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Bowmaker (and Bowmaker reversed)

Four play their own stableford as one team, and each hole’s par decides how many of their scores count: the best one on a par 5, the best two on a par 4, the best three on a par 3. Reversed turns it round.

  • 2–4 players
  • Own ball
  • One team

How it’s scored

  1. Everyone plays their own ball and scores stableford points off their own handicap.
  2. Bowmaker: the best 1 score counts on a par 5, the best 2 on a par 4, the best 3 on a par 3.
  3. Bowmaker reversed: the best 1 on a par 3, the best 2 on a par 4, the best 3 on a par 5.
  4. The team total is the counting scores added up; several teams on the day are ranked on the Bowmaker board.

Worked · one team of four, holes 1–4, both ways round

Ellis, Taylor, Doyle & HartleyRound 6 again · Carya · one team of four · full handicap · Bowmaker: 1 on a par 5, 2 on a par 4, 3 on a par 3
1Par 4 · S.I. 7 · 2 countEllis4 −1 · net 33Taylor5 −1 · net 42Doyle6 −1 · net 51Hartley5 −1 · net 425 pts · best 2 of 4
2Par 5 · S.I. 3 · 1 countEllis6 −1 · net 52Taylor5 −1 · net 43Doyle7 −1 · net 61Hartley8 −1 · net 703 pts · best 1 of 4
3Par 3 · S.I. 17 · 3 countEllis3 · net 32Taylor4 · net 41Doyle3 · net 32Hartley4 −1 · net 326 pts · best 3 of 4
4Par 4 · S.I. 1 · 2 countEllis5 −1 · net 42Taylor4 −1 · net 33Doyle6 −1 · net 51Hartley6 −2 · net 425 pts · best 2 of 4
Team19ptsthru 4

Reversed, the same four cards: 1 on a par 3, 2 on a par 4, 3 on a par 5

1 · par 45best 22 · par 56best 33 · par 32best 14 · par 45best 2

Team 18 reversed, against 19 the standard way round.

A card that counted
Who plays off what · full handicap
PlayerC/HShots
Rob Ellis1010
James Taylor1212
Micky Doyle1616
Sam Hartley2020

Handicaps

Full course handicap, like any stableford card. The organiser can type a lower allowance.

100%How handicaps are worked out

Good for

Players
Teams of two to four; as many teams as turn up, one tee time each
Handicaps
Any
When
A society day, or a team day with more than two teams

Set it up in score70

  1. Set Up the Day → Bowmaker
  2. Pick Bowmaker or Reversed, then the team. One card per team
Start a trip

Free. Only the organiser signs up; everyone else opens the link.

The fine print

What if the team is short?

Every card the team has counts where the par asks for more. A two-ball on a par 3 counts both its scores, not two and a nought, and the card and the board say so. When other teams that day are bigger, Even up teams rests one of each bigger team a hole in turn, so every team counts the same.

What about a par 6, or a card with no par?

A par 6 counts as a par 5 (one in Bowmaker, three reversed) and a par 2 as a par 3. A hole with no par counts two. The count is always one, two or three.

What happens with a blob?

A pick-up is an X worth nothing and is the first score dropped. If the par asks for every card, it costs the team the hole.

When does a hole count?

Once every card in the team is in. Your own card still goes on the stableford and birdie boards as usual.

Is it the same as 1-2-3?

The same idea, counted by par instead of by hole number. Bowmaker reversed scores like a 1-2-3 set to “By par”, except on a par 6.

Usually played alongside

All 24 formats