DiscGolfNutt
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Does it really matter if each hole has it's own par? What if par is 54 and the first 17 holes are par 1? Then the Last hole is par 37??? Isnt it the same? Besides the driving order, what's good about it?
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Tough question, DGN. You could try looking into this discussion for your answer.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126143
Besides the driving order, what's good about it?
As far as I can tell par has no affect on anything but people's egos. Who ever plays the course in the fewest throws wins......simple.
As far as I can tell par has no affect on anything but people's egos. Who ever plays the course in the fewest throws wins......simple.
There's a difference between actual use and tradition. I would be happy if someone could explain an actual use for par but so far any explanation I have heard makes no logical sense. I am not suggesting doing away with par. I just can't see arguing about something that basically is a baseline for people who never played that hole before to shoot for.Funny that golf also determines winners with the lowest score, but finds a use for par.
Does it really matter if each hole has it's own par? What if par is 54 and the first 17 holes are par 1? Then the Last hole is par 37??? Isnt it the same? Besides the driving order, what's good about it?
There's a difference between actual use and tradition. I would be happy if someone could explain an actual use for par but so far any explanation I have heard makes no logical sense. I am not suggesting doing away with par. I just can't see arguing about something that basically is a baseline for people who never played that hole before to shoot for.
I usually play solo, so I win pretty often.
Most of the uses for par, particularly well-set par, are beneficial, but not important. Of course, it doesn't determine the winner, so you can do without it. Some of the benefits are mainly for spectators, watching or following online or checking mid-round results.
Some of them, certainly not all:
(2) Par gives us a measure of portability between courses. If I tell you I shot 62 yesterday, what does that mean? Good? Bad? But if I tell you I shot 5 under par, it gives you an idea; better if par were more consistently and accurately set, but still, a better idea than the raw score.
Par is a measure of individual scores against the course.
I would agree in a vacuum but almost everyone I know refers to their o/u score compared to all par3s(even at idlewild or Mt Airy local events where course par is most definitely not 54). Except when at big tourneys like BG Ams, then I just get confused about whether they are talking about par54 or actual course par...