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Low Gross Score -- The actual number of strokes taken during the round of play.

Low Net Score -- The number of strokes taken during the round, less the golfer's handicap.

Scramble -- Each team consists of two or four players.On every hole, each team member drives and the best drive is selected by the team Captain. Each team member then plays a second shot from the spot where the selected drive lays, and the best second shot is selected. This process is repeated until the hole is completed.

Four-Ball Stroke Play -- This is similar to individual handicap stroke play except that players are paired in two man teams, and their better ball on each hole is the team score. Allow each player 90% of his handicap, with strokes to be taken as they come on the card.

Kickers' Tournament -- The host draws a number, advising players that it is, for example, between 60 and 70. Players select their own handicaps without knowing exactly the number drawn. The player whose net score equals, or is closest to, the number drawn is the winner. This is a good type of tournament to schedule when accurate handicap information for a large percentage of the players is not available.

Blind-Holes Tournament -- The winning score is based on only nine holes, selected individually from among the 18 to be played. The holes are not selected until after all golfers have left the first tee, so that the players have no knowledge of the holes that will count until they have finished play. Half handicaps are usually used to derive the net totals.

Fewest Putts -- Only strokes taken with a putter on the puttting surface are counted. No handicaps are used. The winner is the player taking the fewest putts.

Practice Green Tournament -- An 18-hole event on the practice putting green. Winner determined by total putts. In case of ties, all tying contestants play "sudden death" extra holes.

Blind Partner -- This is an 18-hole stroke-play round with 90 % handicaps. Players may play with anyone of their choice. Partners are not drawn until the last group has teed off, so a player does not know his partner's identity until after the round has been completed. Winner is the team with the lowest better-ball score.

Callaway Handicap System -- The Callaway Handicap system is frequently used to permit players without established USGA Handicaps to compete in the "Net" categories and tournaments. The basis of the system lies in the deduction of some number of a player's "worst scores" after the round of golf is completed. The number of holes deducted depends on the player's gross score, and is determined by use the following table and the rules associated with it.

GROSS SCORE HANDICAP CALCULATION
--- --- 70 71 72 Use Gross Score. No Deduction.
73 74 75 --- --- Deduct 1/2 Worst Hole and Adjustment.
76 77 78 79 80 Deduct Worst Hole and Adjustment.
81 82 83 84 85 Deduct 1 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
86 87 88 89 90 Deduct 2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
91 92 93 94 95 Deduct 2 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
96 97 98 99 100 Deduct 3 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
101 102 103 104 105 Deduct 3 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
106 107 108 109 110 Deduct 4 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
111 112 113 114 115 Deduct 4 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
116 117 118 119 120 Deduct 5 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
121 122 123 124 125 Deduct 5 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
126 127 128 129 130 Deduct 6 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
131 132 133 134 135 Deduct 6 1/2 Worst Holes and Adjustment.
ADJUSTMENT TO GROSS SCORE COLUMNS
-2 -1 0 +1 +2 ADD TO OR DEDUCT FROM HANDICAP.
Maximum Handicap is 50

The following rules apply to the use of the above table:

  1. The 17th and 18th holes are not used (that is, only holes 1 through 16 may be used as "Worst Holes")

  2. No hole may be scored at more than twice its Par (maximum deduction for a hole is two times Par)

  3. Half strokes count as a whole (e.g. 3 1/2 becomes 4)

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