Course Design Discussion

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by tarazarr

Hole 17: Adv/Open players probably do not get seperated to much on this hole overall. The pond isn't that great of a factor for this division and other than that it's wide open. However in the Rec division, you'll probably see some seperation here, most will lay-up infront of the water but still it's more than just a pitch up to the hole from there, the hole requires 2 pretty accurate shots from this group. add the wind to the mix and the putts are no longer gimmes for this group either.

I'd be interested to see the score average on Cedar Hills #17 for MPO after the NT. At 421' I can see that being a decent tournament hole for them with the basket on the hill. Lot's of 3's carded with 2's going to the top 1/3ish or 1/2ish of MPO. Advanced division probably not so much with too many 3's and too few 2's and 4's.

[tarazarr]

to clarify... I meant the Open group stays tight together as a group on this hole. The Adv group stays tight together as a group on this hole...
The Rec group (not sure if Rec is going to be offered though) but that group will see bigger seperation within it's group, because it takes more than one solid shot. It requires 2 solid shots for a close par shot given the typical windy hill.

[ERicJ]

"Scoring separation" does not imply or require that the distribution of scores spread across three or four different scores. A hole where 33 of 100 players card a '2' and the other 67 card a '3' works just swell as a tournament hole. The distribution is tight but serves the purpose of a tournament hole.