RYDER CUP RULES SUMMER RULES ARE IN EFFECT ALL HANDICAPS ARE AT 100 % HANDICAPS WILL WORK OFF THE LOWEST HANDICAP IN THE FOURSOME. # 1.SINGLES MATCHES :- 18 HOLES MATCH PLAY, BEST BALL, FULL HANDICAPS. # 2 PAIR MATCHES :-HANDICAPS ARE USED ON THE BACK NINE ONLY. FRONT NINE - 2 MAN SCRAMBLE - BOTH PLAYERS HIT FROM THE TEE, SELECT THE BEST BALL AND BOTH PLAY FROM THAT POSITION. CONTINUE PLAYING THIS FORMAT UNTIL A BALL IS HOLED OUT. THE TEAM WINNING THAT HOLE GOES UP ONE. THE SCORE AT THE END OF NINE HOLES CARRIES OVER TO THE BACK NINE. Handicap rules for the back nine. Working from the lowest handicap. Example: Player A has a 12 handicap. Player B has a 17 handicap. Player C has a 20 handicap and player D has an 18 handicap. Using the best handicap as a Zero, and subtracting the handicaps from player A. Player B gets 5 strokes, player C gets 8 strokes and player D gets 6 strokes. Starting with the hardest hole on the score card, indicate the holes that the strokes are taken from. Use all 18 holes to determine the handicap strokes allowed. The strokes on the back nine of the score cards are the strokes that will be used for the match. The front nine strokes do not get used. For odd numbered strokes use 1/2 point and round up. Example: Player B with 5 strokes gets 2 1/2 front and 2 1/2 Back, round up to 3 strokes. EXAMPLE : - PAIRS BEST BALL MATCH SCORE. 1ST BALL WHITE TEAM 3 BLUE TEAM 3 TIE SCORE 2ND BALL WHITE TEAM 4 BLUE TEAM 5 2ND BALL DOESN’T COUNT THERE IS NO WINNER, THEREFORE THE SCORE IS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT HOLE. TIED MATCHES : THERE ARE NO PLAYOFF HOLES! IF A MATCH IS TIED AT THE END OF 18 HOLES, THEN EACH TEAM RECEIVES A 1/2 POINT. TURN YOUR SCORE CARDS IN TO THE OFFICIAL SCORER. POINTS WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCORE BOARD. HAVE A GREAT DAY! .