stableford
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4ADJ.
great
VERB + STABLEFORD
format, hold
STABLEFORD + NOUN
competition, handicap, thing
PREP.
in
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Stableford.
During the course of the morning it will hold a stableford (four handicap) competition and in the afternoon a Greensome (half combined handicap) competition.
The beauty of the stableford format is that you can have a complete disaster on one hole and still not ruin your chances of winning.
name
A surname.
A hamlet in Worfield parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7598).
A small village in Chapel and Hill Chorlton parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8138)
noun
A scoring system in the sport of golf that involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole; (by extension) a game played according to this system.
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3During the course of the morning it will hold a stableford (four handicap) competition and in the afternoon a Greensome (half combined handicap) competition.
WiktionaryThe beauty of the stableford format is that you can have a complete disaster on one hole and still not ruin your chances of winning.
WiktionaryYou can also play in games where the format is stableford. […] The great thing is that in a stableford, you don't have to complete every hole. You can take your 9s and 10s without irreparably damaging
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