The same score taken on different courses can illustrate your performance. The score difference makes things clear.
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Similarly, not all golfers are equal, and not all golf courses are cloned. The designs vary. The difficulty level will fluctuate.
what does that mean? On the one hand, this means that in the course, 82 points scores may be lower (or more) than the 82 points scored on course B.
However, in either case, when you turn the turn toward the obstacle, you enter the same number. (No barriers? You can register here.)
This raises another question: How does the barrier system ensure that the scores you record accurately reflect your performance?
The answer is called “score difference.”
Score differences measure performance for a round, taking into account course ratings and slope ratings, which are listed on the scorecard. The difference in scores is also due to daily competition conditions. Assume that bad weather makes the course more challenging than usual. The score difference can also be adjusted for this.
Some math is involved here. The good news is that you don’t have to. When you post a score to the barrier’s score, the number is processed automatically. If you only play with nine holes, something similar applies. The system automatically generates a 18-hole score difference by combining the expected scores of the completed 9 holes with the 9 holes that are not played. As the term suggests, the expected score is that players with a given obstacle are expected to shoot on these specific loopholes.
That is the beauty of the obstacle system. For all the differences between golfers and golf courses, we can compete on a level playing field.
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