
Course Strategy
Course Rating vs Slope Rating: Read Both Numbers
Course Rating describes a course's difficulty for a scratch golfer under normal conditions; Slope Rating describes relative difficulty for other golfers…
Course strategy begins with an honest picture of the shot available today, not the shot that behaved beautifully once last summer. These guides turn distance, trouble, and normal shot patterns into decisions a player can repeat from tee to green.

Course Rating describes a course's difficulty for a scratch golfer under normal conditions; Slope Rating describes relative difficulty for other golfers…

Golf course management for beginners is the practice of choosing a target and club that suit the player's real carry distance, shot pattern, conditions,…

Match play compares holes won, lost or tied; regular stroke play compares total strokes, including penalties.