We average the handicaps. Suppose the avg. is 58. We then try to make each group handicap match close as possible to the average. It could turn out to be a 5 and 3 16's . . . or not. That's when judgement time comes.
Of course this only applies if you're playing a 4-some event. But still, within groups we have team bets, Generally the high and low vs the 2 in the middle, or something like that. Again, we try to match up total handicap strokes. TFlan --- Ed Reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that one of you smart guys can help me > out. > > From time to time I participate in tournaments with > other clubs and we > create foursomes which usually consist of two > players from one club and > two players from the other club. At times the > number of players on each > side may be different, so instead of 2 from each > side, it could be 3 and > 1, or even 4 and 0. > > Right now we do this by hand, with no real guidance > on how to fairly > allocate the players. > > I'd like to have a way to automatically and fairly > create foursomes. > Though we typically have only two clubs to draw > from, I could see that > three or four could be a possibility. > > I've got a few questions: > 1. Is there a formula for fairly creating the > foursomes? > 2. Is there a way to automate this in Excel, with > the ability to draw > players from 1 to 4 "pools" of players? > 3. Is there a cheap software package that does this? > > Thx, > > /Ed >
