The JustGolf tournament scheduled for June 5 at the Vineyard will use the regular Stableford format. A Stableford is a stroke-play competition in which the high total wins, not the low. That's because in Stableford, your final score is not your stroke total, but rather the total points you have earned for your scores on each individual hole.
This is a two-man or two-woman team tournament in which both players’ Stableford points will be added together; it is not a better ball tournament. If your partner has a bad hole, he will not drag down the team score.
The JustGolf Stableford tournament will be a net tournament and will award points as follows:
• Net double bogey or worse: 0
• Net bogey: 1 point
• Net par: 2 points
• Net birdie: 3 points
• Net eagle: 4 points
• Net double eagle (albatross): 5 points
There are no negative points. Male players will be instructed to pick up their ball on any hole where their gross score will be 3 over par or worse. Female players will pick up at 3 over par on holes where they receive one handicap stroke, and at 4 over par where they receive two strokes.
Players will receive 100% of their Course Handicap. The maximum Course Handicap is 18 for men, 24 for women.
You may be familiar with the Modified Stableford used by the pros. The Modified Stableford gives the pros higher points for birdies and eagles, and severely penalizes poor scores with negative points. Typical amateur golfers are not going to be scoring numerous birdies and eagles. It is also discouraging for amateurs to lose points on a bad hole. A regular Stableford with no negative points is the recommended format for an amateur group.
