None other than the inimitable Dean Knuth, otherwise known as The Pope of Slope**, 100% agrees with me -- are you suggesting you are more knowledgeable than The Pope?
It's not a matter of fact, it's a matter of opinion. It's not about knowledge; I think it's prudent to cap semi-rapid upward movement.
Why won't you answer?
You still haven't answered the questions I asked you a long time ago. Also, if you could read, I did answer:
"Most of what I've said about PCCs is either general knowledge or comes from my entire AGA, not just my club (which has hundreds of members). Do you, like Rob, have a hard time understanding how a small sample size leads to sensationalistic comments like "1000% increase in PCCs!!!"?"
In other words, I'm using the data of thousands of golfers and hundreds of clubs.
I've said that at my club we have had 10X the number that we had last year. Never did I say there was a 10X factor anywhere other than my club. 2 to 20 is 10X.
Oy. I've never said the math is wrong.
If you disagree fine.
I don't "disagree" with math. I think it's sensationalist to do a multiplier of a number as small as two. As I've said, change the 2 to a 1 and you'd have a 20X increase! Because it's a small number.
If you have a dollar and I give you another dollar, you've doubled your wealth… but you're still not rich. Heck, I can give you $100, and you've got LOT more as a percentage, but you're still not wealthy.
Doing it as a percentage or a multiplier when it's a small original number is sensationalistic. If you shoot twice the score you shot on a single hole (maybe you birdied a par three, then you make a bogey) that's not a huge change. If you shoot double the score over 18 holes, that's a HUGE difference.
The tweak to the formula should cause courses to have about a 5% increase in PCC's. That's what they are seeing across the globe.
Ding ding ding!!!
And, Rob, your own scores show a grand total of three PCCs since the introduction of the WHS years ago, right? Just think. You can add one more and see a 33% increase!