9 Hole League Scoring Formats

[WhiteSoxFan]

I run the scoring for my company golf league. My partner just took over as president so we have full authority to put whatever rules we want in place this season.

Our scoring the past few years has never been ideal. We've used a few different formats that all basically had 2 points per hole and 4 points per match (low combined net) available for a total of 22.

We have 16 two-man teams, playing 15 weeks. You play each team once, and then there is an 18-hole finale on the 16th week.

I'm looking for suggestions on ways to score the league. If you've played in a league, how did your league score, and what did you like and what didn't you like about it?

[TheLauncher]

In my nine hole league we play two man best ball with handicaps, low score netting a point per hole with one point awarded to the team winning the match and a half available for the tie. The last two or three nights of the league are played as "position nights," with the number one team playing the two, the third playing the fourth, and so on. The teams then have the chance to stay in their position, or move up one, depending on how they do. If any of this is unclear I'll be happy to clarify.

[flanagan]

In our format, the low handicap on one team plays the low handicap on the other team, and the two higher handicap players play each other. There are 10 points available in each individual match (total of 20). Low net on each hole = 1 point, halve = 1/2 each. 1 point available for net total. Limit on strokes per hole given is 2. Add up the individual match scores for the team scores.

Nothing about it I dislike, just have to keep up to date with handicaps.