Explain golf ball grading scale?
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I think you referring to the grades of used balls. \nGrade A or Perils - Look new can't tell they have been hit\nGrade B - Still in good shape but not new\nGrade C - They have some rough spots but OK to use\n\nThey also rate the quality of range ball using this type of system. \n http://www.mygolfballstore.com/
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How Do I Keep Score?\nScoring in golf is sometimes a mystery to those unfamiliar with the sport because in golf - unlike most other sports and games - it's the person with the lowest score who wins. \nBut golf scoring is as simple as can be. Every time you take a whack at that little white ball, that's a stroke. Every time you make a stroke, count it. At the end of each hole, add up your strokes for that hole and write it down. At the end of the round, add up the strokes for each hole and, there you have it, your golf score.\n\nThere are some other circumstances - for instance, every beginner (every golfer of every level) will have to take penalty strokes here and there. At least, if you're playing strictly by the rules.\n\nBut most simply put, a golf score is the number of times you whacked that little ball around the course.\n\nScore in relation to par is also very easy to understand and compute. Each hole is given a number representing "par" - the number of strokes it should take a golfer to finish that hole. If the par is 4 and you make a 5, then your score in relation to par is 1-over. If the par is 4 and you make a 3, then your score in relation to par is 1-under.\nIf par for the course is 72 and you finished with a 92, then your score is 20-over.\n\nFor penalties, read the rules of golf.
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O.K., HERE WE GO... TAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR SCORE AND PAR, TIMES 113 DEVIDE BY THE SLOPE RATING OF THE COURSE, YOU NOW HAVE YOUR HANDICAP RATING... ALL COURSES HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS WHAT YOUR RATING WORKS OUT TO FOR THEIR COURSE... MAXIUM HANDICAP IS 36... HAVE FUN, GOLF IS GREAT...
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Here's a good description of it's history and how it's done:\nhttp://www.taylor-hobson.com/dimpled-golf%20-ball.html
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Look at your score card for the line that says handicap.  The rating of each hole 1 through 18.  1 is the hardest.  You get 2 strokes on every hole except the holes rated 13 through 18.  Those are the easiest 6 holes.  Now you subtract the number of strokes you get on each hole from what you made on the hole.
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A golf course has 18 holes. Each hole is given a parr rating of 3, 4 or 5. Average course is 72. A pro should do the course in parr (72) or less. \n\nWhen you start playing golf you have an handycap of 28. So you get 28 extra stokes over the 18 holes. \n\nIf you played against a pro and you went round in 100 and they went round in 72 in would be a draw. If you did it in 99 or less you would win.\n\nHaving a handycap allows different rated players to play against each other.\n\nTo lower your handycap, you play 3 rounds of golf at a course and take the average score.\n\n1st game you do it in 98 ( 2 stokes below your expected of 100)\n2nd game you do it in 96 ( 4 stokes below)\n3rd game you do it in 98 again.\n\nyour average would be 97, which is 3 stokes below your handycap of 100. \n\nCourse 72 plus handycap of 28 = 100. now deduct the 3 stokes from your averaged score over your last 3 holes. Now giving you a handycap of 25.\n\nYou keep playing and try to reduce your handycap to as low as poss. The lower your handycap score the better golfer you become.
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Golf is a game in search of perfection. However, there are very few sports in which perfection can be attained (i.e. 300 in bowling).\n\nAdditionally, golf courses have a number that is considered normal, or "par." The idea is to get the least amount of strokes under par... the lowest score wins. \n\nThink about this... there are a multitude of variables on a golf course as well as with any player at any given moment. For example, a golf course may be wet the next morning after an evening rain. You might have done really well on the dry course the day before, however, since the weather changed, the conditions are different and scores will be altered. \n\nAlso, strength and fatigue have a lot to do with a golfer's capability to score well. As with any sport, training is necessary. However, strength may be lost at one point in time because of something simple as a bad night's sleep or in Tiger Woods' case, a father who is ailing from cancer. \n\nAnyways, putting a golf ball in a 3 1/2" hole from 150-600 yards away in one shot is very difficult. There are limitations that humans have... if one person can hit the ball 450 yards, he's not going to be very accurate. However, another person may be able to hit the ball only 300 yards but may be able to get around the green like a veteran pro.\n\nHope this explanation helps!
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The golf ball has between on average 380 and 430 dimples.  The best selling balls are in that range
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Is ladder golf the game with the three rungs of PVC pipe?  That game is awesome.\n\nIf you get your balls to stay on the top rung then you get 3 points, middle is 2 points and bottom is one point. If your piece gets knocked off then it doesn't count.  Also if two players have pieces on the same rung, then neither one counts.
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A handicap is the number of strokes you get for a ground of golf.  A index is the number you use to look up on the slope chart of the course your playing so you know how many strokes you get or what your handicap will be for that round\n\nIndex - This was added over 10 years ago trying to even things out between gofl course.  A person cannot play to a 15 on every course, some are harder than others.  Your index may say you get 10 storkes on one course and 15 on another course.
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What does this have to do with Golf?
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To be more correct, this number (21.8) is most likely a handicap index. This is a bit different than a handicap. A handicap is only good for a single course and because courses range in their difficulty, you would have to convert this handicap index into a course handicap for whatever course you were going to play. You can do all these things at the USGA website given below.
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Well ... It is not that the golf balls "lose" distance.  (There is a small decrease over several years - i.e. 5 years may result in a loss of 2-3yrds if tested on a machine)\n\nThe difference results from the technology - the poster above is using balatta balls from twenty years ago.  They might appear normal to him, but when compared to new ball technology of today (which has changed dramatically in 20 years) he is probably costing himself *at least* a couple yards. \n\nMost of all, your swing, swing speed and where you hit the ball on the club face has the most impact on distance - of any ball, new, used or old.\n\nThe pros can take the latest technology and pickup 2-3 yards with the latest ProVs for example.  However the common amateur usually cant produce the swing speed to even see a 1/2 yard difference.
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Jerry's answer isn't completly accurate. \nFirst of all handicaps are not for bragging, handicaps exist so that you could play anyone in the world no matter how good they might be and potentially beat them. It basically levels the playing feild. Secondly, it isn't just the difference between your handicap and you fellow competitor's, there is actually a system to the whole thing. On the scorecard you will notice that each hole has a handicap rating; the number 1 handicap hole on the course has been determined by a USGA course commitee to be the most difficult, and of course the 18th is the easiest. If I were playing you,and my handicap is a 3, then I would "get" strokes on the 1,2,and 3 handicap holes; I would indicate this on the scorecard with little dots in each corresponding score box. Since you are a 19 handicap, then you would actually get strokes on every hole on the course, and that last stroke would appear on the number 1 handicap hole, in effect giving you 2 strokes on that hole. The reason it is done this way is so you can competivly play either stroke play or match play against anyone. So since you have 2 strokes on the number one handicap hole you could double bogey it and it would still be a net par for you.\nFor a complete breakdown on handicaps in Golf I highly recomend you vist USGA.org and order the official handicapping book... it's really cheap, like a couple of bucks, and it could save you a bet or two out on the course in the long run!
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Tees Yardage Rating Slope Par \nBack Tees 6647  72.4  130  72 \nMiddle Tees 6220  70.4  124  72 \nForward Tees 5235  72.7  130  72\n \n \nhttp://www.golfcourse.com/search/coursedtl_ga.cfm?source=GA&courseid=646
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You play ten rounds, and take the best three rounds and average those.  To obtain a handicap you should play by the rules that RCGA, and USGA put out.  (no cheating - no muligans)\n\nMy husband is a golf pro and he said it was a quick way to explain it.