Four-Ball Handicap Calculation.

[lacmag3]

I'm new to golf. Say our four-ball is comprised of 12, 14, 16 and 18 handicappers and today the 12 and 14 will play the 16 and 18. How do you calculate shots 'given'?

[DTCwordfan]

Are you playing better ball - if so it's 90% of the handicap I believe....

If it's a stableford, then its 75% with strokes deducted at each hole according to the Stroke Index of the course.

[Ellipsis]

Shots given are by the lowest handicap player. So the 12 handicapper gives 2 shots to the 14 handicapper, 4 to the 16 and 6 to the 18. The holes these are taken on are given by the course scorecard; the lowest stroke index holes.

So for example on the stroke index 5 hole the 18 handicapper would get a shot and nobody else would. On the stroke index 1 hole, the 14, 16 and 18 handicappers would each get a shot.