The “Teammate” Scoring System….a score that holds every player accountable to the entire team and
their teammates
Within a group you trade scorecards as you normally would player to player. Each player will keep their
opponents actual score at the top , then below that a Fairways line, a Greens line, Putts Line, Risk Line
and their teammate score at the bottom. See attached scorecard as sample.
The point values are awarded as below:
Normal play
Fairway hit = 1
Green Hit = 1
3 putt or worse = -3
Eagle or better = 15
Birdie = 10
Par = 5
Bogey = 2
Risk Assessment
(it is judged by player keeping card and cannot be argued; it is based on that scorekeepers assessment
of the risk being taken based on the other players ability to hit said shot)
Safe Play examples:
-
Hitting 3 wood or other club off the tee to get into fairway and in better position rather than
trying to bomb driver over a corner or water, or into a smaller part of fairway.
- Any recovery shot that takes the safest and most efficient route to get ball back into safe playing
position
- Bailing out on any hole into a safe place around the green to avoid major trouble and just try
and make a par or bogey
- Chipping/Pitching with a lower lofted club and using much more of the ground rather than using
SW or LW and trying to hit the tour spinner
Safe play Birdie = 15 (i.e. lays up on a par 5, when could have risked going for it)
Safe play Par = 10
Safe play Bogey = 5
**any holes where there are two safe plays within that hole, will add an extra 3 pointsRisky Play is
anything that is not considered normal or safe….I know it’s somewhat subjective and not perfect, but in
most cases with even tour players it’s very easy to determine
Risky play Birdie or better = 10
Risky play Par = 5
Risky play Bogey = minus 10
Risky play Double = minus 15
Risky play Triple or worse = minus 20
So as a scoring example:
Player A hits driver off tee and pushes into right trees, from there he tries to thread the gap and get it to
60 yds out, instead of pitching out sideways and being left with 100 yds. His shot hits the last limb and
drops straight down and he is left with 125 yds in. From there he hits it into the greenside bunker and
hits his bunker shot to 18 ft. He makes the 18 ft putt for bogey and his teammate score for that hole is
(-10).
Player B hits 3 wood off the tee down the middle, because he doesn’t feel confident with his driver on
that hole with its narrower fairway. From there he hits 5 iron right of the green and is left with a
difficult 20 yard pitch to a short sided pin; instead of trying to flop it with his 60 deg and risk chunking or
skulling it, he does a bump and run with his 9 iron and knocks it up on the fringe 13 ft away. He barely
miss the par putt and taps in for bogey. His teammate score is (9).
So even though both players made bogey; player B is 19 points ahead of player A in teammate scoring.
Sean Cain, PGA Professional, Legends at Chateau Elan
Scorecard Sample below: