The JustGolf tournament scheduled for July 8 at Blue Heron 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. Even though both balls count, your partner will not drag down the team score with a bad hole, because there are no negative points.
The JustGolf Stableford tournament is a net tournament and awards 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 (double bogey max). 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 (double -occasional triple- bogey max).
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. The Stableford we are playing, with no negative points, is the recommended format for an amateur group.
Tournament rules, course information, and pairings will be posted later this week.
