New Course/Tees

Here we will create a new set of tees for a golf course. Once you have entered the details of this set of tees and saved it to your hard-drive you will not have to enter it again. Thereafter it will be available to you at the click of a button.

The sections involved in creating a new set of tees are:
General Information,
Par,
Stroke Index,
Yards,
Slope and
Dogleg.

Note: If, for example, during the winter months this set of tees is modified to take account of the different weather conditions, you should create a new set of tees and just rename it, eg 'White Tees - Winter 2011'. Do not edit your original set of tees or every round you have played on that set of tees will be altered as well.

On the main menu click the button shown on the left and you will be taken to the Course/Tees menu.

Once in the Course/Tees table click the button shown on the left to take you to the New Course/Tees dialog box.

At the top of this dialog box you will see several tabs. These are General, Par, Stroke-Index, Yards, Slope and Dogleg.

General Tab

Click on the General Tab. In the space next to Course type the course name, eg St. Andrews. In the space next to Tees type the name of the tees, eg White, Championship, Ladies or White - Winter 2011.

Do not press OK yet.

Par Tab

Once you have completed the general information click on the Par Tab. You will see all 18 holes with the default pars next to them. Below each column you will see the sub-totals of the Out and In nines and below this is the total for all 18 holes.

Below this are two buttons which will default all the holes on either Par 3 or Par 4. If most of your holes are Par 3 then click this button. Alternatively if most of your holes are Par 4 click this default button. These buttons are just added for speed.

Note: If you are playing at a pitch-and-putt the par values could default on par 3.

For all remaining holes who's par is different from the default shown, click the drop-down combo box and select the correct par. The Total and Sub-Totals will change automatically as you modify these pars.

An interesting article on how pars are set can be found here.

Do not press OK yet.

Stroke Index Tab

Once you have completed the general and par information click on the Stroke-Index Tab. You will see all 18 holes with the default stroke-indexes next to them. This is a ranking of the holes as determined by the local authorities to allow players with different handicaps to play against each other on an equal basis.

The local authorities do an excellent job ranking these holes to make it fair for all golfers of all handicaps. Inside this program we will calculate your personal stroke-index and will even compare it to the official stroke-index. The user must recognise this is only done as an analysis tool to assist you in planning your game to maximize your potential. The programmers recognise a purely statistical stroke-indexing method could never replace the work of the relevant local authorities who's official rankings are the only fair way to rank holes.

Below this are two buttons which will default all the holes into increasing or decreasing stroke-index. Click the most appropriate button for your set of tees. These buttons are just added for speed.

Change the stroke-index for all remaining holes who's stroke-index is different from the correct value. Note, a stroke-index can only appear once in the 18 holes and the program will take this into account.

Do not press OK yet.

Yards Tab

Once you have completed the general, par and stroke-index information click on the Yards. You will see all 18 holes with the default yards of each hole next to them.

Below this are two buttons which will default all the holes at a set yardage per hole. Click the most appropriate button for your set of tees. These buttons are just added for speed.

Change the yardage for all remaining holes who's yardage is different from the correct value. The total yardage and the yardage for each nine will update automatically.

Do not press OK yet.

Slope Tab

Once you have completed the general, par, stoke-index and yardage information click on the Slope Tab. You will see all 18 holes with the default slope information next to them.

Below this are two buttons which will default all the holes on two values. If most of your holes are represented by this value click this button. These buttons are just added for speed.

For all remaining holes who's slope is different from the default shown, click the drop-down combo box and select the correct value.

Note: At present the statistics section of ChartMyGolf does not investigate your playing style compared with the slope information. This will change in future updates. One of the major benefits of browser-based web programs is they will update automatically.

Do not press OK yet.

Dogleg Tab

Once you have completed the general, par, stoke-index, yardage and slope information click on the Dogleg Tab. You will see all 18 holes with the default dogleg information next to them.

Below this are two buttons which will default all the holes on two values. If most of your holes are represented by this value click this button. These buttons are just added for speed.

For all remaining holes who's dogleg information is different from the default shown, click the drop-down combo box and select the correct value.

Note: At present the statistics section of ChartMyGolf does not investigate your playing style compared with the dogleg information. This will change in future updates. One of the major benefits of browser-based web programs is they will update automatically.

Submitting your Tees to the list

If you are happy with all the information you have entered you can now press OK.

	At this point it is a good idea to save your work. Click the icon on the left to get back to the main menu.
	Click the icon on the left to get the Save Dialog Box. Type in the name of the file and locate it in a suitable directory on your hard-drive. The save file will automatically add the extension glf to the end of your filename so you do not have to add it yourself. Click Save when you are satisfied.

For a golf stat glossary you can link here. Another interesting article explaining why a course has 18 holes can be found here.

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