Shoreline Seniors Golf Club - Tournament Formats

(Prizes are normally awarded to one-third of players in each handicap division)

GAMES FOR SINGLE PLAYERS (1 SCORE CARD PER PLAYER)

Low Net (18) Gross score less course handicap (for set of tees played) yields low net

Better Nine of 18 Low net for lower net score for either front or back nine play

Nine Best of 18 Low net total for lowest net scores on nine of eighteen hole play

Club Championship 54 hole event; low gross in championship flight; low net total in others

Stableford (Point Par) Total points for low net scores against par (fixed score) for each hole; Bogey (+1); Par (+2); Birdie (+3); Eagle (+4); Double Eagle (+5); USGA Rule 32-1b

Modified Stableford Total points for low net scores against par (fixed score) for each hole; Double bogey/higher (-3); Bogey (-1); Par (0); Birdie (+2); Eagle (+5); and Double Eagle (+8).

Other Formats Turkey Shoot (prizes to one-half of participants); Christmas Surprise

(prizes to all participants); Peer (low net with flights based on age);

Eclectic (36 holes; total low net for each of 18 holes as better low net score per hole on each of two rounds); Red Tees (all players play a low net stroke play round from the red tees and use respective course handicaps for such tees); Red-White-Blue (play from different sets of tees, with net scores based on handicap stroke allocations for red, white or blue tees as shown on the score card)

GAMES FOR TWOSOMES (1 SCORE CARD FOR TWO PLAYERS AS A TEAM)

Better Ball Twosome Low net 18-hole total for lower net score per hole of two players

Aggregate Twosome Twosome’s total low net scores (both gross scores less both course handicaps)

GAMES FOR FOURSOMES (1 SCORE CARD FOR FOUR PLAYERS AS A TEAM)

Best Ball Foursome Low net 18-hole total for lowest net score per hole of four players

Best Two Balls Foursome Low net total for two lowest net scores per hole for four players

Best Three Balls Foursome Low net total for three lowest net scores per hole for four players

Scramble Foursome Each player hits a tee shot; all players play a stroke from selected

tee shot location, but each player must contribute (and team must record) a minimum of three such tee shots; all players hit consecutive shots from selected best location until holing out; play from locations through the green shall be under “mark, lift, clean and place” local rule within two club-lengths not nearer the hole; low gross score for team’s play is recorded; course handicaps are not used, although special additional rules may be used to allow for deductions of a percentage of total course handicaps of players in a net scramble foursome format

Other Formats Alternate shot (players compete as two players per side, players must alternate shots, winning side is the winner of most holes – match play format); 1-2-3-3-2-1 and 1-2-3-1-2-3 formats in which best net score for one player, for two players and for three players are used in sequence to arrive a total score for four-player team