Callaway Scoring System

When tournaments have many participants that do not have verifiable or established handicaps there are some less precise, but fairly equitable, systems that can be used. Here are the most popular ones.

After all scores are returned a chart (example below) is used to adjust the score. The last 2 or 3 (at the discretion of the committee) holes are not used to make adjustments.

Double (2X) par is the maximum allowable score on any hole
Find the player's gross score under "Adjusted Gross"
Subtract the scores specified under "Handicap"
Half strokes are rounded up
Final adjustment to score in the bottom row labeled "Handicap Adjustment"