Let's say your PB is a 78 on a par 72 course. You play this course below, which has a slope and rating, and shoot 66. Do you say your PB is 66, 5 over or stick with the 78?
Would you consider this your PB?
My initial thought was to immediately say the 66 was the PB, but looking at that scorecard made me reconsider. That's almost like a glorified executive course. I think 5 over would be the "correct" answer but it's entirely up to the golfer what they want to go with.
78, as long as it wasn't a course with a rating slope too low.
+5 for me.
I think I would go with a 78, based upon this one doesn't feel like a "true" course, I don't know if it's a gimmick course or not but it's only 4k yards not the usual 6k+.
You could always go with the "I shot a 5 over on an executive course and 6 over on a full (or whatever the right term is) course"
You could always go with the "I shot a 5 over on an executive course and 6 over on a full (or whatever the right term is) course"
5 over.
Interesting, we had another thread about PBs, and I clarified them for my home course (78 from blues, 76 whites, 75 Reds). I still think the +4 from the whites was my best round, so guess I would stick with that one.
I would say my PB is +5
Bucketsofjoy
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Probably +5
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Five over. Still had to put the ball in the hole. Some of those par 3s are no joke.
But you can't go around saying your PB is a 66 with no context
But you can't go around saying your PB is a 66 with no context
first off great round.
i am going with the 5 over club here.
i am going with the 5 over club here.
Mark_UK
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I guess I’m in the same boat. My PB is +5, at a 72 and a 69. I absolutely say 74 is my pb cause it sounds way better than 77 or plus 5 LOL.
I'd say "78, six over, but I have shot a five-over 66 on a short course."
Similar question to everyone -- Let's say par on the course was a 68 instead of 61, and he shoots a 73. Does your answer change to him saying a 73 is PB or are you still saying +5? Basically a real course but I find these courses typically to be missing par 5 holes.
jt2929
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I tend to say my PB is “x over par”. In this situation, I would probably go with what Puttmaster said.
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Personal bests can happen in all forms. You have 2 PBs as a score or over/under par.
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I like playing shorter courses, but when it comes to measuring my game I always use the par 70, 71, 72, and even the occassional par 73, I run into.
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This course has a rating and slope for handicap posting, which reflects the par and length.
until it's, at least, a par 70 course my answer is 5 over.
The 78, that course is realllly short and very easy. The 78 has to be much better when it comes to net rating I would think, so I would stick with my 78 as a PB.
I might go with +5 but that score does probably have an asterisk. When I was younger I shot par for the first time on a par 72 course that was really easy and I always qualified my PB. Regardless you still have to get the ball in the hole so it is good golf.
I would go with +5 over as it is a number that "travels" well. That being said, my ultimate "low" was a -1 33 on a 9 hole course. I generally say my low is a -1 for a 9 hole course, 3 over on a par 72.
It is all relative, however, as we all know the myriad of differences among par 72 courses.
It is all relative, however, as we all know the myriad of differences among par 72 courses.