Hardest Holes

[hrc333]

So I just did analysis of the score cards from the weekly on April 8th, where the pins were all placed in the hard positions.  I picked the holes that are thought to be the hardest holes and here is what I found.  These are based on 44 scores.  They are listed with the hardest on top.

5C
Average Score: 4.50
Par: 25%
Birdies: 0%

12C
Average Score: 4.38
Par: 15%
Birdies: 0%

17C
Average Score: 4.30
Par: 25%
Birdies: 4%

14C
Average Score: 4.23
Par: 36%
Birdies: 4%

15B
Average Score: 4.02
Par: 38%
Birdies: 0%

18B
Average Score: 3.74
Par: 41%
Birdies: 6.5%

8C
Average Score: 3.70
Par: 52%
Birdies: 0%

6B
Average Score: 3.64
Par: 56%
Birdies: 0%

13C
Average Score: 3.60
Par: 47%
Birdies: 11%

3C
Average Score: 3.59
Par: 59%
Birdies: 2%

4C
Average Score: 3.57
Par: 54%
Birdies: 4%

1C
Average Score: 3.55
Par: 60%
Birdies: 2%

7B
Average Score: 3.47
Par: 53%
Birdies: 4%

16C
Average Score: 3.27
Par: 76%
Birdies: 7%

2C
Average Score: 3.13
Par: 69%
Birdies: 20%

10B
Average Score: 3.11
Par: 80%
Birdies: 9%

11A
Average Score: 3.04
Par: 76%
Birdies: 29%

9B
Average Score: 2.96
Par: 73%
Birdies: 38%

[pepe]

Interesting that a quarter of the players got par on 5C but the average score was a 4.5 whereas only 15% of players got a par on 12C but the average score was 4.38. That must be a reflection of the OB on 5, making it the harder hole but 12C a naturally harder hole since OB doesn't really come into play there.

[ross]

I just want to know who is taking birdies on 17C!

[hrc333]

I know there was 2!!!  One was Greg LaComb.  I heard him say he put in a crazy 100 foot approach shot.

I was thinking we should do these holes again in the near future to get a bigger sample.

[hrc333]

Just did a couple more holes.  I am shocked to see that 4C only had 2 birdies and less people made par than on 3C!!!  I will continue to add holes as I have time and as we do weeklies.  I would love to see how these stats play out for all the holes.

[hrc333]

So I am surprised hole 9 is playing easier than hole 2.  

Also only 9% birdie on 10B but 80% par!!

Also the back 9 is playing considerably harder than the front 9.

[ben]

shouldn't the percentages add up to 100% for each hole?

e.g. 10% birdie, 70% par, 20% bogey or worse = 100% of scores total

just asking because 9B and 11A seem to total to above 100% for just birdies and pars, let alone bogeys or otherwise  :P

thanks for crunching this- it is really cool to look at this sort of thing!

[hrc333]

From my understanding, when golf course calculate par numbers, they are people who make at least par.  If you birdied, this means you atleast made par.  I could be wrong, but that is how I am calculating it.