.
Also this year started to play more on the up tees with my wife. Very solid short game challenge. Have not shot par yet. Getting close.
Yeah, it's easy to get caught up on slope. It's not unimportant, but the course rating is going to really show how hard the course is... they also tend to go up together... The Ocean Course in Kiawah is a 155 slope AND a 79.6 course rating... so break 80 is basically a sub par round. Crazy.
Thanks for the insights. I used to start by looking at the slope rating. Anything over 135 was going to be a challenge.
After your article, I'm gonna start with the course rating number instead. What a par shooter would shoot. This might help my mindset going into the round.
Also this year started to play more on the up tees with my wife. Very solid short game challenge. Have not shot par yet. Getting close.
Yeah, it's easy to get caught up on slope. It's not unimportant, but the course rating is going to really show how hard the course is... they also tend to go up together... The Ocean Course in Kiawah is a 155 slope AND a 79.6 course rating... so break 80 is basically a sub par round. Crazy.