Ratings & Divisions

[Dan Michler]

Down 8 more!  Sweet.  Down 36 in less than 3 years.  Shot 890 golf for 4 rounds at Crystal Lake though, so I've got plenty more dropping to do if I keep playing.

[Bruce Brakel]

My thousand rated rounds were too high to count so i'm down one and i'm intermediate again!  Two of those three statements are true.  One is false. 

[pickax]

I'm up to 854. No more Novice for me. Which means I can't defend my series title this year. Dave Owens currently is in first for points and is still only 849.

[Chainmeister]

Mazel Tov Mike. Other than the second round yesterday, you have been playing really well this year.

[pickax]

I was playing Jekyll and Hyde golf this weekend. Sunday's rounds had a 102 rating point differential. 

[paulpriest]

31 Point Change (Up  ).  And for some reason it didn't take into account one of my tournaments in April.  Does any one know if you can get tournament scores added if the TD made a mistake and didn't add you?  Here is the tournament.  (I'm Joseph Priest).

http://pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7482#Open

Thanks guys!

[Jon Brakel]

31 Point Change (Up  ).  And for some reason it didn't take into account one of my tournaments in April.  Does any one know if you can get tournament scores added if the TD made a mistake and didn't add you?  Here is the tournament.  (I'm Joseph Priest).

http://pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7482#Open

Thanks guys!

Click on "Event Info" and that will show you the TDs name and phone number. Call him or click on his name and send him a message and ask him if he knows why you were left off and how you can get back on.

[OvEr HaNd AsSaSiN]

932 yesssssssssssss INT all summer long

[tree]

down 2.

[stpitner]

932 yesssssssssssss INT all summer long

haha man, you play well enough - I bet that you could take on plenty of the guys in advanced

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm back in intermediate also.  Whoa, this gives me an obelisk strategy!   

[JCthrills]

Up 37 points to 879. 

[skipache]

932 yesssssssssssss INT all summer long

how the hell are you still under 935...... i pity all of you intermediate players out there...

[OvEr HaNd AsSaSiN]

i paid the pdga off.. lol

[discpro99]

how does a person go about getting a 10 or more rating bump when they are updated? I have a real hard time understanding the whole rating system just becouse I see alot of Novice and rec players getting these huge rating bumps (30+) while ADV and PRO USUALLY only go up a few points. The only reason  I ask is becouse all my rounds for this rating update were 15+ above my rating but i only went up 3pts? I thought for sure I was going up 8-15 pts. I know patience will pay off but I been playing  over my rating for a while and never seem to go up more than a few points.

[pickax]

Justin, your current rating is based on the round ratings for the entire 12 months before the update. For you, you have a lot of rounds that are fairly consistently rated round wise. Compare that to say Jesse Cahill. If you look at his round ratings, you will see a huge change from his first tournament to last. In fact, Jesse's rating is lagging his ability (he probably should be closer to 900). Even if he just throws his current rating for the next two months, his rating will go up again as his early low-800 rounds drop off.

So what do you need to do? Couple of options:
- Practice, practice, practice
- Not play for a year and then play a stellar tournament on your home course. Your rounds that are older than a year from your last round will be dropped.
- Don't get hung up on your rating.

Whatever you do, don't bet against Jesse Cahiill about whose rating will go up more in the September update.     

[JCthrills]

please stop with the betting advice

In my case, my first sanctioned tourney was last July & I played a few more to end the year.  Then picked up a disc about a week before Bowling Green & shot bad there.  Since then I have been on a terror, playinga sanctioned tourney almost every weekend & two league night during the week, totally changed up my putting style, spent numerous hours upon hours watching pro clinic videos & applying what I've learned & spending 4 of 5 weekdays at a soccer field practicing in any wind condition.   So if my rating & subsequently my skill wasn't improving at a drastic rate with all the work I've put into my game in the past 3 months I'd be a little pissed.  I'm pushing for 900+ at the next update to plant me firmly in Int. for next year. & no taking the winter off this time.

For the advice, I would do #1 & #3, forget about not playing a sanctioned event for a year just weigh #3 a little more.

[discpro99]

Stop playing for a year is definetly not an option. I didnt realize the ratings went back so far. Those high 800 rated rounds are what are killing me

I got those ratings from tourneys a few years ago when i was a young hot head who could throw 450ft but couldnt putt. I would throw away a whole tourny after 1 bad hole.  When I first started playing tournys I would travel with top Open players and guys who were winning ADV every other weekend. So when we traveled I had to play ADV or Open when ive only been playing for a couple months. I never played REC or Nov which I think was a good thing cuz I think playing with better players is a GREAT way to learn about the game. Im jelouse of the top young players from the south (McBeth Nikko ect.. who have the oppertunity to play great courses with great players on a daily basis. Its hard to become a top rated pro from this area with no where to play or practice every shot you need in your bag.

So do those low rated rounds ever get taking off or are they there for good? I just feel like ive been playing +950 golf for the past year and yet only go up a few points. Ive never really been a person who pays much attention to ratings becouse I know how well I can play, it just sucks that ratings from that long ago still come back to bite me in the a$$

[pickax]

Rounds older than 12 months from your latest official rated rounds are dropped from your ratings. So it is not your 2 year old rounds holding you down. It's just that you have a lot of consistently rated rounds.

[Bruce Brakel]

In addition to ratings, the PDGA also has rankings.  The ranking process is even more mysterious than the rating process.  A girl who used to play IOS tournaments is now ranked 27.  Barrett is 11th or 12th.  I forget.  Check it out:

http://www.pdga.com/documents/Rankings/July2008WorldRankings-Women.pdf