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1. Already is in place with Designer Feedback.Although I am clearly not a "renowned" reviewer to any stretch of comparison, I do think there are reviews which are too subjective based on the player's round. I remember playing storr's pond the first couple of times and wanting to write a review akin to "impossible lines, overgrown forest", etc. However, after checking myself and comparing those emotions to how others saw the course, it became clear that my initial negativity towards the course was because of my own poor performance.
Perhaps we can find solutions to this issue:
1) enable a retort of a review from either the owner or a serious local players who has played the course multiple times. This would be similar to how Google play enables creator responses for apps
2) simplify the reviews greatly. This would likely be less desirable for the community at large given that this is a review website. However, my thought on reading reviews is, "does this review suggest that the review would come back?" I rarely care about the numerical review score
3) post the reviewer's average score at the course they are reviewing, next to the spot in the review where it states when the last time they played the course was. This would be able to better detect "performance bias" within the review
2. No thanks.
3. This would not give you much info unless you know the player or their rating(rating really doesn't tell you much either). This would also require players to actually play the course like a tournament round and to actually record it and be honest about it. I rarely play new courses I review like a tournament round unless it's actually a tournament and I rarely keep score of casual rounds and like to throw extra shots to get a better feel of some holes.