History & Design Final Steven Kay Flashcards
Women’s Par 3 yardage
90-190 yards
Men’s Par 4 yardage
275-490 yards
Women’s Par 4 yardage
200-380 yards
Men’s Par 5 yardage
465-600+ yards
Women’s Par 5 yardage
400+ yards
Course Rating
Is what the average score would be by a scratch golfer
How difficult the course is for the average bogey player (USGA Handicap 17.5-22.4)
Slope
USGA
United States Golf Association
PGA
Professional Golfers Assocation
Most tv events (Players Championship & FedEx Cup)
PGA Tour
Club Pro’s and PGA Championship
PGA
Rules of golf in the US & US Open
USGA
LPGA
Ladies Professional Golfers Assocation
GCSAA
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
NGF
National Golf Foundation
The Royal & Ancient
The rules of golf in Scotland and most of the world
All holes are less than 100 yards
Pitch & Putt
All Holes are 100-200 yards
Par 3 Golf Course
Has at least 1 Par 4
Executive Golf Course
6,000 yards or more for men
Regulation Golf Course
What is a Championship Golf Course
There Is NO SUCH THING!!!
Not tough. All hazards just on the side of the hole. No advantage to one side.
Freeway Hole
Very difficult. Any shot that is not right is penalized.
Penal Hole
“Risk and Reward” A shot that risks landing in a hazard is rewarded with an easier second shot OR a shot that avoids the hazard then has a harder second shot.
Strategic Hole
Similar to Strategic. “Risk and Reward or Penalty”. Reaching in one less than regulation.
Heroic Hole
Men’s Par 3 Yardage
100-240 yards
“Fortress built at an angle to the incoming enemy” (N. Brews K in Scotland)
Redan Hole
A.W Tillinghast’s design of a big bunker in the middle of a par 5 (Pine Valley hell’s half acre)
Great Hazard Hole
Original is National Golf Links Of America 14th hole but Mid-Ocean 5th hole in Bermuda is better know
Cape Hole
From a golf course in France that no longer exists has a large swale in the middle of green
Biarritz Hole
Steven Kay’s Extra Credit
Trust in God
Good Health
Good Wife
Good Job
