Favourite format?

[ManinBlack]

I hate the Texas Scramble format & don't like foursomes at all - my time on the course is too precious to be only playing every other shot. Fourball Betterball is a pleasant social game but if you're not playing too well or your partner's playing out of his skin you find yourself picking up a lot. Three ball or singles match play & individual stroke play suit my only child selfish nature. You're on your own with no excuse & nobody to fall back on.

 

[ManinBlack]

I dislike Texas Scramble the most though!

With you on that one!

 

[ManinBlack]

For sheer togetherness, competitive focus and acceptance being required - scratch foursomes matchplay

Don't like it. I'm still scarred by the occasion, 38 years ago, when I was made to play foursomes round Muirfield by Sir Lawrie Barratt, partnering a 25 handicapper who was playing badly.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Don't like it. I'm still scarred by the occasion, 38 years ago, when I was made to play foursomes round Muirfield by Sir Lawrie Barratt, partnering a 25 handicapper who was playing badly.

I had a very enjoyable mixed greensomes match last Sunday (Ladies vs Gents annual match for the new Captains). I played with the new Ladies Captain, off 15 I think. I don;t think she missed a fairway. It was really good fun deciding on the drive to take - working out who best to take second shot etc. Great fun.

But nothing like the intensity of scratch foursomes matchplay - and the sense of achievement you can get from winning a match - especially against a pair of Cat1 handicappers.

 

[Captainron]

Scramble is the most fun. play as a team and usually play from the best positions.

Medal is tedious but matchplay is great

 

[jim8flog]

Slight difficulty in answering

I prefer singles medal in competition play

but

singles stableford in friendlies and swindles.

 

[upsidedown]

Scratch Matchplay, ind and pairs .

This is what we play in County matches and we've just had 3 very tight semi final games over the last week, lost two of them on the 18th but all played in great spirit and friendly banter .

 

[Crow]

I enjoy all formats, but if I play too much of one then I start yearning for another.

Some I can play more of than others, for example we only play Texas Scramble in the winter maybe 3 or 4 times a year, and that's about enough for me.
Foursomes amd Greensomes I enjoy but probably next on the list of "can play too much".

Main thing is good company, good course and good weather.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Medal. Every shot counts. Handicap on the line and the greatest test. Always far more satisfaction from making a good medal score compared to a good stableford score. Nowhere to hide in a medal where one disaster can ruin the score, whereas a stableford is one bad hole and you can get it back

 

[Jamesbrown]

Medal. Every shot counts. Handicap on the line and the greatest test. Always far more satisfaction from making a good medal score compared to a good stableford score. Nowhere to hide in a medal where one disaster can ruin the score, whereas a stableford is one bad hole and you can get it back

This.

Any single qualifying competition will do fine.
Single matchplay is great for none competition rounds.
wouldnt play a team game. Not engaging for me.
I don’t pay all that money on lessons to have a pottering scramble.

 

[User101]

Medal. Every shot counts. Handicap on the line and the greatest test. Always far more satisfaction from making a good medal score compared to a good stableford score. Nowhere to hide in a medal where one disaster can ruin the score, whereas a stableford is one bad hole and you can get it back

I've always got the impression on here that most like stableford more than any other format, strangely it's the one format I dislike more than any other.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Don't like it. I'm still scarred by the occasion, 38 years ago, when I was made to play foursomes round Muirfield by Sir Lawrie Barratt, partnering a 25 handicapper who was playing badly.

It is painful when your partner is having a bad day..... even worse you're the one that's struggling!

 

[User20205]

I’m a big fan of mixed Foursomes. Purest form of golf

 

[User101]

I’m a big fan of mixed Foresomes. Purest form of golf

I guess probably the hardest mentally.

 

[User20205]

I guess probably the hardest mentally.

Honestly I’ve never played mixed foursomes, I would but I can’t find a partner who I’d be confident would last the season. The ladies @ my place a quite old
I’ve played a lot of foursomes...every week in an inter club league, I do enjoy the challenge but you need to know your partner.
To answer the question honestly....medal closely followed by match play.

 

[Ross61]

I don’t like Texas scrambles. Socially great, golfing enjoyment poor.
The format I dislike most is Par/bogie - you are standing over a net eagle 3 footer putt and it doesn’t matter if you hole it or not.

 

[Ectolani]

Wheres pairs scramble matchplay - def the GOAT format!!!!!

This - if it's the same as what we play. Essentially Texas Scramble but only pairs instead of 4 per team. Means that everyone gets a shot and you can be tactical in your strategy too. Also a lot of fun making it a team sport.

Every year we go to Portugal as an 8 ball and have a Ryder Cup style 4v4 battle. 3 rounds where everyone pairs with each other and are randomly drawn against a pair from the other team, then singles on the last day. Cracking fun!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I’m a big fan of mixed Foursomes. Purest form of golf

Mixed? Pure? Mutually exclusive

I think straight (as opposed to mixed) foursomes matchplay is purer as with mixed you have to do weird fiddling around handicaps and Stroke indexes...

 

[Big_G]

We have a couple of mixed foursomes comps at our club both board comps,one is a summer ko, the other a medal.


The medal can be brutal, quickest way to a divorce

 

[Deleted member 15344]

4BBB Matchplay- it’s good fun and also really socialable

But I’ll play any format and enjoy it