How it works
- Every stroke counts on every hole.
- Your net total is your score minus your Strokes.
- The lowest net total wins.
- Places earn 8, 4 and 2 points.
Ties and big numbers
A tie goes to the better last 9, 6, 3, then 1 holes, the way a card playoff works. A pickup, or anything above net double bogey, counts as net double bogey, so one blow-up hole doesn’t end the day.
A worked example
1 · Pat-2
2 · Chris-1
3 · Sam+1
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Pat | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Chris | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Sam | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Alex | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Pat | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Chris | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Sam | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Alex | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Points: Pat 8, Chris 4, Sam 2, Alex 0.
Strokes in stroke play
Each player gets 95% of their Strokes for the round. Your group can change the allowance, or play it gross, in its game settings.
Play it in Baroo
Pick stroke play for a round, or run it across the whole trip. Baroo keeps the leaderboard live as scores come in.