Strokeplay v medal play.

[Simbo]

Since I've joined this forum iv noticed that a very large amount of golfers based in England regularly talk about how many points they scored in their weekend competition. I very seldom hear scottish golfers talking about stableford competitions. Nearly all competitions at my club are strokeplay,
So how does the percentage stack up at your club of stableford against strokeplay competitions????? Does playing stableford competitions make it easier to get a cut/maintain your handicap??

 

[ger147]

Since I've joined this forum iv noticed that a very large amount of golfers based in England regularly talk about how many points they scored in their weekend competition. I very seldom hear scottish golfers talking about stableford competitions. Nearly all competitions at my club are strokeplay,
So how does the percentage stack up at your club of stableford against strokeplay competitions????? Does playing stableford competitions make it easier to get a cut/maintain your handicap??

Handicaps are based on Stableford calculations so there's no difference at all when it comes to the two types of comps and how easy/hard it is to get a cut.

On the other question, almost all comps at my club are Stroke play as I'm in Scotland. I've never played with points in mind, only my actual score i.e. number of strokes played.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Since I've joined this forum iv noticed that a very large amount of golfers based in England regularly talk about how many points they scored in their weekend competition. I very seldom hear scottish golfers talking about stableford competitions. Nearly all competitions at my club are strokeplay,
So how does the percentage stack up at your club of stableford against strokeplay competitions????? Does playing stableford competitions make it easier to get a cut/maintain your handicap??

2 things.

1) Stableford and medal are both strokeplay
2) Handicaps are calculated and maintained based on stableford, so whichever method you play has no impact on your handicap

 

[pbrown7582]

Think you had a typo in the title?

Doesn't have any effect on handicap cuts as all results are converted into stableford to action ups and downs.

Ours are about 60/40 medal play.

 

[Stuey01]

My club has I think 2 stableford singles comps a year. It's not in Scotland.

 

[IanG]

About 70/30 medal/stableford

 

[NWJocko]

Where I am has very few stableford comps in the season, pretty much all medals which I prefer.

When I started playing golf down here took me ages to get used to everyone describing a round as XX points rather than shots!

 

[Val]

There is argument that stableford changes your mindset as a blob on a hole can be written off so people can be aggressive on every hole where as in medal play every shot counts for your final score. You can't pick up your ball in medal play.

For handicap purposes, it doesn't matter what format you use, its worked out the same way

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We tend to have more stableford as we have competitions all year round and the club feel (rightly in my opinion) that many members wouldn't enjoy too many medals over the winter so from November-February all the qualifiers are run as stablefords. From March on we run it pretty evenly (monthly stableford and medal and a midweek version of each). Other events, usually honour board comps tend to be split about 60-40 towards stablefords

 

[upsidedown]

Just six stableford a year rest all strokeplay.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

50/50 mix at request of members

All board comps are Nedal

 

[Val]

Where I am has very few stableford comps in the season, pretty much all medals which I prefer.

When I started playing golf down here took me ages to get used to everyone describing a round as XX points rather than shots!

Or even worse, the CSS in points

 

[chrisd]

We are a pretty long way from Scotland and most of ours are Strokeplay

 

[JohnnyDee]

When I first joined my club stablefords were very few and far between. But now I'd say we're 60/40 with stroke play winning it.

 

[NWJocko]

Or even worse, the CSS in points

I still can't get my head round that :rofl:

Your point re Stableford is true though, I'd hit a lot more drivers off tees in the summer at my place if playing Stableford rather than medal.

 

[Soft hands]

Not sure why but I've never really enjoyed stableford format, which is the opposite to a lot of people I know who always talk about points.

To me medal is the truest test and the best way to play to improve.

 

[Simbo]

2 things.

1) Stableford and medal are both strokeplay
2) Handicaps are calculated and maintained based on stableford, so whichever method you play has no impact on your handicap

I think stableford changes the mentality of the game, because people see it as a one hole game rather than a round. More pressure in medal play IMO, if I have a 9 then that's what goes on the card, if I'm playing stableford it's simply 0 points.
A medal is a much truer test IMO.

 

[Val]

If I played all my comps at Wallasey id probably only play 17 holes each week, I'd blob the 10th without hitting a ball and wait on the 11th tee :rofl:

 

[Simbo]

Think you had a typo in the title?

Doesn't have any effect on handicap cuts as all results are converted into stableford to action ups and downs.

Ours are about 60/40 medal play.

You're right mate, I did!

 

[JohnnyDee]

It is odd and says it all about golf really (how much of the game is played between the ears) that every time I've shot 40+ Points my medal score has been low or mid 60s.

But as others have said, the luxury of the blob not meaning game over means the mindset is totally different. Stroke play is pretty much the "no hiding place ultimate test." Stableford is, IMO, considerably less nerve-jangling and thus 'a bit easier'