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Handicap Allowance 2 Player Versus 2 Player
I'm new to golf. How do you calculate the handicap allowance if two play two in a matchplay situation. For example, one team's handicaps are 15 & 20 and the other team's are 20 and 26. We each play our own ball.
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Sorry, lacmag3, on checking this more closely, what I wrote above is wrong. It's not full difference, it's 90%. Here's what it should have said (I've also used your example handicaps): You're playing a four ball better ball. Each player gets 90% of the difference between their handicap and the handicap of the lowest handicap player of the four. For example,...
20:34 Mon 09th Nov 2020
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You're playing a four ball better ball. You take off the handicap of the lowest handicap player. For example, if the lowest player is a 10 handicap, and the other three players are 14, 16 and 20 handicap, those three players get shots on holes with stroke index 1 to 4, 1 to 6 and 1 to 10 respectively. It used to be 3/4 the difference - i.e. 3, 5 and 8 shots - but that's recently changed to full difference.
That's the norm but local or competition rules may take precedence.
That's the norm but local or competition rules may take precedence.
Sorry, lacmag3, on checking this more closely, what I wrote above is wrong. It's not full difference, it's 90%. Here's what it should have said (I've also used your example handicaps):
You're playing a four ball better ball. Each player gets 90% of the difference between their handicap and the handicap of the lowest handicap player of the four. For example, if the lowest player is a 15 handicap, and the other three players are 20, 20 and 26 handicap, those three players get ((20-15)x0.9)=4.5=5, ((20-15)x0.9)=4.5=5 and ((26-15)x0.9)=9.9=10 shots. Therefore they get shots on holes with stroke index 1 to 5, 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 respectively. It used to be 3/4 the difference - i.e. 4, 4 and 8 shots - but in 2016 that changed to 90% of the difference.
You're playing a four ball better ball. Each player gets 90% of the difference between their handicap and the handicap of the lowest handicap player of the four. For example, if the lowest player is a 15 handicap, and the other three players are 20, 20 and 26 handicap, those three players get ((20-15)x0.9)=4.5=5, ((20-15)x0.9)=4.5=5 and ((26-15)x0.9)=9.9=10 shots. Therefore they get shots on holes with stroke index 1 to 5, 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 respectively. It used to be 3/4 the difference - i.e. 4, 4 and 8 shots - but in 2016 that changed to 90% of the difference.
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