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    Golf Course SSS

    Picking this out from another thread. Can anyone tell me what SSS is the abbreviation for, what it means and how it's calculated?

    The course I play is a Par 72 with a SSS of 71. Oh and I've just qualified for my first ever handicap (14). So what does all that amount to, other than Vijay shouldn't be quaking in his boots?
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    Re: Golf Course SSS

    SSS is Standard Scratch Score and is a rating given to every course recognised and registered with the R&A. The rating is nothing more than an estimate of what a scratch player should score on the course under reasonable conditions.

    The R&A only use distance in the SSS formalula, not the difficulty of the course itself. Unlike the USGA who rate the course first by distance and then they apply a slope to amend the SSS with course condition, difficulty of the course, etc.

    Well, if your first handicap is a 14 than means you should score in the region of 85 to get a differential of 0 against your handicap. If I was Vijay, I'd bank as much money as I can and quickly as I can! I'll tell to watch out for you next time I see him.

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      Re: Golf Course SSS

      The R&A measure seems far too simplistic to me; given the way course architecture has developed over the years I think they should follow the USGA approach.

      Well I shot an 80 last time out, including the customary double-bogey at the first with a 3-putt thrown in for good measure so there's still plenty of time to improve (with help from GTO of course). That's one of the great things about having Vijay as the world No.1; us guys in our mid-30s are not past our peak yet, unlike most other sports.

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        Re: Golf Course SSS

        Only golfers and skateboarders (and other extreme sports athletes) get better with age, it seems!

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          Re: Golf Course SSS

          Geez I don't know LowPost, my minds willing but the body's not coping to well

          After getting back into after a long long layoff, physically I seem to be cracking up ( neck and wrists).Hope this passes soon.

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