An additional term that isn’t well known is Bogey Rating – which is an indication of the difficulty of a golf course for the bogey player. In other words, a Bogey Rating of 95.5 means that a bogey ...

Once you play enough golf you can begin the process of measuring your “demonstrated ability calculated against the Slope Rating of a golf course of standard playing difficulty (that is, a course ...

A U.S. Open course is tough by any measure. The measure the United States Golf Association uses is the course and slope rating system, which assigns two different numbers meaning two different things.

New golf courses can change frequently during the first years after construction and must be re-rated within five years of the initial rating date. Thereafter, golf courses must be re-rated at ...

For context, the last major venue, the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, has a rating of 76.4 and slope of 140 from the back tees.) Top 100 Course Panelist: Member tees: 72.1/129 / Masters tees: 74.8/141.