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| Use Bogey Ratings to set expectations |
Golf courses have ratings that mean very little to the average golfer. Must people just know that comparatively speaking, the higher a course rating or slope is for a set of tees, the tougher that golf course, or set of tees, is considered to be. There is another rating that is more useful to most golfers. That is the Bogey Rating. You usually do not find it on a golf course's scorecard, but we publish it on our web site as part of the listing of tees, when you add a course to your schedule. The Bogey Rating is a much better indicator of the difficulty that a bogey level golfer will have on a particular course or set of tees. Use this indicator to set your expectations for the round of golf. If you consider yourself to play around the level of a bogey golfer, don't set your expectations for a round of golf based on par for that course. Set your expectation on the bogey rating. Rather than kicking yourself for how much over par that you are, expect to shoot somewhere around the Bogey Rating and be happy if you are in that ballpark. If you are somewhat worse than a bogey golfer, adjusts your expectations accordingly. Too much enjoyment is taken out of the game of golf by trying to relate your game to "par". |
