A Slope rating indicates the relative difficulty of a golf course for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer.
This is calculated by measuring a course rating and a bogey rating.
Ratings are not just measured on length, other factors such as recoverability from rough, green size and speed, elevation and penalty areas are taken into consideration.
The ratings are expressed as the number of strokes expected taken to one decimal place. The neutral slope rating is 113.
The Slope allows scores returned by all levels of handicap golfer to be adjusted as if the player has played a course of AVERAGE difficulty for THEIR Handicap level.
For example, if you play on a course that is challenging for your handicap level the system will recognise that and adjust your nett score to reflect that the course was difficult (and vice versa). This means that your score differential will always have been adjusted to reflect what your score would have been on a course of AVERAGE difficulty.
For ease we have provided a full list of slope ratings from the red tees, for Hampshire’s courses here(as of 09/02/23).
HLG Affiliated Golf Club | Course Rating | Slope Rating | Red Yards |
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Alderney | 68.1 | 107 | 4622 |
Alresford | 71.5 | 122 | 5437 |
Alton | 71.2 | 123 | 5340 |
Ampfield | 55.8 | 80 | 2323 |
Andover | 72.3 | 122 | 5533 |
Army | 73.4 | 131 | 5780 |
Avington Park | 61.4 | 90 | 3816 |
Barton Needles/Stroller | 71.3 | 117 | 5430 |
Barton Stroller/Becton | 71.5 | 123 | 5449 |
Barton Becton/Needles | 71.6 | 120 | 5483 |
Basingstoke(under reconstruction) | 71.6 | 127 | 5344 |
Bishopswood | 72.6 | 132 | 5528 |
Blackmoor | 73.7 | 130 | 5684 |
Blacknest | 68.5 | 116 | 4935 |
Blackwater Valley | 60.4 | 92 | 3 |
Boscombe Ladies | 71.7 | 131 | 5562 |
Boundary Lakes | 66.5 | 115 | 4503 |
Bramshaw Manor | 73.6 | 126 | 5582 |
Bramshaw Forest | 70.2 | 124 | 5240 |
Bramshott Hill | 70.7 | 117 | 5382 |
Brokenhurst Manor | 72.6 | 131 | 5571 |
Burley | 70.4 | 119 | 5347 |
Cams Hall Creek A/B | 71.2 | 128 | 5267 |
Cams Hall Creek A/Park | 70.3 | 121 | 5247 |
Cams Hall Creek B/Park | 72.1 | 127 | 5476 |
Chilworth | 70 | 118 | 5222 |
Corhampton | 73.5 | 127 | 5788 |
Cowes | 70.9 | 122 | 5479 |
East Horton Greenwood | 70.9 | 121 | 5211 |
East Horton Parkland | 70.3 | 119 | 5137 |
Fleetlands(TBC) | 65.3 | 105 | 4352 |
Freshwater Bay | 71.2 | 122 | 5134 |
Furzeley | 63.7 | 102 | 4134 |
Gosport & Stokes Bay | 72.3 | 123 | 5652 |
Hartley Wintney | 73.3 | 140 | 5657 |
Hayling | 74.1 | 130 | 5813 |
Highcliffe Castle | 67.4 | 112 | 4841 |
Hockley | 72.8 | 122 | 5677 |
La Grande Mere | 63.0 | 103 | 3934 |
La Moye Red | 74.5 | 132 | 5871 |
La Moye Green | 68.8 | 119 | 4892 |
Leckford New | 63.6 | 106 | 4174 |
Leckford Old | 73.2 | 130 | 5576 |
Lee-on-the-Solent | 72.3 | 131 | 5495 |
Les Mielles | 71.2 | 135 | 5031 |
Les Ormes | 66.1 | 109 | 4282 |
Liphook | 72.7 | 128 | 5546 |
Meon Valley | 72.9 | 132 | 5620 |
Meon Stirling | 69.8 | 126 | 5103 |
Meon Valley Course | 68.6 | 121 | 4812 |
Meon Phillimore | 71.3 | 126 | 5329 |
New Forest | 67.2 | 117 | 4722 |
Newport | 70.5 | 128 | 5148 |
North Hants | 73 | 130 | 5650 |
Old Thorns | 71.4 | 123 | 5149 |
Ordnance Survey (Leckford)New | 63.6 | 106 | 4174 |
Ordnance Survey (Leckford) Old |
73.2 | 131 | 5576 |
Osborne | 73.4 | 127 | 5717 |
Paultons | 71.5 | 120 | 5455 |
Petersfield | 71.5 | 125 | 5394 |
Portsmouth | 70.7 | 118 | 5313 |
Romsey | 71 | 128 | 5214 |
Rowlands Castle | 75.3 | 131 | 5938 |
Royal Guernsey | 72.6 | 123 | 5506 |
Royal Jersey | 72 | 121 | 5428 |
Royal Winchester | 72.4 | 121 | 5555 |
Ryde | 72.6 | 120 | 5170 |
Sandford Springs Lakes/Parks | 71.3 | 124 | 5339 |
Sandford Springs Parks/Woods | 72.3 | 132 | 5477 |
Sandford Springs Woods/Lakes | 72.4 | 128 | 5468 |
Shanklin & Sandown | 72 | 130 | 5426 |
Sherfield Oaks Waterloo | 68.9 | 113 | 4891 |
Sherfield Oaks Wellington | 71.8 | 123 | 5481 |
Sherfield Oaks Trafalgar | 70.5 | 118 | 5185 |
Skylark | 70.7 | 125 | 5169 |
South Winchester | 74.7 | 131 | 6008 |
Southampton | 71.2 | 128 | 5557 |
Southsea | 69.6 | 123 | 5057 |
Southwick Park | 70.4 | 124 | 5223 |
St Clements | 69.8 | 120 | 5136 |
St Pierre Park | 57.6 | 85 | 2658 |
Stoneham | 71.4 | 126 | 5371 |
Swanmore Golf Centre | 57.6 | 91 | 2808 |
Test Valley | 72.5 | 126 | 5580 |
The Burley | 70.2 | 114 | 5396 |
The Hampshire | 72 | 125 | 3600 |
Tournerbury | 70 | 123 | 5266 |
Tylney Park | 71.6 | 120 | 5424 |
Ventnor | 69.7 | 109 | 5173 |
Walhampton | 65 | 105 | 4581 |
Waterlooville | 73.1 | 127 | 5717 |
Wellow Blackwater/Ryedown | 71.5 | 129 | 5119 |
Wellow Embley/Blackwater | 74.2 | 132 | 5575 |
Wellow Ryedown/Embley | 72.1 | 132 | 5324 |
Westridge Golf Centre | 61.0 | 98 | 3676 |
Weybrook Park | 71.1 | 121 | 5336 |
Wheatlands | 58.8 | 83 | 3042 |
Wickham Park | 70.8 | 122 | 5426 |
Worldham Park | 71.8 | 120 | 5286 |