https://golf.com/travel/how-golf-hole-rated-explained-usga-expert/ This is a good overview of the process. When I followed the rating team around when they came to our area several years ago, it was interesting what they considered and not considered on a hole. Along with the factors ...
The USGA Course Rating System (USGA CRS) has been adopted by all the major golf playing countries, and as a result it is the designated rating system to be used for the World Handicap System (WHS), to be introduced in 2020. South Africa is implementing the USGA CRS on September 03, 20...
Here's how I approach the Rating/Slope when assessing a course I've never played. Since the course rating is based on the expected performance of a scratch golfer, I use that number to gauge how playing along the line of the hole would affect scoring. Then I use the rating to assess ...