What Would a PGA Tour Player Shoot at Your Home Course?

[NZ Golfer]

we have our national final open-qualifying every FEB off the tips, which is just over 7000yards

the winners always around the mid 60's  ... maybe low 60's for PGA tour players ... our rough can be very unforgiving being links course hard baked sand pockets only a yard off some fairways which can be narrow in places ...

[iacas]

15 hours ago, NZ Golfer said:

the winners

And what about the people that finish near the bottom? The average?

[NZ Golfer]

On 1/13/2025 at 3:08 PM, iacas said:

And what about the people that finish near the bottom? The average?

low 80's ....most of the field are amateurs the best +4 +5 HC ..  I'd love to see one of the US PGA rated playesr come and play ..at the moment temp around the 80s .. but in the afternoon daily strong gusty winds at times mix that in with some tough multi-tier greens 7000yd+ not the easiest course 

[Ty_Webb]

On 1/12/2025 at 9:08 PM, iacas said:

And what about the people that finish near the bottom? The average?

My club in England hosted the US Open final qualifying for Europe for the first time in 2005. Michael Campbell actually came through that venue and went on to win, which was kind of fun. I'm not sure how it was that year, but one of the years, the winner shot 64-66. Roughly 100 players in the field I think. DFL was 74-74 for 148. We had our club championships the following weekend. Same tees. The winning score was 147 I think. Now, when the pros did that, they had to get 100 players around twice in the day so time was tight and they put the pins all in the middle of the greens to keep things moving. For the club champs, they pretty much tucked them all. No one really good was playing the club champs, but there would have been 30ish players off scratch or better in it. 

[Nave]

Ricky Fowler holds the course record of 61 at my home course. 
It is a public Jack Nicklaus designed course.

Yardage: Approximately 7,200 yards from the tips
Slope Rating: 147
Course Rating: 74.0

[iacas]

21 minutes ago, Nave said:

Ricky Fowler holds the course record of 61 at my home course. 

A course record shows what they could shoot, not what they would shoot. 😄