This is the only part I'm trying to measure. Not everything else that may contribute to fun.
All I know is that when I open live scoring for a division where everyone has PDGA numbers above 160,000 and there is a sea of dark orange, I feel sorry that they didn't get to have the same kind of experience as the Advanced players had.
Let me put forth a few hypotheses to clarify:
- Perhaps the ideal match to a player's skill level results in a total score of around 63. Or some other score. Or perhaps lower skill levels have developed a taste for slightly higher scores because that is all they know.
- Perhaps getting 18 twos in a row is the most fun one could have. Or perhaps that would not be enough challenge.
- Perhaps no one likes to slog out a score of 7. Or perhaps every throw is pure joy and the more the better. Even OB penalties.
- Perhaps, given a total score, more variety in hole scores is better. Or perhaps players only want to vacillate between two possible scores.
We could speculate about all that and argue incessantly without data, swapping opinions about what we think other people think.
Or we come up with examples of courses we like or don't like, then examine the nature of the scores.