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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 B2

Stroke guide

NITIN BHATIA / RAHUL POPAT

Hyderabad Golf ClubWed, 28 Oct 2026Starting hole 1

Foursomes Match Play · Frozen published draw

Demo6 · R2 · Wed, 28 Oct 2026 · Starting hole 1

Shared side handicap

vs MUDIMELA VENKATA SESHA REDDY / RAHUL VARMA

Receive 6 strokes

MEENAKSHI MAVERICKS · Selected pair

NITIN BHATIA

Playing HC 14

RAHUL POPAT

Playing HC 16
Side HC
15
Receives
6

IROKO LORVEN AVENGERS

MUDIMELA VENKATA SESHA REDDY

Playing HC 10

RAHUL VARMA

Playing HC 9
Side HC
9
Receives
0
Hole 1 +1Hole 5 +1Hole 6 +1Hole 13 +1Hole 17 +1Hole 18 +1
Hole-by-hole allowances · Hyderabad Golf Club
HoleParSIA NITIN BHATIA / RAHUL POPAT · Strokes receivedB MUDIMELA VENKATA SESHA REDDY / RAHUL VARMA · Strokes received
1◆41+1—
2413——
3315——
439——
543+1—
655+1—
7311——
857——
9317——
10510——
11318——
1248——
1342+1—
14416——
15412——
16314——
1756+1—
1844+1—
Total strokes60

+ = 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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