Strokeplay v medal play.

[Joff]

90% stableford. But we have 5 comps a week, so plenty of medals.

 

[Break90]

Pretty much all our comps during April to October are medals, every week. Winter tends to be mainly stable fords with one or two medals a month.

 

[Region3]

I couldn't tell you how ours is split. It's all golf.

 

[williamalex1]

We only have 1 individual stableford comp per year at my club .

Out of interest , do they have many stableford comps in the Pro circuits .

 

[CMAC]

50/50 mix at request of members

All board comps are Nedal

is that for ruffians


Strokeplay is proper golf. Didn't someone on here call stableford the hackers charter?

 

[palindromicbob]

Mostly stableford at my place. Big comps are stroke. Unlike others though I think it easier to at least hit buffer if not a cut playing stableford.

Yes stableford score is used for HC adjustment regardless of format played but the mentality is different.

2nd hole at my course has OOB right S.I 17 Par 4. I was playing it during a round and didn't have a shot. Put 2 balls OOB walked the hole, put it behind me thinking I had 16 more holes to score on and managed to come in on handicap with 37.

Stroke play on same hole same thing happened. 2 OOB, 3rd was in centre so 5 off the tee. 6th stroke went long so 7th on the green and 2 putt walking off with a 9. Having also boogied the 1st all I could think was that more than a 3rd of my shots gone in 2 holes. Shoulders and head dropped and just couldn't get over it, that 9 jumped into my head every time I went to hit a shot. By the turn I was 15 over and had given up completely. The damage had been done on the second.

Stroke competition is a true test and will separate the wheat from the chaff making it ideal for bigger competition.

Stableford is a slightly less pressured and more enjoyable format making it a better choice for lower level club and society competitions. It's also generally quicker to play, especially in a field of higher handicappers.

 

[Slab]

Mostly stableford at my place. Big comps are stroke. Unlike others though I think it easier to at least hit buffer if not a cut playing stableford.

Yes stableford score is used for HC adjustment regardless of format played but the mentality is different.

2nd hole at my course has OOB right S.I 17 Par 4. I was playing it during a round and didn't have a shot. Put 2 balls OOB walked the hole, put it behind me thinking I had 16 more holes to score on and managed to come in on handicap with 37.

Stroke play on same hole same thing happened. 2 OOB, 3rd was in centre so 5 off the tee. 6th stroke went long so 7th on the green and 2 putt walking off with a 9. Having also boogied the 1st all I could think was that more than a 3rd of my shots gone in 2 holes. Shoulders and head dropped and just couldn't get over it, that 9 jumped into my head every time I went to hit a shot. By the turn I was 15 over and had given up completely. The damage had been done on the second.

Stroke competition is a true test and will separate the wheat from the chaff making it ideal for bigger competition.

Stableford is a slightly less pressured and more enjoyable format making it a better choice for lower level club and society competitions. It's also generally quicker to play, especially in a field of higher handicappers.

I know its a typo but still made me laugh

 

[Imurg]

1) Stableford and medal are both strokeplay

Did nobody see this post..?
Its all Strokeplay unless its Matchplay....
And its all Golf.
Regardless of format isn't the point to get the ball in the hole in as few shots as possible?
Any difference in mindset is down to you..when I play "Stroke play" I aim to score as low as I can. Points or shot-holes come after that.
Its no different to me, I play the shot that's required if I can play it.

April to November we're split 50:50 but Medals stop over Winter

 

[USER1999]

Medals mostly, with the odd rare stable ford. Not many comps November to March, and these are all stable ford.

To me, the mind set is no different. You're not going to win much if you blob holes, so you need to score on every hole. Also, my disasters (at my course) tend to be when I miss the putt for a point, not 8s and 9s.

Stable ford is faster though, which is good. Nothing worse than watching someone putt out for a 16 ( yes, it has happened, and more often than you would think).

To me, and I have always thought this, comps should be split, cats 1 and 2 playing medal, and 3 and 4 playing stable ford. I know a lot won't agree, but it would make comps faster, and the higher handicaps wouldn't have to worry about the odd quadruple wrecking their card.

I really don't want to be behind someone hacking it about, trying to break 110.

 

[Simbo]

is that for ruffians


Strokeplay is proper golf. Didn't someone on here call stableford the hackers charter?

I can't remember that but I can remember someone saying, stableford was for chompers.

Stableford and strokeplay aren't the same, both are aimed at getting the ball in the hole in the lowest number of shots, but it's the opposite end of the scale that makes it different, you can't have any worse than a double bogey (if stroking) in stableford. Doesn't matter if you have a 7 or a 12, it's simply no points. In strokeplay if you have a 12 that's what goes on the card. Which is why most low cappers dislike stableford. While I did say in my original post about handicap and I realise that stableford would adjust the 12 to whatever, you're not going to win many tournaments with a 12 on your card, while in stableford you still have a good chance if you score well on the other 17 holes.
Stableford is played because it's easier IMO.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Stableford and strokeplay aren't the same, ...

Oh yes they are

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I imagine we have more Medal than Stableford but I treat both as medal so don't really care what the format is. I only tend to write down the gross score while playing and don't know what the SIs are at Blackmoor as they have no relevance

 

[FairwayDodger]

I couldn't tell you how ours is split. It's all golf.

Well, apart from the stableford comps....

4 stablefords a year for us, all others are medal.

 

[patricks148]

We have 3 Stablefords, 3 medal and 3 bogie comps per month along with about 10 silver medals over the summer.

I don't tend to play many Stablefords as they are on a Sunday and it can be quite slow.

 

[louise_a]

I was really surprised to see we only have 6 Stablefords, I thought it was more.

 

[CMAC]

We have 3 Stablefords, 3 medal and 3 bogie comps per month along with about 10 silver medals over the summer.

I don't tend to play many Stablefords as they are on a Sunday and it can be quite slow.

they should in theory be quicker

 

[patricks148]

they should in theory be quicker

you would have thought, wouldn't you!!

 

[moogie]

Just had a quick look at home club fixtures for this year
Stroke play......25
Stableford........21
Bogey..............11

The season starts (and ends) with a few pairs and team game formats thrown in amongst that lot too

 

[SammmeBee]

There is no such thing as 'medal'...

 

[delc]

We have a mixture of Stablefords and Medals at our club. Stablefords are generally quicker because players can pick their ball up once they can't score, rather than grinding out a 12 or something. Also get fewer No Returns.

P.S. Forgot we do a few Bogey-Pars as well, which is another form of stroke play, but playing against the course.