Ideas for team matchplay with 1 v 2 people

[judgie]

Hi

I organise an annual golf competition over 3 days and this is always in a shorter ryder cup format (i.e. fourballs and then singles matchplay).

However, one person has just pulled out and now that there are uneven numbers I do not want one person from my team to be playing an uncompetitive round by themselves.

Accordingly, I am trying to work out if there is a fair way to for a single player to play against a two ball opposition in a matchplay format?

Any ideas?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

If one of the people has a much lower handicap than the other two you can play the higher pair best ball against the lower players ball with no shots.

Sometimes people putt into bunkers though in this format so be careful

 

[Liverbirdie]

If one of the people has a much lower handicap than the other two you can play the higher pair best ball against the lower players ball with no shots.

Sometimes people putt into bunkers though in this format so be careful

This, or even the lower handicapper plays off scratch, and the other two either get 3/4 difference, or even half the difference, dependent on what you decide.

 

[Paperboy]

Have a ghost player. The ghost plays of scratch, you take your 3/4 difference of scratch.

The Ghost always makes par. So handicap pars or better to win holes.

Something we did one winter, normally the single player lost but we'd see how far along that player could get

 

[woody69]

Take the handicap of the player who didn't turn up and take their score based on that, so if they are off 18, they bogeyed every hole. If you think that is too generous work out 3/4s or something, so they bogeyed holes with SI 1-14 and dbled holes 15-18 (as an example)

Or similar, but obviously work out difference between the best player and the missing Ghost player (if that makes sense)

 

[duncan mackie]

I am trying to work out if there is a fair way to for a single player to play against a two ball opposition in a matchplay format?

There isn't - the end.

However, that shouldn't stop you from trying to put something together each day. Just don't attempt to make it fair, or claim it's fair, and rotate the problem.

Unfortunately it does mess things up for all the other three if they wish to play competitively, but no doubt you will fine the drop out appropriately to pay everyone's bar bills and keep them happy!

 

[rosecott]

Why not play Split Six? That way all three have a chance of winning with only a small advantage to the two on the same side.

 

[Farmergeddon]

You have Players A B & C A plays with B v C for the first six holes Then with C v B for the Next 6 and then B & C play against A for the last six. Count up the holes that each player has won the most is the winner...
Or play 'on the Perch' just play normally till one player wins a hole That player is then on the perch and stays there until someone else wins one you only count holes won when 'on the Perch' , most holes wins...