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calculation of handicap for scramble tournments

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Pietro Paolo Martucci

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Nov 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/9/99
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Hi,
does anybody know how to calculate the handicap for scramble tourments
for 2, 3 or 4 players?
I have had different formulas and I would like to know it it exists an
official one or why each club uses its own formula!

Thanks, Pietro

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Gary

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Nov 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/9/99
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On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 11:45:24 +0100, Pietro Paolo Martucci
<Pietro.Pao...@cern.ch> wrote:

>Hi,
>does anybody know how to calculate the handicap for scramble tourments
>for 2, 3 or 4 players?
>I have had different formulas and I would like to know it it exists an
>official one or why each club uses its own formula!
>
>Thanks, Pietro


I recently played in a two man scramble at my club. Handicaps were
decided by adding the two handicaps and then dividing by three,
eliminating any fractions.

Kirkeide

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Nov 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/9/99
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Pietro,

If you can get a copy, the November Issue of Golf Digest has a great
article on just that. The authors format is to divide the players in to 4
levels by USGA handicap. A=1-10, B=11-20. C=21-30 D=31+ . You would then
pair one player from each level together. The catch is that the best A
player should get the worst B player, The best C player and the worst D
player. If someone does not have a handicap, Subtract 70 from his 2nd best
round of the year. Now comes the fun part. The team handicap is determined
by adding 20% of the A-players handicap, 15% of the B, 10% of the C and 5%
of the D. Once they are added together, round to the nearest whole number
and that is the handicap.

My company has golf tournaments 3 times a year using this formula. It
truly makes for an even competition. The distance between first and last
place has never been larger than 4 strokes. I know it's a hassle to do all
of this. In the long run, you'll have more competition and less complaining
about sand-bagging.


Craig


Pietro Paolo Martucci wrote in message <3827FB44...@cern.ch>...


>Hi,
>does anybody know how to calculate the handicap for scramble tourments
>for 2, 3 or 4 players?
>I have had different formulas and I would like to know it it exists an
>official one or why each club uses its own formula!
>
>Thanks, Pietro
>

Richard Giles

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Nov 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/10/99
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In every Ambrose tournament I've played in, the team handicap is simply
calculated as the sum of the individual handicaps divided by twice the
number of players in the team. Fractions are included in determining
final standings.

Richard

Claudio

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Nov 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/10/99
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I've recently played this game (two players)
handicap was 1/2 of the lower + 1/3 of the higher
Claudio
Italy

Pietro Paolo Martucci <Pietro.Pao...@cern.ch> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> does anybody know how to calculate the handicap for scramble tourments
> for 2, 3 or 4 players?
> I have had different formulas and I would like to know it it exists an
> official one or why each club uses its own formula!
>
> Thanks, Pietro
>

Cliff Spencer

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Nov 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/13/99
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In article <3827FB44...@cern.ch>,

> does anybody know how to calculate the handicap for scramble tourments
> for 2, 3 or 4 players?

For 2 .... 1/4 of combined handicaps
For 3 .... 1/6 of combined handicaps
For 4 .... 1/8 of combined handicaps

This includes fractions too.

Cheers
Cliff


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