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Low and high handicap

Each team's lower handicap plays the other team's, and the two higher handicaps play each other.

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How it works

  1. Exactly four players, two teams of two, over 18 holes. On each team the partner with the lower handicap is its low and the other is its high, and equal handicaps go by setup order.

  2. The two lows play each other and the two highs play each other: two singles matches over the same 18 holes.

  3. A match won is 1 point to its team, and a halved match is half a point to each team. The team with more points wins, and 1 to 1 is halved, with no tiebreaker.

Good to know

  • The pairing is fixed at the first score.
  • A player with no score loses the hole to an opponent with one, and two with none halve it. A player who leaves loses their own match at once, and the other match is untouched.
  • If the host turns on presses, a player who falls behind starts a new match that runs to the end of the round: called by that player, or on its own at the number of holes down the host sets. It doesn't reach the other match. A press won is worth 1 point, and a halved press nothing.

A worked round

Two singles matches over the same 18 holes, low against low and high against high, net, the lower handicap in each match playing off zero and the other getting the difference. Each match is a point, and a halved match half a point each.

Team A: Kasper M. and Jordan B.Team B: Sam P. and Ike D.

The momentIke was two down to Kasper with two to play in the low match, and won holes 17 and 18 to halve it. Jordan won the high match 3 and 2, so Team A won 1.5 to 0.5.

1stTeam A1.5 points1 match won and 1 halved
2ndTeam B0.5 points0 matches won and 1 halved
Low matchKasper M. and Ike D., halvedHalf a point each
High matchJordan B., 3 and 21 point to Team A
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443543454443544345
Kasper
Ike
Low matchKasper 1 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 1 upKasper 1 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 1 upall square
Jordannot playednot played
Samnot playednot played
High matchall squareSam 1 upSam 1 upall squareJordan 1 upall squareSam 1 upSam 1 upall squareJordan 1 upJordan 1 upall squareJordan 1 upJordan 2 upJordan 3 upJordan 3 upnot playednot played
Hole123456789
Par443543454
Kasper
Ike
Low matchKasper 1 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 1 upKasper 1 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 up
Jordan
Sam
High matchall squareSam 1 upSam 1 upall squareJordan 1 upall squareSam 1 upSam 1 upall square
Hole101112131415161718
Par443544345
Kasper
Ike
Low matchKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 3 upKasper 2 upKasper 2 upKasper 1 upall square
Jordannot playednot played
Samnot playednot played
High matchJordan 1 upJordan 1 upall squareJordan 1 upJordan 2 upJordan 3 upJordan 3 upnot playednot played
HoleParKasperIkeLow matchJordanSamHigh match
14Kasper 1 upall square
24Kasper 2 upSam 1 up
33Kasper 2 upSam 1 up
45Kasper 1 upall square
54Kasper 1 upJordan 1 up
63Kasper 2 upall square
74Kasper 2 upSam 1 up
85Kasper 2 upSam 1 up
94Kasper 2 upall square
104Kasper 3 upJordan 1 up
114Kasper 2 upJordan 1 up
123Kasper 3 upall square
135Kasper 2 upJordan 1 up
144Kasper 3 upJordan 2 up
154Kasper 2 upJordan 3 up
163Kasper 2 upJordan 3 up
174Kasper 1 upnot playednot playednot played
185all squarenot playednot playednot played
KM
Kasper
ID
Ike
LM
Low match
JB
Jordan
SP
Sam
HM
High match

Net scores, each player's handicap strokes already off. A circle marks a birdie and a square a bogey. A dot marks the hole's winner. The Low match and High match rows are where each match stands: AS is all square, KM2 is Kasper two up. The high match ended on 16.

Handicaps

In each match the lower handicap plays off zero and the other receives the difference. Scores are net, or gross if the host sets it.

Why that number? Each format has its own usual handicap allowance, set so a 20 and a 5 both have a fair shot.

Play Low and high handicap with your group.

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