In stroke play every player who has entered the competition has an interest in the score of every other competitor on the course. The player with the lowest score in a medal game is the winner, while in a stableford game, the player with the highest points (pts) is the winner.
Obviously there must be somewhere where each player’s score should be recorded (score card). As a player you must know what is expected of you when you take or is given a score card. Fig A1 is an example of a score card which was submitted to the committee after completion of a round. We are going to analyse this in detail. But what do the rules say as regards the player and the committee running the competition?
In stroke play the committee running the tournament must provide each competitor with a score card containing the date and the competitor’s name (Rule 33-5) and obviously also the competition being played.
After the players have finished and handed in their cards, it is the committee’s responsibility to add the scores from hole 1 to 18. If it is a handicap competition where the handicap has to be deducted to arrive at the net score, it is the committee’s responsibility to apply the handicap recorded on the score card and come up with the net score. If a player adds the scores wrongly there is no penalty.
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