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The slope rating of a golf course is a measure of its relative difficulty for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer.It is used by handicapping systems to equalize the field by accounting for the likelihood that, when playing on more difficult courses, higher handicap players' scores will rise more quickly than their handicaps would otherwise predict.
Devised by the USGA, the Slope Rating of a golf course describes the relative difficulty of a course for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer. Slope Ratings are in the range 55 to 155, with a course of standard relative difficulty having a rating of 113; the higher the number, the more relatively difficult the course is.
They do this by means of assessing and rating courses according to the average good score of a "bogey golfer", a player with a handicap of around 20. This is used with the course rating to calculate a slope rating, which is used to adjust golfer's handicap to produce a playing handicap for the course and set of tees being used. [57]
Course rating: 75.8: Slope rating: 134 [5] Torrey Pines Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California.
From the red tees the course measures 5,725 yards (5,235 m) with a slope rating of 72.8/127. [2] [4] The combination of the North and East courses creates a par 72 layout. From the black tees the course measures 6,966 yards (6,370 m) with a slope rating of 74.6/139. From the blue tees the course measures 6,769 with a slope rating of 73.4/138.
The final three holes at University Ridge provide a great finish to a great round on a championship caliber golf course. The back nine measures 3,582 yards (3,275 m) from the back tees. From the back tees, University Ridge measures 7,286 yards (6,662 m), with a course rating of 75.8 and a slope rating of 142.
A sign at The River Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, indicating that the seventh hole being played is a par-four. In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) [1] golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round).
The West Course is a par 72 that measures 7,477 yards (6,837 m); it has a course rating of 76.4 and a slope of 140. [1] The East Course is a par 72 that measures 6,808 yards (6,225 m); it has a course rating of 73.6 and a slope of 140. [2] Golf Digest ranked the West Course 8th and the East Course 65th in its 2009-10 listing of America's 100 ...