Texas scramble scoring

[mashleyR7]

How does this work usually?

I played in a corporate day yesterday and our team was made up of two 28's, a 15 and me off 10. We shot 7 under. What would of been our score once the handicaps are taken into account?

We didn't win. When they announced the winner they it was said they had a score of 49.5? How do they get to this? what would ours of been? They actually finished on -4 so it must have been the handicaps that swung it?

Cheers.

 

[Tiger]

How does this work usually?

I played in a corporate day yesterday and our team was made up of two 28's, a 15 and me off 10. We shot 7 under. What would of been our score once the handicaps are taken into account?

We didn't win. When they announced the winner they it was said they had a score of 49.5? How do they get to this? what would ours of been? They actually finished on -4 so it must have been the handicaps that swung it?

Cheers.

49.5!!!!!!!! OMG! We normally play 1/10th combined so for your team the hcap would be 8.1. Assuming a par 72 your team score would have been 56.9. At our place (par 71) a score of 54 is normally in the prizes.

So based on a score of -4 and assuming a par of 72 the handicap deduction would be 18.5 so their combined hcap 185 or an average of 46.25

 

[Ethan]

Sounds like someone got the handicap allowances wrong. 10% is the usual allowance.

 

[jamielaing]

Handicap must be wrong. With your team you would have had a fairly high handicap for a scramble and with a 3 shot start on the gross I would have thought you would have won that. The handicap mentioned for them is unbelievable.

 

[williamalex1]

We use 10% of combined H/Cs , up to a maximum of 6. Each player must use 3 drives , drives at par 3s don't count. [ we have three par 3s ]

 

[mashleyR7]

We did use three drives including par threes. It was the clubs Director who worked out the scores at the end of the round. I only know that one of the winning team plays of 24. This is the second year ive questioned this.

So if we had a combined hcp of 81, we get 10% of this, 8.1, par is 72 so with the 6 under score and 8 shots we'd be 58. For them to have had 4 under they'd of had 18 shots on the course? Impossible.

What a a ss that Director is then!

 

[williamalex1]

We did use three drives including par threes. It was the clubs Director who worked out the scores at the end of the round. I only know that one of the winning team plays of 24. This is the second year ive questioned this.

So if we had a combined hcp of 81, we get 10% of this, 8.1, par is 72 so with the 6 under score and 8 shots we'd be 58. For them to have had 4 under they'd of had 18 shots on the course? Impossible.

What a a ss that Director is then!

The lowest score I've heard of in a Texas scramble is 49.

Some dubious scores scores happen in these type of team events. The idea team would have a 28 H/C player, the other 3 of scratch, IMO. Team will receive a h/c of 2.8

 

[virtuocity]

The lowest score I've heard of in a Texas scramble is 49.

Some dubious scores scores happen in these type of team events. The idea team would have a 28 H/C player, the other 3 of scratch, IMO. Team will receive a h/c of 2.8

I would say 2 scratch players and two off 20 who can hit it a mile, even if they are wild. That gives a handicap of 4, gives the two high handicappers a chance to hit it as far as possible, hopefully getting 1 out of 4 in play, with the hope that the two scratch hit their approaches to within birdie range.

Anyhoo, that's a lot of analysis about a format primarily as a bit of fun.

 

[fundy]

Give me a 20 handicap lady who drives it really well in my team plse