Stableford
Stableford scores points on each hole against par instead of counting every stroke, and the highest total wins. A bad hole costs at most the two points you would have earned, so one disaster does not ruin the round.
How to play
- Work out each player's Playing Handicap and give strokes on the hardest holes by stroke index.
- Subtract the strokes received on a hole from the gross score to get the net score, then compare it with par.
- Score points: net double bogey or worse 0, bogey 1, par 2, birdie 3, eagle 4, albatross 5 (the standard table).
- Add up the points. A pick-up scores 0 for the hole.
- The highest total wins. In a money game, each pair settles the difference in points times the value of a point.
Example
The par-4 seventh is stroke index 5 and Ann has a Playing Handicap of 12, so she gets one stroke there. She makes a 5. Her net score is 4, which is par, so she scores 2 points.
The most you can lose
Stableford, default settings, 4 golfers: Most you can lose: $270
Agree on the first tee
- Value per point: 1
- Points table: standard
- Custom: double bogey or worse: 0
- Custom: bogey: 1
- Custom: par: 2
- Custom: birdie: 3