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Originally Posted by Yeti
The TD's know almost exactly what their tournament courses are as far as Par goes.
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While that
might be true for NT's, as you work your way down to C-Tiers I doubt it. Out of the 1300+ 2011 events how many TD's are also course scoring experts?
Does the sport even have a widely accepted quantitative definition of "Par"?
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Originally Posted by Yeti
There is a way to do an SSA for each course based on every hole is a Par 3 and some holes play 1 to even 3 strokes harder. You have enough stats to be able to add in factors of tightly wooded verses open course slopes as well as how much more difficult a course is in 12 mph verses 25 mph or in rain.
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There is so much subjectivity required there.
How is a TD in AZ who has never played in MI or NC supposed to accurately judge his course's woodedness?
What about rounds that start with calm wind, have a storm come through in the middle with heavy gusting winds, and then end calm again?
The examples are endless....