MATCHPLAY
- A match consists of one side playing against another over a stipulated round unless otherwise decreed by the committee.
- In match play the game is played by holes. A hole is won by the side that holes its ball in fewer strokes. In a handicap match the lower net score wins the hole.
- A hole is halved if each side holes out in the same number of strokes.
- A match is won when one side leads by a number of holes greater than the number remaining to be played.
- A player may concede an opponent’s next stroke at any time provided the opponent’s ball is at rest. The opponent is considered to have holed out with the next stroke and the ball may be removed by either side.
- A player may concede a hole at any time prior to the start or conclusion of that hole.
- A player may concede a match at any time prior to the start or conclusion of that match.
Forms of Matchplay:
Single Matchplay
A match in which one player plays against another.
Four Ball Matchplay
Play A match in which two players play their better ball against the better ball of two other players.
Foursome Matchplay
A match in which two players playing as partners against two other players, and each side plays with one ball. The partners must play alternately from the teeing grounds/mats and alternately during the play of each hole.
STROKE PLAY
- A Stroke Play competition consists of playing a stipulated round unless otherwise decreed by the committee.
- The competitor or side playing the stipulated round or rounds in the fewest strokes is the winner. In a handicap competition, the competitor or side with the lowest net score for the stipulated round or rounds is the winner.
Forms of Stroke play:
Single Stroke Play
A Stroke Play competition in which each player plays against the other competitors.
Four Ball Stroke Play
A Stroke Play competition in which two players, playing as partners, score with their better ball.
Foursome Stroke Play
A Stroke Play competition in which two players, playing as partners, play with one ball. The partners must play alternately from the teeing grounds/mats and alternately during the play of each hole.
Stableford competitions
A Stableford competition is a form of Stroke Play. The scoring in such a competition is made by points awarded in relation to a fixed score at each hole.
| Hole played in | points |
|
More than one over fixed score or no score returned |
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
The winner is the competitor who scores the highest number of points.
The marker is responsible for marking only the gross number of strokes at each hole where the competitor’s net score earns one or more points.
