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This guide shows published handicaps and the holes where strokes are received or given. It does not depend on live scores.

In singles, allowances are calculated separately against each opponent. In better ball, the lowest handicap in the fourball plays off zero. In scramble and foursomes, the shared side handicap determines strokes. Stableford uses the individual playing handicap against the course.

Stroke index determines the holes. Your starting hole does not change the allocation. Positive values mean strokes received; negative values mean strokes given or returned.

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Demo6 · R2 · Group A2

Stroke guide

ARVIND MAHALINGAM / B. KAMAL KUMAR

Hyderabad Golf ClubTue, 27 Oct 2026Starting hole 10

Foursomes Match Play · Frozen published draw

Demo6 · R2 · Tue, 27 Oct 2026 · Starting hole 10

Shared side handicap

vs LOKESH JAYASWAL / PRADEEP MITTAL

Level handicaps

AGILE VALLEY WARRIORS · Selected pair

ARVIND MAHALINGAM

Playing HC 9

B. KAMAL KUMAR

Playing HC 18
Side HC
13
Receives
0

JBITIANS

LOKESH JAYASWAL

Playing HC 14

PRADEEP MITTAL

Playing HC 13
Side HC
13
Receives
0

No strokes are received or given.

Hole-by-hole allowances · Hyderabad Golf Club
HoleParSIA ARVIND MAHALINGAM / B. KAMAL KUMAR · Strokes receivedB LOKESH JAYASWAL / PRADEEP MITTAL · Strokes received
141——
2413——
3315——
439——
543——
655——
7311——
857——
9317——
10◆510——
11318——
1248——
1342——
14416——
15412——
16314——
1756——
1844——
Total strokes00

+ = strokes received · − = strokes given / returned · — = no allowance · ◆ = starting hole

How these strokes are allocated

Stroke allocation

The lower handicap plays off zero. The higher handicap receives the difference. These are shared side handicaps, not individual allowances.

Stroke index determines the receiving holes, not the starting hole. More than 18 strokes gives one on every hole, then additional strokes in stroke-index order. Starting at another hole does not change the allocation.

Individual playing handicaps are shown for reference. The published combined side handicap determines this pair’s match strokes.

The lower handicap plays off zero. The higher handicap receives the difference. These are shared side handicaps, not individual allowances.

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