General Golf Discussion Number of rounds to know a course?
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Posted: July 27, 2010 • Views: 445 • Replies: 22 • Go to Last Reply |
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How many time do you need to play a course before you feel you know it? Par 3's what club off the tee? Where the trouble is? What holes play long? the speed and breaks on the greens? On my home course I just take a look at the tee box and the wind and know what club to hit. What side of the fairway to miss for the best shot at the green. Most of all what the ball is going to do on the green. I don't need to read the green I know what it is going to do. I played with my Dad almost 2 months ago. about the 4 th round did I start to get the feel of the course. I think in 4 more rounds I would have had a good read on most things there. So for me I would say 8 to 10 rounds as long as they are played close in time with each other.
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# 1 on 7/27/2010 12:33:38 PM |
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For me the number is 4. The first two rounds I use to learn the course, the 3rd round usually confirms the notes I made and I'm ready to play my game on round 4.
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# 2 on 7/27/2010 12:37:33 PM |
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It takes me a while because my memory sucks!
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# 3 on 7/27/2010 1:21:20 PM |
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takes me even longer because not only does my memory suck, my game sucks. i don't know where my ball is going until i hit it, even if i know where the trouble is
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# 4 on 7/27/2010 1:50:28 PM |
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For me the number is 4. The first two rounds I use to learn the course, the 3rd round usually confirms the notes I made and I'm ready to play my game on round 4.It takes me 4 rounds to really get to know the course and where all the trees are |
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# 5 on 7/27/2010 1:52:05 PM |
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2 rounds. 1st round from the tips, 2nd round from the short tees. This gives me a good view of what is trouble, and what is not. Visually, you can easily tell around the greens if you are penalized more for being short of green, or long of green. As notes about the green, I make it simple. Either its a green to stay below the pin, or center of green. Its either 1 or the other on greens. If I feel in the "groove" and want to attack a pin, those 4 things I mentioned determines my best club from the yardage. Trouble short or long of green. Below the hole or middle of green yardages. If pin is cut in front half of green, and my note says to shoot middle of green.. I know then that its not such a severe downhill putt. If my note was to say "stay below the hole", I then look at the hazards in front of green, and I may have that option to leave myself an uphill chip and putt. Sometimes that is easier to make par, than to 2 putt on a severe downhill green. I rarely look at distance to back of green, unless it is safe to "over-shoot" the green, rather than leaving it short of green in water, heather, or any type of hazard I don't feel comfortable with. |
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# 6 on 7/27/2010 2:46:57 PM |
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1 round, for the holes I parred
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# 7 on 7/27/2010 3:03:45 PM |
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It takes me a while because my memory sucks!
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# 8 on 7/27/2010 3:25:16 PM |
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Oh wait, maybe I already said that...
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# 9 on 7/27/2010 3:37:38 PM |
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Oh wait, maybe I already said that...ad Sad to hear that you reached that stage in your life, Now what was the question??? |
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# 10 on 7/27/2010 4:05:17 PM |
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4 or 5 is fairly accurate assuming you play those rounds somewhat closely together. There are courses that I've played 4 or 5 times but they were so far apart that it was like starting over again.
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# 11 on 7/27/2010 5:36:21 PM |
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Usually twice. Its the courses that have the hidden trouble off of the tee area that may require a memory more than twice.
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# 12 on 7/27/2010 5:39:39 PM |
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Hmmm. I would say m magic number is 5.
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# 13 on 7/27/2010 6:18:57 PM |
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at least two and more is better ... it depends on the time elapsed between rounds ... two days back-to-back on the same course would be better than three rounds spread out over a year. but to really "know" a course, i'd say 10-15 rounds. by then i'd be able to weed out all the misconceptions and nail down the best aiming points off tees, not by appearances but by playing the holes over and over and over. |
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# 14 on 7/27/2010 9:01:04 PM |
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Anytime I shoot low to mid 80's then I know the course.
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# 15 on 7/27/2010 10:21:46 PM |
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If its for a tournament...one round. Casual golf several. Logic being that if I am playing a tournament I will play a practice round and take detailed notes as to what clubs I want to hit, where are the "no go" areas, and what the greens are like, |
