Four-Ball Handicap Matchplay -The rules are the same as with single matchplay, but the handicap difference are based on the lowest handicapped player in the two pairs. The lowest marker “goes back to scratch”. Then the other players have their handicaps lowered by subtracting the handicap of the low marker. For example, four players with the following handicaps would be treated thus. 1. 16 Hcp 2. 12 Hcp 3. 5 Hcp 4. 22 Hcp Hcp ‘c’ is the low marker and would have a new handicap of scratch. The other new matchplay handicaps would then be: 1. 16 – 5 = 11 2. 12 – 5 = 7 3. 0 4. 22 – 5 = 17 The side which wins a hole is then the side with the best nett score on a hole after comparing the adjusted matchplay handicaps to the matchplay index on the holes (see individual matchplay above). Scoring a card is once again up to the individuals or the committee if they wish to have the scores kept as a record. Foursomes Foursomes are often called “The Gruesomes” because you seem to spend all day apologising to your partner for the position you’ve just left them in. This team game is played in pairs with only one ball in play. Player’s alternate between shots after teeing off. The tee shots also are taken alternatively so that one player tees off on all the even numbered holes and the other player the odd ones. In mixed competition, ladies tee off from their own tee. Most mistakes are made on the putting green when players hole out instead of allowing their partner to play the next putt. It is an unusual game in that many clubs tend to send groups off in sixes rather than fours because of the speed of the game, since only three balls will be in play. Played and recorded as if a single stroke event, the handicaps of both players are added and half the totals is the team handicap for the day. Halves count in a nett event so be careful when completing the card. The order of play is not changed if a player incurs a penalty. Mixed Foursomes - Mixed Foursomes are played in the same manner as Foursomes except that the women use their own tees and observe their own local rules when it is their turn to play. The Committee should lay down as a condition of play whether the man or the woman is required to play from the first tee, and in competitions played under stroke conditions, and consisting of more than one stipulated round, whether this order is to be preserved. Single Stableford - Stablefords are popular in club competitions because they help to speed up play. Since a player can pick up his/her ball when they can no longer score on a hole, it assists players having a “bad hole”. The worst they can score on a hole is zero points, which can be made up on other holes during their round. Each player is able to score “Stableford points” on a hole based on their handicap and the stroke index for the hole. During the round, each player and marker has to calculate the points allocated to each score on a hole based on the stroke index. A player on 12 handicap receives shots on holes marked index 1 – 12, i.e. the 12 hardest holes. A player on 36 handicap receives two shots on each hole. On 35 handicap, you receive two shots on each hole but only one on the easiest hole (index 18). You then mark the stroke score and points on the card as shown where points are scored. The points scoring system:Thus the worst score that is accredited points is: six on a par-3 where the player has two shots; seven on a par-4 where the player has two shots; eight on a par-5 where the player has two shots i.e. no more 9s, 10s etc. At the end of the round, only the Stableford points are totalled and the results are shown. The highest point score wins the competition. Single Stroke - Single Stroke or Medal play is the simplest of all the games of golf. The game is played in most professional tournaments requires all strokes to be counted. The player with the lowest score wins. Because all strokes are counted and players cannot pick up as in other forms, this is considered to be the toughest type of golf game. In handicap competitions within clubs, the players are usually divided into grades and the lowest nett score in each grade wins. The club often awards a special trophy to the best gross score on the day (Gross score – Playing Handicap = Nett Score). South African Stableford Pairs - Played the same as Single Stableford, except at the completion of each hole, you multiply your Stableford points with your partners, i.e. player-one gets two points, his partner gets three points which equals six points. The opponent player-three gets two points, partner gets none which equals zero points. The winner is the player with the most points at the end. Split Sixes - Played by three players on Stableford points. Winner of each hole gets four points, second place two points. If two players get the same, three points each. If one player wins four points the other two players the same then they get one point each. End of the round should have 108 points shared.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:22:24 +0000
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