What is Stableford?????
Golf is the only sport that, because of its unique handicap system, allows all amateur golfers to be competitive irrespective of the playing level.
There's bound to be a lot of questions about how to play Stableford. Here’s a run down on how:
A golf course consists of 18 holes with each hole having both a par and stroke rating.
Par Rating - The 18 holes on a golf course are divided into Par 3's, Par 4's and Par 5's. The ratings are normally determined by the length of the hole with the Par 3's being the shortest and the Par 5's the longest. The accumulated par rating of all the holes is the par rating of the course and with which we are measured against as a golfer with a certain “Handicap”.
Stroke Rating – On the scorecard there is a Stroke Rating for each hole. The stroke rating is the level of playing difficulty of each hole. Stroke 1 being the most difficult on the golf course and Stroke 18 the easiest on the golf course. The stroke rating of a hole determines where you may take your strokes off your score on the hole (handicap). For example - A 10 handicap golfer may only take his 10 strokes on the relevant holes marked with a stroke rating of 1 to 10. That is if the golfer scored a bogey ( 1 over par ) on a hole which has a stroke rating of 1 to 10, the golfer can take one shot off his score for the hole resulting in a par for the hole.
Stableford is a points scoring system which is linked to both your handicap and the individual par rating of each hole.
Stableford Points Per Hole:
|
2 over par ( double bogey) or greater |
= |
0 points |
|
1 over par ( bogey ) |
= |
1 point |
|
Par |
= |
2 points |
|
1 under par (birdie ) |
= |
3 points |
|
2 under par (eagle) |
= |
4 points |
All holes on a golf course (18 holes) are rated from (Stroke Rating) 1-18 in accordance with their level of difficulty.
Should your handicap be equal or higer than the rating of the hole you deduct one shot and relate your nett score to the point chart as shown below – noting down both scores on the card.
Should your handicap be higher than 18, you deduct 18 from your handicap and then may deduct two shots from your score on the corresponding hole ratings e.g. Handicap 22 : 22 – 18 = 4. You may now deduct 2 shots from each hole rated 4 and lower (1-4) ( The four hardest holes on the golf course ) and only one shot from the remaining holes rated 7-18.
Example: See the Score Card below
Competition: Stableford Hcap: 22
|
Hole No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
Stroke |
9 |
7 |
17 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
11 |
1 |
|
Par |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
Meters |
365 |
380 |
129 |
460 |
330 |
370 |
165 |
485 |
395 |
|
Score |
5 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Nett |
4 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
|
Points |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
eg. This golfer with a 22 handicap, receives a shot on every hole and two shots on stroke holes marked 1-4. (see holes 6 and 9 on above scorecard)
This golfer had 15 points for the 9 holes. To play to your handicap you should be aiming for two points a hole, that makes 18 points for 9 holes and 36 points for 18 holes.
I hope this helps??
