Texas Scrambles

[oltimer]

Normally at most Clubs this is a 4 man team with 10% of total hcaps, Often someone doesn`t show - leaving only 3 players, is there any format than can be applied to allow such a 3 man team to compete on a level playing field amongst the rest of the 4 men teams ?

 

[backwoodsman]

Yes.

But l can't, for now, remember what it is. Which l appreciate is not helpful

 

[Blue in Munich]

When that's happened to me before I think it was 1/8 of the combined handicap for the three balls.

 

[oltimer]

Yes.

But l can't, for now, remember what it is. Which l appreciate is not helpful

Thanks for that , we have a space on our ctee if you`re available. ****

 

[rulefan]

There are no level playing fields for scrambles.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

We have tried giving extra shots to each of the three (2 from memory) but that didn't work well. Also pushed up the % up to 15% for three balls which was only a moderate success.

Interestingly our scrambles got to prove unpopular as teams of low handicappers always won so we introduced 3 prizes worked off scratch, 10% and 20% of handicap (vs 1st, 2nd & 3rd) with the proviso you could only win one prize. Helped entry a bit.

 

[rosecott]

After lots of arguments, trials and changes we finally settled on a formula which everyone now accepts as the fairest.

4-man teams - 10% of combined with minimum of 4 drives each.
3-man teams - 1/6th of combined handicaps with minimum of 5 drives each

 

[Crazyface]

After lots of arguments, trials and changes we finally settled on a formula which everyone now accepts as the fairest.

4-man teams - 10% of combined with minimum of 4 drives each.
3-man teams - 1/6th of combined handicaps with minimum of 5 drives each

Interesting. For three man teams we add a "ghost player" off 14. Other three have 5 drives.

 

[Crazyface]

We have tried giving extra shots to each of the three (2 from memory) but that didn't work well. Also pushed up the % up to 15% for three balls which was only a moderate success.

Interestingly our scrambles got to prove unpopular as teams of low handicappers always won so we introduced 3 prizes worked off scratch, 10% and 20% of handicap (vs 1st, 2nd & 3rd) with the proviso you could only win one prize. Helped entry a bit.

Interesting also. Same at ours. Talking to a bloke at ours yesterday and he said he has stopped playing in them as we might as well turn up and give the low h/C team a fiver each and go home.

 

[User101]

It's a low handicappers game I'm afraid great fun though. We have one in a couple of weeks time and are a man short, mates sons are 1 and scratch so hoping to steal one of them.

 

[Crow]

The only way they can work fairly is if they're drawn so the teams are a mix of low, mid and high handicaps.
That's how we do ours and they're well supported.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Slightly at a tangent to Texas Scrambles - but similar - I played in a gruesomes (mixed greensomes) on Sunday. I was playing with a lady off 16 who could very regularly (always) hit her tee shots straight down the middle 175yds+; and off her tees that usually - not always - got us to within a striking distance of the green for me (I was OK but much less consistent). So we very often took her tee shots - and we knocked it round in SFs over gross - 8 or 9 I think.

So what did this tell me? Well the big thing for me was simply that if I am in good order off the tee then I can score well...and good order does not mean 'way down' the fairway.