A: A four-person team event in which each player hits his/her tee shot and the best shot is selected. The player whose shot is selected steps aside for the next shot. All other players then play the next shot from the position of the selected ball, placing or dropping within one club length of the original ball’s position (and within six inches on the putting green), no nearer the hole. The same procedure is used on all shots, including putts. The process continues until the ball is holed and starts over at the next hole. All players tee off on every hole.
When dropping or placing the ball, the ball must stay in its original condition of play. For example, you cannot drop a ball from the rough into the fairway. When the ball is holed, that is the official score counted for the team.
Threesomes follow the above format, but for the 4th player on each team, the players will rotate hitting a 2nd shot for the entire hole.
Hi Dan,
I am running a Florida Scramble (Step Aside Scramble) for a group of 8 couples at our club. We have a range of handicaps from 4 to 30. When I put the slope in for the calculator do I average the three tees that we will use? Eight ladies will have a slope of 118. Two men will have a slope of 136. And Six men will have the slope of 128.
Great question! But there are two methods most commonly used for a Step Aside Scramble handicap. The first is also the simplest: Add all four golfers’ course handicaps together and divide by eight. That’s the team’s handicap for the round.
In the second method, where Golfer A is the team’s lowest handicapper and Golfer D is its highest handicapper, add together 20-percent of Golfer A’s course handicap, 15-percent of B’s, 10-percent of C’s and 5-percent of D’s to get the team handicap.
When computing a handicap for a three-man team vs. a four-man team how is it done?
Michael,
Thanks for reading the blog! Try out this web site. It’s great for calculating handicaps:
http://www.leaderboard.com/scramcap.htm