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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

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

1051.0. "Need help with scoring system!" by HXOA01::MOWBRAY (from Newfoundland) Wed Aug 15 1990 16:52

    Here in this Canadian Province (the most easterly) Digital's customers
    all get together (with a little help from us) and have a charity
    Golf Day.  The proceeds get donated to the local Children's Hospital
    and every one (but me) has a good time !
    
    To demonstrate my knowledge of Golf, I am not even sure if I pay
    left or right handed.  I've only ever played 2 games, one in the
    seventies and one in the eighties (89 to be exact) (that is years
    not scores) ..... anyway, it falls on my shoulders to organize the
    Golf game most of which is not a problem but the difficulty is that
    I need a scoring system that will treat everyone fairly.
    
    We have a mix of players, Senior managers (who spends his whole
    day on the course down to lowly programmers who equivalent to me
    in golfing expertise.
    
    In the past, we have used things called Stableford and Calloway,
    however both of these take (apparently) a lot of work at the end
    of the game to tally up the scores.  We use a system where everyone
    starts at once and so within an hour or so will finish at once.
    
    There is less than an hour between the ending and the presentation
    of awards and so the Digital staff have to move pretty quick to
    do any complex/repetitive calculations in order to calcullate the
    winners.
    
    In summary then, the need is for a scoring/handicapping system
    that is fair to all and is also quick/easy/accurate.
    
    I hope someone out there can help .
    
    Thanks   Graham

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1051.1	May not be fair but could be fun	CHRLIE::HUSTON		`Wed Aug 15 1990 18:00`	17
	One method that you may find attractive, though probably not fair to all is a random draw for a scramble/best ball tournament. Simply randomly make the teams from drawing names, then hold a normal 4/2 man scramble or best ball. The drawback is that you are bound to get some team that is either real good (all good golfers) or a team that is not so good (all the less talented golfers), so someone may complain. Another idea is to have (I have no idea what it is called) a tournament that is made of several randomly drawn holes, that are not chosen until the end. This also would probably not be all that fair since the good golfers will tend to play better anyway. --Bob
1051.2	Ask the Club to do it!	NRADM::MCKINNON	grab a bag of bats, killer	`Thu Aug 16 1990 08:27`	5
	Many clubs that allow outings, such as the one you are having, have the knowledge, tools and expertise to score the tournament for the group. Ask the club pro if they would take care of it for you. Len
1051.3	Kracaw format	NSG018::STOPERA		`Thu Aug 16 1990 09:13`	22
	My family holds a tourny ever year, we play 2 days and have about 70 golfers, here's what we do, we call it a Kracaw format (because we are Polish), on the first day we group all the golfers into A,B,C and D flights, A's are usually 0-15 handicaps, B's 15-22, C's have a handicap and D's shouldn't be on the course but we let anyone play, the format is: A player score counts on the 5 hardest handicap holes B player score counts on the next 5 hardest handicap holes C player score counts on the next 4 hardest handicap holes D player score counts on the 4 easyiest holes Everyone must pick up after double par Just add all the above score up and that's your team score Winning score this year was 96 (I think), we always give a prize to high team The 2nd day we play a scramble peter
1051.4	Scramble when in doubt..	USEM::VOUTSELAS		`Tue Aug 21 1990 12:46`	7
	I agree with the scramble answer, especially with a wide range of golfing experience. It is fun and you get to hit from distances"unfamiliar" to your game, and a lot faster! A
1051.5	Thanks for a great suggestion	OTOO01::MOWBRAY	from Newfoundland	`Tue Sep 25 1990 09:02`	11
	It is now some time since I was in this file. Our tournament is over and I must say it was a great success. We simply followed the advice in .2 and asked the club to do it. When I told the guy that had arranged this over the last 3 years that all we had to do was ask, he was annoyed ! Funny how the most obvious slips by sometimes. Although I dont know you MCkinnon, I am deeply in your debt as your suggestion allowed me to play. This was the first time that the organizer got to play. Now if I can only get down from 150!