What are the course difficulty levels on UDisc and how are they defined?
There are 4 levels of course difficulty: easy, moderate, challenging, and very challenging. Each layout on UDisc will be placed into a bucket based on distance and technicality.
How is a course’s distance classified?
Distance is derived from a layout’s average hole length. Par is not considered.
Why doesn't my layout's difficulty match the length thresholds shown in the original blog post?
The length thresholds shown in our August 2023 blog post were accurate at the time of launch, but these cutoffs are not fixed values.
Length classifications are determined by where your layout falls within the distribution of all layouts in the UDisc database. We ensure a consistent percentage of layouts fall into each bucket (Very short, Short, Mid-length, Long, Very long), which means the actual cutoff values can shift slightly as new courses are added and the dataset evolves.
Your layout is always classified based on its position within the current, complete dataset of layouts worldwide, not a fixed footage threshold.
How is technicality defined?
Technicality is based on scoring results compared to hole distance.
We will determine whether each hole tends to score higher or lower than other holes of similar length; the higher the scoring trends at a given distance, the more technical the hole is considered to be. A layout’s overall technicality level is then the average technicality of its holes.
What does Difficulty pending mean?
If you see Difficulty pending on a layout, it means we need more scoring data on that layout to determine its difficulty.
Why don’t my layouts have difficulty categories?
This could be for one of two reasons:
If it’s a Classic Layout, it needs to be converted to a Smart Layout.
If it’s a Smart Layout, it needs to be played more.
How do I upgrade to Smart Layouts?
Learn how to create or update Smart Layouts here.
Can the Course Ambassador assign the difficulty or length of a course or layout?
Difficulty and length are based on scoring with UDisc. Course Ambassadors do not set a course or layout’s difficulty.
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