Handicap adjustments
As a friendly society we have our own method of handicap adjustment aimed at weeding out Bandits and allowing fair competition for players of all abilities. The adjustments are based on your Stableford score after each game and your finishing position. It looks a bit complicated at first but you quickly get used to it.
Score 19 points or less - Gain 3 strokes
Score 20-25 points - Gain 2 strokes
Score 26-30 points - Gain 1 stroke
Score 31-36 points - Handicap remains the same
Score 37-38 points - Docked 1 stroke
Score 39-40 points - Docked 2 strokes
Score 41-45 points - Docked 3 strokes
Score 46-49 points - Docked 4 strokes
Score 50 or more points - Docked 5 strokes
In addition to the above the following adjustments apply
Lowest score (last place) Gain 1 extra stroke
Highest score (winner) Starting with a handicap of 10 or less - Docked 1 extra stroke
Starting handicap between 11 & 20 - Docked 2 extra strokes
Starting handicap of 21 or more - Docked 3 extra strokes
As an example a player starting on a handicap of 28 and winning a round with 50 points could be docked EIGHT strokes off his handicap for the next game.
Stableford Scoring System
Stableford is a scoring system with points allocated according to your position relative to the par score for the hole (nett).
Two or more over par = 0 points
One over par = 1 point
Par = 2 points
One under par = 3 points
Two under par = 4 points
Three under par = 5 points
For the full Wearside Wanderers constitution and rules click on 2014 Constitution