Best Gross Prize in Stableford!!

[2blue]

Yeah I know but apparently one was awarded in last years Captains Day.
So... can it be done? & if it can be engineered....
Should it be done?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I'd have thought why not - if players hole out every hole even if they cannot score any stableford points

 

[chellie]

Why not have one if everything is holed out. How could it be engineered?

A gross 71 was 3rd at ours the other week in our midweek stableford comp.

 

[Voyager EMH]

We have a gross prize every comp. If it stableford, then it is the most points scored with no handicap applied. Seems a non-issue to me since we've being doing this for decades.

It is up to those with plus handicaps to remember to putt out for bogey on the holes where they add a shot for handicap, even though it will be zero points in the nett comp.

 

[doublebogey7]

I'd have thought why not - if players hole out every hole even if they cannot score any stableford points

Only those with a Plus handicap would need to put out on holes where they have -1 shots.

 

[wjemather]

Yeah I know but apparently one was awarded in last years Captains Day.
So... can it be done? & if it can be engineered....
Should it be done?

I'd guess it's not particularly common to have gross prizes in Stableford, but why would you think it cannot (or should not) be done? It's simply a case of assessing points based on no handicaps; there's no engineering required since competition software includes this functionality.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I played in a seniors open (individual stableford scores) last year where it was advertised that there was a gross prize.

I was very puzzled after the game to find out that the gross prize applied only if you putted out every hole and was awarded as a medal round in that case.

That is the only time I've ever known that to happen. Can't think why they made such a stipulation when the comp was a stableford.

 

[2blue]

Well....... there's always something to learn.

 

[jim8flog]

I have won best gross in a Stableford comp where I play. Bumper pay day because I won best stableford score as well.


Easy to work out with modern computer systems.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I think the apparent need for this thread is due to the "stableford thinking" that I have described in other threads.

If your predominant thoughts are about your golf score (gross score) then applying stableford points to that gross score seems very straightforward and uncomplicated.

We had gross prizes in stablefords before computerised comps. Back then I don't believe anyone was a "stableford thinker".

 

[2blue]

Easy to work out with modern computer systems.[/QUOTE]

I'd guess it's not particularly common to have gross prizes in Stableford, but why would you think it cannot (or should not) be done? It's simply a case of assessing points based on no handicaps; there's no engineering required since competition software includes this functionality.[/QUOTE]
Does it?.... I've run a printout of a Stableford Comp on our V1 & asking for a Gross result merely ranks players according to their recorded grosses allocating a 0 where they've 'picked up' & so giving a false list. Or have I missed something here?

 

[wjemather]

Does it?.... I've run a printout of a Stableford Comp on our V1 & asking for a Gross result merely ranks players according to their recorded grosses allocating a 0 where they've 'picked up' & so giving a false list. Or have I missed something here?

That's correct - the gross result printout shows Stableford points based on gross hole scores; and if you pick up that's zero points. What were you expecting?

 

[2blue]

That's correct - the gross result printout shows Stableford points based on gross hole scores; and if you pick up that's zero points. What were you expecting?

The impossible, it would seem. The player with the best Gross Score over 18 holes?
However, it beginning to look like you'd then have to go through the cards to see who didn't pick-up. I guess I'm just thinking aloud. Sorry if its deafening

 

[wjemather]

The impossible, it would seem. The player with the best Gross Score over 18 holes?
However, it beginning to look like you'd then have to go through the cards to see who didn't pick-up. I guess I'm just thinking aloud. Sorry if its deafening

Ah, I see. You are trying to get a regular stroke play (aka medal) result from a Stableford competition. As you've discovered, operating two different scoring systems simultaneously can create problems!!

 

[Swango1980]

Does it?.... I've run a printout of a Stableford Comp on our V1 & asking for a Gross result merely ranks players according to their recorded grosses allocating a 0 where they've 'picked up' & so giving a false list. Or have I missed something here?

Pick up on all 18 scores to get an unbeatable gross score of 0

 

[Old Skier]

We have them in all individual comps. Easy, no working out, the software does it for you.

 

[Deleted member 31467]

Of course it can be done, Wallasey runs a scratch stableford event every year.

 

[2blue]

We have them in all individual comps. Easy, no working out, the software does it for you.

Is that even when the Cp is a Stableford. Pray tell me how V1 provides a gross list plz.

 

[IanMcC]

We have one for every midweek stableford in the summer. The software sorts it all out, but its simply the best stableford score with no handicap allowances.

 

[IanMcC]

Is that even when the Cp is a Stableford. Pray tell me how V1 provides a gross list plz.

You simply request a gross scoresheet instead of a nett one from Competition Prints.