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Old 11-28-2006, 01:47 AM
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Excuse my ignorance
Every now and then I read the word 'Slope' when reading about course ratings. Now, I'm not daft and I'm assuming that it has nothing to do with inclines etc.

So could you please tell me what it is?

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Re: Excuse my ignorance
Slope is a USGA term which is used to help to compare courses.

In the USGA system, the "rating" of a course would be the expected score of a scratch player based on the length of the course and hazards (trees, bunkers, etc).

The slope provides a gradient of difficulty. So two courses could have the same rating but different slopes. The course with the higher slope will result in higher scores from non-scratch players. The slope is calculated from the course rating, an idealize bogey player and hazards.


For more info see:
http://www.myscorecard.com/cgi-bin/h...pinfo.pl?hcap9
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