Rating a course on Pin High takes thirty seconds: six categories, one to five stars each, and an optional comment. But the rankings are only as good as the ratings behind them, so here's what each category is really asking.
Overall
You don't score this one — it's calculated automatically as the average of your six category ratings, and it's the number that drives the main rankings. Score the categories honestly and the overall takes care of itself.
Value
Not "was it cheap" — was it worth it. A R1,500 round can be five-star value and a R250 round can be a rip-off. Judge the experience against what you paid.
Course Condition
The course on the day you played it: fairways, tee boxes, bunkers, rough. Be fair — if you played mid-winter or a week after a festival, say so in your comment.
Greens
The putting surfaces get their own score, because golfers judge a course by them more than anything else. Speed, trueness, health — were they pure or were they punished?
Layout
The architecture. Variety, strategy, memorability. Could you describe three holes to a friend a month later? That's a good layout. Are all the par 4s the same hole in different directions? That's not.
Halfway House
The stop at the turn — the pie, the toasted sarmie, the cold drink, the speed of service. South African golf culture lives here, and a course that gets the turn right earns its stars honestly. (The 19th hole bar has its own separate rating.)
Staff
From the bag drop to the pro shop to the beverage cart. Friendly, sharp service turns a good day great; being treated like an inconvenience at your own booking does the opposite.
One habit worth building
Rate the course within a day or two of playing it, while the details are fresh — and drop one honest sentence in the comment. "Greens were the best I've putted all year" tells the next golfer more than the stars do. One rating per course per golfer, and you can update yours any time your opinion changes. Now go rate the last course you played.
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