I have a question about slope ratings. Let's assume three tees - blue (tips), white & red (forward). I've noticed that when I post my score, there is an option for Women's white and the rating is usually higher than the Men's white. So, if in fantasy land, I ever played from the tips - would I have to recalculate the rating for a woman? By the same token, if you guys are playing from the forward tees, do you have to recalculate the rating when entering your score?
I have a question about slope ratings. Let's assume three tees - blue (tips), white & red (forward). I've noticed that when I post my score, there is an option for Women's white and the rating is usually higher than the Men's white. So, if in fantasy land, I ever played from the tips - would I have to recalculate the rating for a woman? By the same token, if you guys are playing from the forward tees, do you have to recalculate the rating when entering your score?
I think that such postings are only allowed if the course is rated for it. As in, if you play from the blues, you can only post it different from the men if there is a women's rating for those tees. And I can only post from the reds if there is a men's rating for them. Otherwise I just chalk it up to practice (or a competition if that's what it was), but I wouldn't worry about posting that score. There is no way for you to "rate" those tees for your skill level.... those ratings can only be done by trained teams.
Yes. In my case I would call the Massachusetts Golf Association and they would give me a recalculated course and slope rating (you need both), which they did by the way.
You can call your state's golf association and they can give you the women's recalculated course and slope rating if you play from the tips. You just need to give them the name of the course and the course and slope rating from the tips.
Yeah, there should be a different rating and slope for each set of tees and for men's and women's each. If there aren't official ratings and slopes for a set of tees, you can get an estimate by adjusting the rating by (the differential in yards played divided by 220).
For example, a course near me has middle tees of 5745 yards, with a men's rating of 67.0 and slope of 121. The front tees are 4505 yards, with a women's rating of 68.6 and slope of 120.
As an estimate, for men, going down the 1240 yards (= 5745-4505), the men's rating would be 5.6 points less (=1240/220), so the men's rating would be about 61.4. As a further estimate, you can roughly double that differential in rating and make that your differential in slope, so the slope would be around 109.
Or, going to other way, the women playing from the middle tees rating would be about 74.2, and their slope would be about 131.
I probably can't emphasize enough that these are only estimates, and don't actually take into account the difficulty of the course. If the holes were all straight lines and flat, these estimates would be exact because they are just based on the increased length. But, of course, golf course design has a lot more to it, placement of trees, OOB, water, bunkers, receptivity/size of greens, how they cut the fairway and rough, etc. None of these are captured in the estimations, but I think that the estimates will be "in the ball park"
EDITED to add: Callaway Irons probably has the best advice there, just call your state's golf association and ask for the rating and slope of the other tees -- these would be the official ones, not the estimated ones I posted here.