Types of Competition
Singles: The most common form of competition, can be stableford or stroke. Handicap Allowance:- 95% of Course Handicap
4 Ball Better Ball: Played in pairs; best stableford score of pair counts at each hole.
Handicap Allowance:- 90% of individual Course handicaps
Foursomes: Played in pairs; alternate shots. One player tees off on the odd holes and the other tees off on the even holes. Marked as either stableford or stroke.
Handicap Allowance: Half the combined Course handicaps.
Greensomes: Played in pairs; both drive – choose the best tee shot; alternate shots thereafter.
Handicap Allowance: Half the combined Course handicaps.
Scramble: 2,3 or 4 person teams. All drive, choose best tee shot; mark within 6” of ball; player whose ball is chosen plays 1st; repeat until ball is holed out. Minimum drives 2 people =6, 3 people = 5, 4 people = 4.
Handicap allowances: 2 people 1/5 combined – 3 people 1/8 combined – 4 people 1/10 combined handicap
Champagne Scramble: 2,3 or 4 person teams. All drive, choose best tee shot; mark within 6” of ball; player whose ball is chosen plays 1st ; each player plays their own ball from this point; on Par 3 holes, play your own ball from start to finish. Minimum drives on non-par 3’s 2 people =5, 3 people = 3, 4 people = 2.
Handicap Allowance: 90% of individual Handicap.
Waltz: 3 person teams (Option for 4 person teams also – Here just add an extra score to count at each hole). Play your own ball. Hole 1 – 1 score, Hole 2 – 2 scores, Hole 3 – 3 scores, Hole 4 – 1 score, Hole 5 – 2 scores, Hole 6 – 3 scores and so on.
Handicap Allowance: 90% of individual handicap
Rumble: 3 person teams (Option for 4 person teams also – Here just add an extra score to count at each hole). Play your own ball. Holes 1-6 – 1 score, Holes 7-12 – 2 scores, Holes 13-18 – 3 scores
Handicap Allowance: 90% of individual handicap
Sixes: Played in Pairs. On Holes 1-6 count your best stableford score. On holes 7-12 add your two stableford scores together. On holes 13-18 multiply your two stableford scores together…remember 3 multiplied by 0 equals 0!
Handicap Allowance: 90% of individual handicap
4 person Classics:
Easy 2 best scores count at each hole
Medium 2 best scores at Par 4’s, 3 best scores at Par 5’s, All 4 scores at Par 3’s
Hard2 best scores at holes 1-6, 3 best scores at holes 7-12, All 4 scores at holes 13-18
Handicap Allowance: 90% of individual handicap