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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
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Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

33.0. "The 'International' is in Colorado" by GENRAL::DCHAVEZ (Dale C. - CXO3 Colo Spgs) Wed Aug 13 1986 05:59

This week the International tournament begins here in Colorado at the
Castle Pines Country Club (north of Colorado Springs).  Under normal
circumstances, this would be just another tour stop for the touring
pros...but not this time!

The International is going to use the Stableford scoring system, which has 
never been used in PGA competition.

The scoring goes something like this (they are using a 'modified' version 
of the Stableford):


Double
Eagle....10 points

Eagle.....5 points

Birdie....3 points

Par.......0 points

Bogey....-1 point

Double
Bogey....-3 points


There will be a daily cut with only 12 golfers still around on Sunday 
playing for $180,000.  The top 39 players (the ones with the most 
accumulated points for that day) will advance to the next days play.  
However, there are no carryover points from the previous day...each day 
all point totals are zeroed.

Although it's not too popular here in the good ol US_of_A, I understand 
it's been (and continues to be) popular in Austraila and Great Britain.

Has anyone played using this scoring system, and if so, did you like it?

Dale

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
33.1	shoot for birdies	FREMEN::SPT_BRINKLEY		`Wed Aug 13 1986 16:09`	7
	Kind of reminds me of a miss and out in bicycle track riding. In that event the last rider across the line is out of the race. The key in both events is make sure you make it down to the end. I personally favor the Stablford scoring method as it shows who can really score on a course. Roger
33.2	All the time!	STKTSC::LITBY	Per-Olof Litby, CSC Stockholm/Sweden	`Wed Aug 13 1986 19:28`	11
	Stableford is very popular here in Sweden. Our handicapping system is based on all scores being converted into Stableford points. In our Stableford system, a 'net par' gives you 2 points. So, if your handicap is 22, you have one extra stroke on the holes with handicaps 5-18, and two extra strokes on the four others. So, a 'net par' means a gross double bogey on the four most difficult holes, and a gross bogey on the others. A 'net birdie' is worth 3 points, a 'net bogey' 1 point and so on. <PO>
33.3	What about bogey+	BCSENG::SPT_BRINKLEY		`Fri Aug 15 1986 14:33`	4
	I assume no negative points for > net par. Correct? Roger
33.4	No negative points.	STKTSC::LITBY	Per-Olof Litby, CSC Stockholm/Sweden	`Sat Aug 16 1986 07:03`	4
	You're right - there are no negative points. The worst you can do on a hole is zero points. Which sort of makes the score less sensitive to disaster holes. A net bogey is worth 1 point, a net double bogey zero.
33.5	Qouta	USWAV3::FAGERBERG		`Thu Aug 21 1986 18:04`	17
	We also play a modified version of Stableford. We call it Quota. Your current handicap is subtracted from 39 (sometimes 36, since there is an argument as to what the number should be) and the number left is your quota. for example...a 10 handicapper would need to make 29 points before he is at zero, all points over 29 are plus points. We score as follows: Eagle.........8 Birdie........4 par...........2 Bogie.........1 Double-bogie..0 Worse........-1 All scores on a hole are GROSS, handicap strokes are not allowed since they were subtracted from your quota. Usually +8 to +12 wins. We play this way for individual and team tournaments.