WGRLQ Event Format Questions

A Scramble is a type of golf tournament that emphasizes fun without the pressure of players keeping individual scores. Each player hits a tee shot on each hole, but everyone plays from the spot of the best tee shot, subject to certain criteria. All players play their second shots from that spot. The best of the second shots is determined, then all play their third shots from that spot, and so on until the ball is holed. Scrambles can be played with 4 person teams or 2 person teams. When played as a foursome, teams are often constructed with an A player, B player, C player and D player, with those players designated based on handicaps. The A player would be the low-handicapper, the D player the high-handicapper.

A Shamble is a type of golf tournament that combines elements of a scramble with elements of regular stroke play. Like a scramble, all members of the team tee off and the best ball of the tee shots is selected. All players move their ball to the spot of the best ball. From this point, the hole is played out as stroke play, with all members of the team playing their own ball into the hole.

In a Best Ball tournament, all members of each team play their own balls on each hole. At the completion of the hole, the lowest score among all team members serves as the team score. Best Ball is typically played with full handicaps. Many variations on the Best Ball format exist and include using 1, 2 or 3 of the “best balls” (i.e., the best score for that hole on a net basis) per team.