Brian Phillips
I have been curious how the book is put together for a number of years. After the latest edition came out I decided to ask around and can now quote a person who has rated three of the courses in the book:
'As far as I know only one rater visits the course - at least that was the case in the three courses I was asked to review. There was certainly no guideline on rating, as might be provided to markers of public examinations by the moderators. As it happens my three entries (done some time in the late 90s are still there, verbatim. No one has ever asked me to go back to see if they are still there!
As far as the Peugeot guide is concerned I agree with those who say that it's a useful tool for addresses, phone numbers and locations and if you read between the lines the descriptions can be useful, but the ratings are to be taken with a pinch of salt. '
That is how serious you should not take the book and it's ratings..
If only one opinion is used to summarise then it could be very biased. This means that if that one person likes one type of golf say Links golf over American style golf then a Links course is usually going to score higher than the American course.
To read more about it go to:
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forums2/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7249
Brian
'As far as I know only one rater visits the course - at least that was the case in the three courses I was asked to review. There was certainly no guideline on rating, as might be provided to markers of public examinations by the moderators. As it happens my three entries (done some time in the late 90s are still there, verbatim. No one has ever asked me to go back to see if they are still there!
As far as the Peugeot guide is concerned I agree with those who say that it's a useful tool for addresses, phone numbers and locations and if you read between the lines the descriptions can be useful, but the ratings are to be taken with a pinch of salt. '
That is how serious you should not take the book and it's ratings..
If only one opinion is used to summarise then it could be very biased. This means that if that one person likes one type of golf say Links golf over American style golf then a Links course is usually going to score higher than the American course.
To read more about it go to:
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forums2/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7249
Brian