UDisc Everyday Rating Feature Request

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Everyday round ratings should factor in weather conditions, especially wind. Shooting the same score in calm conditions versus 20+ mph wind are completely different rounds, and the rating algorithm should reflect that. Even a simple wind adjustment using local weather data at the course and tee time would make ratings feel way more accurate and fair.

Also, course difficulty should probably be weighted more heavily too. Right now, some extremely difficult championship-level courses feel underrated. Shooting a +12 at a course like Nockamixon is a way stronger round than the same score at an average local course, but the ratings don’t always seem to reflect that accurately. Factoring in course difficulty, scoring spread, elevation, OB density, and punishment level could make ratings feel a lot fairer and more representative of how hard a round actually was.

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I think the current system is pretty fair. The perfect course layout would have a “Par Rating” of 150, though course designers are overambitious and make pars too stringent so more often, long and tedious courses (“professional”) are rated something like 215 or 238. As such, a +12 on the first course will have a far, far lower round rating than a +12 on the poorly set up course and the everyday rating would be penalized or boosted accordingly.

Adding a +X everyday rating for a round in 30 MPH winds would be interesting and since that is already recorded for every round we play, shouldn’t be that hard. Just have to make the +X figure small enough not to create wild swings in the round rating.