Ask Chuck Kennedy

ChrisWoj · Aug 08 2011, 10:49 AM

Chuck - I've been explaining the ratings to people in this way, as a quick and dirty explanation for those that just know they get a rating and have no real idea what they mean other than 1000 is good, 950 is decent, etc... And I'm curious as to whether or not it is even close to correct...

I tell them the following: Take a round of tournament golf, and grab all of the ratings of competitors with at least 8 rated rounds. Average those out. Lets say you get an average of 920 out of them. Now take all of their scores for that round. Lets say that over the 18 hole round they average out to 52. So for that round a 52 would be 920 rated. With 10 points per stroke that means 54 is 900, and 44 is 1000 (which would give you the SSA of the course at 44), and so on. Is this even remotely accurate? I'm sure that a lot more goes into the calculation, but this is what I came up to as a quick-and-dirty way to get some understanding into the heads of golfers I meet that have questions.

-Chris.

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Aug 08 2011, 10:49 AM	#11
ChrisWoj PDGA Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,387	Chuck - I've been explaining the ratings to people in this way, as a quick and dirty explanation for those that just know they get a rating and have no real idea what they mean other than 1000 is good, 950 is decent, etc... And I'm curious as to whether or not it is even close to correct... I tell them the following: Take a round of tournament golf, and grab all of the ratings of competitors with at least 8 rated rounds. Average those out. Lets say you get an average of 920 out of them. Now take all of their scores for that round. Lets say that over the 18 hole round they average out to 52. So for that round a 52 would be 920 rated. With 10 points per stroke that means 54 is 900, and 44 is 1000 (which would give you the SSA of the course at 44), and so on. Is this even remotely accurate? I'm sure that a lot more goes into the calculation, but this is what I came up to as a quick-and-dirty way to get some understanding into the heads of golfers I meet that have questions. -Chris.