Ratings & Divisions

[pickax]

Rankings aren't that mysterious. They are actually simpler, no double weighting, no dropping (I think), B tier or better only, and a minimum number of rounds..

[Bruce Brakel]

The rating part of rankings is simpler but the ranking part of rankings is more complicated.   

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Did anyone see that Schweberger's first round at that NC tournament was rated 1107 

[Dan Michler]

Did anyone see that Schweberger's first round at that NC tournament was rated 1107 

Thats deceiving though, because he just had alot of birdies that round compared to the competition.

[pickax]

Why is that deceiving?

[Jon Brakel]

Did anyone see that Schweberger's first round at that NC tournament was rated 1107 

Thats deceiving though, because he just had alot of birdies that round compared to the competition.

That's basically the definition of PDGA ratings. The measured difference between one person's performance as compared to the rest of the competition.

[WkeBrd3]

Don't you guys understand Michler's humor yet?

[pickax]

Sarcasm and dry humor are often lost in print unless there is sufficient context. Message boards are usually lacking of this context. Emoticons help, but are often misconstrued.

[Jon Brakel]

Sarcasm and dry humor are often lost in print unless there is sufficient context. Message boards are usually lacking of this context. Emoticons help, but are often misconstrued.

Nice post! 

(see, now THAT'S funny, and I have no idea what I mean!) 

[Chainmeister]

Sarcasm and dry humor are often lost in print unless there is sufficient context. Message boards are usually lacking of this context. Emoticons help, but are often misconstrued.

Nice post! 

(see, now THAT'S funny, and I have no idea what I mean!) 

Hey, are you guys trying to infer that I didn't understand?  I represent that.  I get things just as much as the next guy.  Let me ask him.  "Hey, buddy, did you get that?"   Well, he said he wasn't listening but he thinks he would have gotten it.  Frankly, I am not sure.  Maybe I didn't get it.  I mean I wasn't offended or anything. Its not like you put a terrorist on the cover of your magaizne did you?  No, I didn't think so.  I will admit that I am starting to doubt myself since the next guy didn't get it either.  I'm gonna stand with him.  After all, if we don't stand together we stand alone and I get scared in the dark when I am alone. I know its daytime, but some of you might be reading this at night and it will be dark and I will be alone.  The next guy and I stand for the right to not get it.  "Right buddy?! What do you mean you didn't get it? I was just trying not to be insulted by humor that you didn't get. I would have gotten it if you hadn't. I'm blaiming you....oh, yeah, well same to you and your mother.. and your dog..." I gotta go.  The next guy and I have a few things to work out.  I am sure its nothing that a few emoticons couldn't help resolve.    Wow, without him around all of the sudden I feel so lonely. Now where were we?

[pickax]

Now where were we?

Avoiding work and trying to decide if Dan was funny or clueless.

[dana]

RE:1100
Buckhorn is a badarss course.  They used mixed tee's for that round.  I think I shot a 49 from the SHORTS and it was 1008.  39 is just plain silly.

Go to radl.biz -they have a really nice course pictures...

Hole 17 is freakin awesome.

[can't putt]

Another piece of the ratings calculation puzzle, from the PDGA forums:

I checked with Roger and the reason your rating seems higher than it should is the three oldest rounds were on a 24-hole course and are weighted accordingly. No rounds get double weighted with fewer than 8 rounds. Here's the math:

RR H Weight
881 x 18 = 15858
943 x 18 = 16974
946 x 18 = 17028
891 x 18 = 16038
951 x 24 = 22824
997 x 24 = 23928
974 x 24 = 23376
SUM = 144 136026

136026 / 144 = 944.625

(emphasis added)

Maybe in 10 years I'll finally have enough information to know how ratings are actually calculated. 

Then again, maybe not:

We now calculate your straight rating average and SD after excluding your lowest rated round. Then, multiply that SD by 2.5. If the 2.5SD number is smaller than 100, or 100 is smaller, we subtract the smaller one from the straight rating average. All rounds with ratings lower than that number, including the original one excluded from the average, will be dropped for your final ratings calc which involves double weighting the most recent 25% of rounds.

Note that your rating is retained in our official files not as a number like 946 but a number like 0.3 which is how far your scoring average per hole is greater or less than the SSA. So your math may not match ours due to rounding and truncation operations in the conversion.