Trainwreck and other fun scoring formats

[Dan2501]

Watching a Rick Shiels Vlog and they're playing a Modified Stableford I've not heard of before, that sounds really fun. Basically, points are awarded for eagles, birdies and pars. You get nothing for a bogey, and if you have two bogeys in a row, or get a double your score gets reset to zero. Quite a cool format, as you can have a pretty poor round, but end strong, and with a bit of luck could end up winning. Any of you guys heard of it? Or played it? Do you play any alternative scoring games?

Here's the Rick Shiels Vlog where they're playing it:

[video=youtube;UAzTJAUC4KE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzTJAUC4KE[/video]

The bloke they're playing with is forum-long. 180 yard pitching wedge :/

 

[John_Findlay]

Watched that video and hadn't seen the format before. Quite interesting.

The only other format I've played which I hadn't come across before was something called 'dime golf". Played it in a fourball at Boat of Garten once.

The rules are complex;


1. All four players tee off
2. The two players who are furthest left become a team for that hole. The other team are the two who hit it furthest right. Simple so far?
3. Play proceeds as normal until all four hole out.
4. The score for each player for that hole is worked out as follows. Say player A gets a 4 and his teammate player B takes a 5. Their score for that whole is the higher score then the lower score, i.e 54. If the other team's scores were a 6 and a 7 then their score would be 76. All four players keep a track of the score they got on that hole as the teams may change on the next hole, depending how the drives go.
5. If a player gets a birdie then the scoring reverses. So for example, if he gets a birdie 3 and his partner gets a 7 then the score is not 73 but 37
6. A pen a paper is necessary as the scoring for a round could be Player A- 810 points, B-950, C- 876, D-1012
7. Money (or dimes) change hand at the end of the round based on the scores. Usually a penny per point or something agreed in advance.

Can get quite tactical. If, after a few holes, you see one player having a bit of a nightmare, you may want to be aim your drive away from his side of the fairway to avoid a big team score on that hole.

Good fun and a bit of a laugh.

 

[Hacker Khan]

I liked the Yank, hitting it miles but inevitably getting beat by Finchy. Sometimes you can't help wanting to say, take a couple of clubs lower and swing half as hard and you'll hit more greens. But then again he is a teaching pro

 

[Val]

Panther Lake golf course, a really nice course in Orlando.

Interesting format.

 

[garyinderry]

Hard school that. Fancy a game or to of it. Could develop a real fighting instinct to grab a bogey from the jaws of a double. Can't be bad for your game.

 

[Val]

Hard school that. Fancy a game or to of it. Could develop a real fighting instinct to grab a bogey from the jaws of a double. Can't be bad for your game.

Even worse if you play doubles combined under the same rule, imagine being Petes partner when one goes OB?

 

[garyinderry]

I've already been struck off for not playing the safe shot. Lol

 

[turkish]

Thought the yank cared more about look how far I can hit this club than actually scoring.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Even worse if you play doubles combined under the same rule, imagine being Petes partner when one goes OB?

I've already been struck off for not playing the safe shot. Lol

School of hard knocks, if your on my team.

Still haven't got round to playing Russian stableford yet.......I've been practicing alternate stares/laughs for when I play that format.

 

[Slab]

Haven't watched the video as at work just now but if i read it right

17 pars and double bogey on 18th gives you zero points for the round, 17 double bogey's and a par on 18 and you win the match, is that right?

 

[Ads749r]

Haven't watched the video as at work just now but if i read it right

17 pars and double bogey on 18th gives you zero points for the round, 17 double bogey's and a par on 18 and you win the match, is that right?

Yup that's it. Seems a good game for pros to play but amateurs..........well we might aswell just play it over one hole to save the misery of losing all the points every couple of holes.

 

[Ads749r]

Watched that video and hadn't seen the format before. Quite interesting.

The only other format I've played which I hadn't come across before was something called 'dime golf". Played it in a fourball at Boat of Garten once.

The rules are complex;


1. All four players tee off
2. The two players who are furthest left become a team for that hole. The other team are the two who hit it furthest right. Simple so far?
3. Play proceeds as normal until all four hole out.
4. The score for each player for that hole is worked out as follows. Say player A gets a 4 and his teammate player B takes a 5. Their score for that whole is the higher score then the lower score, i.e 54. If the other team's scores were a 6 and a 7 then their score would be 76. All four players keep a track of the score they got on that hole as the teams may change on the next hole, depending how the drives go.
5. If a player gets a birdie then the scoring reverses. So for example, if he gets a birdie 3 and his partner gets a 7 then the score is not 73 but 37
6. A pen a paper is necessary as the scoring for a round could be Player A- 810 points, B-950, C- 876, D-1012
7. Money (or dimes) change hand at the end of the round based on the scores. Usually a penny per point or something agreed in advance.

Can get quite tactical. If, after a few holes, you see one player having a bit of a nightmare, you may want to be aim your drive away from his side of the fairway to avoid a big team score on that hole.

Good fun and a bit of a laugh.

Love the sound of this can't wait till we can play it.

 

[Slab]

Yup that's it. Seems a good game for pros to play but amateurs..........well we might aswell just play it over one hole to save the misery of losing all the points every couple of holes.

Agree, as a high handicapper my wins against lower handicaps are always a little hollow anyway, this would just make them vacumous






Vacumous is a new word I've invented today, it means hollower than hollow, you may all use it in written or spoken context with immediate effect, this is a royalty free word

On a separate note I have removed the word 'hollower' and its use as a comparative adjective as a I don't much care for it, the above signifies its last use




God I need a game of golf, my life is vacumous without it at the moment!

 

[Crow]

If you're going to invent a new word then at least spell it correctly.

 

[Slab]

If you're going to invent a new word then at least spell it correctly.

I took the liberty of using American English formatting for my spelling

 

[Liverbirdie]

Agree, as a high handicapper my wins against lower handicaps are always a little hollow anyway, this would just make them vacumous






Vacumous is a new word I've invented today, it means hollower than hollow, you may all use it in written or spoken context with immediate effect, this is a royalty free word

On a separate note I have removed the word 'hollower' and its use as a comparative adjective as a I don't much care for it, the above signifies its last use




God I need a game of golf, my life is vacumous without it at the moment!

I took the liberty of using American English formatting for my spelling

If were using American English then this post, sucks.

 

[rosecott]

Watching a Rick Shiels Vlog and they're playing a Modified Stableford I've not heard of before, that sounds really fun. Basically, points are awarded for eagles, birdies and pars. You get nothing for a bogey, and if you have two bogeys in a row, or get a double your score gets reset to zero. :/

Haven't watched the video as at work just now but if i read it right

17 pars and double bogey on 18th gives you zero points for the round, 17 double bogey's and a par on 18 and you win the match, is that right?

Yup that's it. Seems a good game for pros to play but amateurs..........well we might aswell just play it over one hole to save the misery of losing all the points every couple of holes.

That's not how I understood it (we have played it a few times over the years):

Modified Stableford is better known than Stableford because a former PGA Tour event, The International, was played using Modified Stableford. At The International, points were awarded on this scale:

• Double Eagle: 8 points
• Eagle: 5 points
• Birdie: 2 points
• Par: 0 points
• Bogey: -1 point
• Double Bogey or Worse: -3 points

What that can mean is:

Player A plays to handicap with 18 pars (or nett pars taking handicap into account) - scores 0 points

Player B plays to handicap with 9 birdies and 9 bogeys - scores 9 points.

 

[Dan2501]

That might be how a standard modified stableford works, but the game Rick, Pete and Brian played was scored the way I described.