I have 344 marked played on here in 35 states plus I know of 12 other cpurses not listed here so I have over 350 total.
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I don't review courses that I didn't get to play the whole thing. The reasoning is the same as my reasoning for bagging what are thought to be crummy courses: my favorite shot in the world may be there, regardless of how horrid the rest of the course is.
If I don't play a full course, I may miss that golden shot (or two or three), which may completely change how I feel about the course...or at least partially change my thoughts on it.
My question may not have been clear, but what I'm wondering is, if the DGCR review requirement is playing a minimum of 5 holes on a nine holer 10 holes on an 18 hole course, what is the minimum # of holes necessary to mark the course as played ?
Exactly! Tracking courses played is a personal thing in that it's for your own benefit, no one else's.I doubt DGCR has any interest in refereeing these largely personal claims...
I echo that. I have never reviewed a course that I didn't play the whole thing. There have been I couple times where i got poured mid round and thought "why does it have to rain now!" only to be back a few months later to finish it up. It addition, a few of my favorite shots have also come on some pretty crummy courses.
I doubt DGCR has any interest in refereeing these largely personal claims. They're like ace claims. What constitutes playing a course---what constitutes an actual course, for that matter---is largely up to the user. A couple of years ago there was a guy claiming to have played 2800 courses; besides the astounding number, the ones he checked on DGCR led many to have serious doubts about his claims. But he can still make them. There are no payouts to the top finishers, so not much to fight over.
I check off courses where I played enough to have an idea of the course---a much lower threshold than a review. I do it for myself, just to keep track of courses I've visited, and not for anyone else. Of course, with my modest list, no one else would care.
According to the DGCR ground rules for reviewing a course, if you played 10 out of 18 holes you can review it. The rule used to be that you had to play the entire course before reviewing it, which is the way it should be,but that was too much trouble to referee.There is one 18 hole course I only played 9 or 10 holes of on a road trip many years ago. I do hope to finish it up one day but the courses I've marked as played is 100% so I can review what I have or haven't played and look at things like what my current most-played state is. My course count is not something that anyone else should have an opinion about.
Nice thread. Ive always wondered how many people have played a certain number of courses but didn't know how to find the info. At 115 played I am tied for #758 lol. Hoping to play several new courses this summer
Yes there are. New courses going in all the time. I'm also thinking about detouring on the way out to play more. Ive played in 9 states and looking to add more. 37 in MS and 37 in TX. Ms did not have very many for a long time and I played out your way with my bro a lot. Tx will probably forge ahead again this summer lolYou'll get four more in on our 2 day trip. Two more for me... Are there some in DFW you haven't played?
I've only played in two states and have played over 100 in Texas.
You have your own criteria . . . and it seems so does everyone else who plays a lot of courses . . . so do we each all listen to our own hearts and go with our own totals or do we have the guts to compare them to each others lists and have to scrutinize each course for hours based on a number of criteria decided by 2 individuals instead of some impartial entity?
I have no problem putting forward my thoughts on what defines a new course but even still it will never be 100% with anyone elses list. There will always be a question about one course or another on someones list or someones rules may not be the same. How do we define this?
SO DO we each come up with our own list . . . and treat them independently . . or do we consult all those who have crossed the 1000th course threshold in the past to determine if and when we have then subsequently crossed the barrier?
i think i'm with David, whatever it means for each person.
but i'm interested in your opinion as well as Gregg and Avery. do you think target courses should count? seems to me like they should, regardless of what year it is, so long as it's an established course. is Gregg of the same opinion as me? and Avery thinks they shouldn't count?
i personally don't count practice areas or multiple layouts but i do count private, unlisted, or tourney temp layouts. so i consider my course count to be 5 fewer than it actually says.