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I read an article that estimated Augusta’s course rating to be 78 from the Masters tees.
As a mid single digit handicap player, I’ve played a handful of 78+ courses and I’d say shooting under 90 is possible for me, but not likely. I’d be happy with anything under 100.
Yeah, definitely. I don’t know if there are too many courses with a rating of 78 or higher that haven’t hosted a tournament. Although, I’m sure the courses slow the greens a bit, mow the rough, and give easier pin position for regular play than if they had the top tour players competing on it.
I’m pretty sure from the tips (which I usually torture myself with) these are all 77+: PGA West Stadium, Whistling Straights, Erin Hills, Butler National, Medinah #3, Cog Hill Dubs Dread
I am about a 3-5 handicap and I honestly would think I would have a tough time keeping it in the 90’s. I am going to say with the speed of the greens and the elevation changes hitting greens in regulation will be tough. Let alone getting it close with any hope for short putts. It’s going to be around the greens that eat you alive. Making par putts will feel like birdies I think. I would say if I were to post a low 90’s I would be ecstatic.
My HCP is 11.2. So that makes you three-times better golfer than me. Give or take. But please don’t tell us that your HCP is five, when it’s 3.2.
i’m an 18. i’m guessing i’d shoot around 120 (at least).
I shot a 105 on Bethpage Black from the whites, can’t even fathom what it would have been like from the tournament tees. would imagine augusta is in the same realm.
I gotta say - the ability to underestimate how hard professional golf courses are, is real in this thread.
You are a 10 or a 20 or whatever on your home course that you play everyday. If you walked on at Augusta and played the tips at 7500, you wouldn’t break 100 or even 110 the first time you saw Augusta. I was a scratch, D1 golfer 20 years ago. The unofficial course rating i could find for Augusta from right before the masters, from the tournament tees is 78.1. So at my best, I might have barely broken 80. Almost every green was designed to be hit into with a 8-W and the average decent golfer would be hitting 4-6 into them. Every green you miss on the wrong side is one you’re likely chipping from again, from the other side. And every three footer you take for granted at your local course is a 3 jack waiting to happen.
As someone who has played rounds with good touring pros, the gap between a scratch player and tour player is insane. It’s like the gap between the earth and the moon. The gap between them and and 20 handicap is like the distance between the the earth and the sun.
Couldn’t agree more. It’s like guys think their best round is their normal round. And that these course are just the same thing they play on in their local town. And ahh I might be a few strokes worse than normal there.
Ha it’s a different world these courses. And those players.
I'm not judging but I think you'd be lucky to shoot 120, everything down. The distance of the course isn't the issue. Its the lightning fast and sloped greens + every 2nd/3rd shot will not be a flat lie and that's if you hit all the fairways
Watched a Breaking Sawgrass video on Youtube, where a pro and two amateurs play it from the tips.
I think the 5 handicap shot between 90-100 if I recall correctly
20 handicap. Probably 110-120 assuming lost balls get found and I have significant time to practice the greens.
I don’t think Augusta is even close to being the hardest course from an amateurs perspective though. Relatively limited water hazards and they’ve removed a ton of trees. Plus during non masters the grandstands would just be empty grass.
If we’re saying the max we should record on our scorecard is a net double? 150. gross? I wouldn’t even bother tracking score.
Haha if only Sergio could’ve recorded a 7 instead of a 13
Augusta is also wide open. Unless the water is in play / or the out of bounds on the perimeter, I don’t think it’d be that bad (I’ve walked the grounds for roughly 10 Masters practice rounds). I’m an 8 HC, would guess I’d average a 95-100. My home course is also a 12-13 on the stint
7 handicap - I’m probably going to shoot anywhere from high 80s to mid 90s there. My best round is +4, pretty consistent with 150 yds and in, but driving off the tee there and keeping it in play is going to be the biggest challenge. That projection is also with keeping three-jacks to a minimum.
I’m a 10, and would have a tough time breaking 100. I think I could get my share of bogies and a par or two, but I’d also shoot 10+ on a couple of holes with the slopes on the green and the water coming into play on 5 of the final 9
I’m a 8 handicap and I’d maybe break 100. The green speeds would be the killer
This is how Augusta’s reported Slope and Rating hit my 3.2 handicap. It turns me into a 10 haha. Yea it’s tough. That still doesn’t truly account for the length and green speed…