2006-08-01 04:38:43 · 9 answers · asked by ian_walters2002 2 in Sports ➔ Golf
I thiink you are talking about putting.
1. starting looking at green from 100 yards out to see which way it slopes
2. watch what everyones golf ball does when it hit and rolls on the green
3 . Look at the green, if you pour water on the green which way is the water going to go.
Those items will help
2006-08-04 22:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Steve M is correct in that YOU don't calculate the slope rating of a course, a committee does. The average slope is 113. Like the name implies, a steep slope ( over 113) would be more difficult, and a flatter slope (less than 113) would be easier. The slope rating of a course is usually posted somewhere in the pro shop. It consists of a chart with an actual X and Y axis, with a line (the "slope") drawn on it. You take your handicap index, for example 12.7, and find it on the horizontal line on the bottom of the chart. You go straight up to the "slope" line, and then move straight over to the left to see what your handicap index is for that particular course. On a more difficult course, you would get a higher number of strokes, and of course on an easier course, you would get fewer. The slope rating allows your handicap index to be "transportable" and have meaning at a different course than your "home" course. If you're a 15 at your home course, say it's a very easy public course, then you could be as much as a 20 or so at a course like Pinehurst #2, or Pebble Beach.
By the way, Dean Knuth, US Naval Academy class of 1970, is considered the Father of the Slope Rating. He came up with the idea of having a slope rating to allow handicaps to be portable and reflect the relative difficulty of different courses.
2006-08-01 08:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by jsusna72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to "Slope Rating" that you find on a scorecard, you don't calculate it - a committee of local golfers appointed by USGA calculates it.
Slope Rating is a measure of how difficult the course is for average golfers. If a scratch golfer and a bogey golfer play an average par-72 course, the scratch golfer will shoot 72 and the bogey golfer will shoot 90. But if they play a very difficult course like a PGA Tour course, the scratch golfer will do a little worse (maybe 75 or so) but the bogey golfer's score will shoot up way over 100. That extra difference in the bogey golfer's score is measured by Slope Rating.
The number ranges from 55 to 155 and the higher the number, the more difficult the course plays for average golfers. The Slope Rating is used to calculate a handicap differential for each round you play.
2006-08-01 07:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by steve m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as any other slope - change in y divided by the change in x. In this case, vertical over the horizontal.
2006-08-01 04:43:51 · answer #4 · answered by szydkids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How you would calculate slope in any sport.
2006-08-04 21:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS CALLED A STINT METRE WE DONT USE THE SLOPE SYSTEM IN BRITAN BUT MOST COURSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEASURED BY THERE UNION FOR IT .IT WAS GOING TO COME INTO FORCE A FEW YEARS AGO BUT WES SCRAPPED FOR SOME REASON. THE STINT METRE IS AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
2006-08-01 10:38:04 · answer #6 · answered by TONY F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold your putter vertically at arm's length and estimate the angle from the 90 deg horizontal.
2006-08-01 04:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does Tony F mean a "stimp meter" in which the speed of the greens are calculated?
2006-08-02 07:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by Cortney & Nathan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as fast as your ball disappears
2006-08-05 01:19:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋