This page provides information on how to do Stableford scoring. You can check out the short video below or scroll down to see written instructions.
Stableford scoring in golf:
Double Bogey or worse: 0 points
Bogey: 1 point
Par: 2 points
Birdie: 3 points
Eagle: 4 points
Three strokes under: 5 points
Four strokes under: 6 points
To score in Stableford, you first just need to know:
- The above points scoring
- The golfer’s handicap (the person(s) you’re scoring)
- The stroke index of the hole you’re currently scoring
- The strokes the golfer just took on that hole like any other time you score them
Once you have all 4 of the things above, you can easily score their Stableford points.
If the player is a scratch player, easy! They get no extra strokes for any hole so just write their score and put down the points that correspond to their score (i.e Par is 2 points).
If the golfer has a handicap of 12, then they get an extra shot on every hole with a stroke index of 1 to 12. But not on stroke index holes 13 to 18.
If the player is an 18 handicapper, they get 1 extra shot for every hole. So if they got a Bogey, then they really got a Par. So write down 2 points. If they got a Birdie, then they really got an Eagle, so write 4 points. If they got 7, well they get tnothing as that means they got a 6 and that’s a double bogey. No points!
If they’re a 27 handicapper, well now you do some math. They get a stroke on every hole (as 27 is above the number 18), but they also get an extra stroke on the 9 hardest holes (holes with stroke index of 1 to 9). Why? Because 27 minus 18 is 9. So they get an extra 9 holes of advantage.
Likewise, if they’re a handicap of 36, then it’s easy, that’d double 18 so they get 2 strokes off on EVERY hole. Burglars!!