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Changes to Stroke Indexing
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The Committee of Management and the Ladies Committee have reviewed the Stroke Index allocation for the Holes at Cathkin Braes and decided to make significant changes. The procedure used was as follows:
The "Degree of Difficulty" of each Hole was assessed by calculating the average score at each Hole over a full season. The average were then expressed as a percentage of the Par score for each Hole. The Hole with the highest percentage was deemed the most difficult, the one with the next highest was deemed the next most difficult, and so on, and the 18 Holes were then ranked in Degree of Difficulty. CONGU gives various Guideline for how the Stroke Indexes should be allocated (eg odd numbered Indexes should all be in either the Outward or Inward 9 and even numbered Indexes in the other half) and taking these Guidelines into account new Stroke Indexes were created for the Gents and for the Ladies.
The changes have no effect on Medal Play competitions (except where the Better Inward Half, the Best Last Six, etc have to be calculated to resolve a tie) and may have an influence only on Match Play.
New Scorecards will be printed, and the Tee Markers, giving the Stroke Index, length of hole, par, etc will have to be changed for both the Gents and the Ladies Tees.
The results of the review are given in the Tables below, one for each of the Gents and Ladies Medal Tees since different Stroke Indexes have been decided on for the two. The current and the new Stroke Indexes are both listed as well as the Degree of Difficulty of each Hole.
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GENTS STROKE INDEXING
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Hole
Number |
Degree of
Difficulty |
New Stroke Index |
Current Stroke Index |
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1 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
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2 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
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3 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
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4 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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5 |
12 |
7 |
18 |
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6 |
17 |
15 |
1 |
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7 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
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8 |
14 |
9 |
11 |
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9 |
18 |
17 |
3 |
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10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
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11 |
10 |
16 |
15 |
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12 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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13 |
9 |
14 |
17 |
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14 |
16 |
18 |
2 |
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15 |
7 |
4 |
12 |
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16 |
1 |
12 |
16 |
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17 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
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18 |
5 |
10 |
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LADIES STROKE INDEXING
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Hole
Number |
Degree of
Difficulty |
New Stroke Index |
Current Stroke Index |
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1 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
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2 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
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3 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
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4 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
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5 |
12 |
9 |
18 |
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6 |
17 |
17 |
1 |
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7 |
11 |
1 |
9 |
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8 |
14 |
5 |
11 |
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9 |
18 |
11 |
3 |
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10 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
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11 |
10 |
18 |
15 |
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12 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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13 |
9 |
14 |
17 |
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14 |
16 |
4 |
2 |
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15 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
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16 |
1 |
16 |
16 |
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17 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
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18 |
5 |
10 |
10 | |
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