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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.
In its July 2008 list of America's greatest golf courses Golf Digest ranked Bethpage Black #26 overall, [6] #6 in the state of New York, [6] #6 of America's 50 toughest courses, [7] and #5 of America's greatest public golf courses. [8] It is also the top-ranked course in the Golf Digest list that is operated by a governmental entity. [8]
Slope rating: 135 [3] Course record: 60, Li Wang (2016 Macdonald Cup) The Yale Golf Course, or Yale University Golf Course, is a golf course in New Haven, ...
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 18-hole championship course at Quail Hollow was designed by golf course architect George Cobb who designed several golf courses, primarily in the southeastern United States. Opened on June 3, 1961, it underwent a series of improvements, including modifications of several holes by Arnold Palmer in 1986, and a redesign by Tom Fazio in 1997 ...
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club is a hotel and country club resort in the southeastern United States, located in Palm Harbor, Florida, northwest of Tampa.The complex consists of a 300-room hotel, with 1100 permanent owner units. three 18 hole golf Courses and a 9 hole Course, spa, 3 restaurants, and 2 conference facilities.
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.