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How to Mark a Golf Scorecard

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Stroke Play

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The simplest way to mark the scorecard is very simple indeed: When playing stroke play, count the number of strokes you've taken on the hole just completed, and write that number down in the box corresponding to that hole on the scorecard. At the end of each nine holes, tally up the strokes for your front nine and back nine totals, respectively, then add up those two numbers for your 18-hole score.

(For space reasons, we'll just be showing one nine in this and the other examples to follow.)

  1. Stroke Play
  2. Stroke Play, Denoting Birdies and Bogeys (Circles and Squares)
  3. Stroke Play, Tracking Your Statistics
  4. Stroke Play Using Handicaps
  5. Stroke Play with a Course Handicap of More than 18
  6. Stroke Play when Scorecard Includes "Handicap" Column
  7. Match Play
  8. Match Play vs. Par or Bogey
  9. Stableford System
  10. Stableford System Using Handicaps

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