"Club, Penarth, Wales, in 1898, and first used in competition at Wallasey Golf Club in Wallasey, England, in 1932. Stableford can have the added benefit of speeding up the pace of play, as once it is no longer possible to score a point, players do not have to complete the hole but can simply pick up their ball and proceed to the next hole. It is a popular form of the game, especially at club level and particularly in the United Kingdom, as it is still possible to record a competitive score despite having the occasional bad hole. The number"
"over par. Very few professional tournaments have used a Stableford scoring system. The first PGA Tour event that used a Stableford system of scoring was The International in Colorado, although it used a modified version of the scoring system adapted for the skill levels of the professionals and to encourage attacking play. The event was cancelled in February 2007, after 21 years as part of the tour. The modified Stableford system returned to the PGA Tour at the Reno-Tahoe Open in 2012. Both events were held at high elevation. On the European Tour, the ANZ Championship, which ran for three"
"a ""Modified Stableford"" system for scratch players, which makes par worth zero, a birdie worth 2, eagle 5 and double-eagle 8, while a bogey is a penalty of −1 and a double-bogey or worse −3. As with the original system, the highest score wins the game, and terrible scores on one or two holes won't wreck an entire game, but this system rewards ""bogey-birdie"" play more than the original, encouraging golfers to try to make the riskier birdie putt or eagle chipshot instead of simply parring each hole. Shotgun starts are mainly used for amateur tournament play. In this variant,"
"utilised and revered, particularly by amateur golfers, the world over, was first devised by a Glamorganshire club member, Dr. Frank Barney Gordon Stableford. He first tried it out on fellow members of the club on 30 September 1898. Prior to this revolutionary experiment here was no stroke indexing system available to golfers. Essentially all holes were played to par and the ‘Stableford’ points applied. At the end of the game one third of the players handicap was added to the overall ‘Stableford’ adjusted score. The maximum handicap for the event was fifteen. The new system obviously favoured the better golfer"
"the Reno–Tahoe Open, also at high elevation. The Modified Stableford system awards points on each hole, based on the score relative to par. It is designed to reward aggressive play, taking chances to go for birdies (or better), as the reward for a low score on a hole is typically greater than the punishment for a poor score. For example, over a two-hole span, a birdie (+2) and a bogey (−1) will gain one point, where two pars gain nothing. The scoring operates as follows: Holes in one are treated as the score relative to par; an ace on a"
"of stroke play that awards players points based on their score relative to the hole's par; the score for a hole is calculated by taking the par score, adding 2, then subtracting the player's hole score, making the result zero if negative. Alternately stated, a double bogey or worse is zero points, a bogey is worth one point, par is two, a birdie three, an eagle four, and so on. The advantages of this system over stroke play are a more natural ""higher is better"" scoring, the ability to compare Stableford scores between plays on courses with different total par"
"scores (scoring an ""even"" in stroke play will always give a Stableford score of 36), discouraging the tendency to abandon the entire game after playing a particularly bad hole (a novice playing by strict rules may score as high as an 8 or 10 on a single difficult hole; their Stableford score for the hole would be zero, which puts them only two points behind par no matter how badly they played), and the ability to simply pick up one's ball once it is impossible to score any points for the hole, which speeds play. The USGA and R&A sanction"
"exceptions, for example the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, and the Volvo World Match Play Championship, and most team events, for example the Ryder Cup, all of which are in match play format. The International, a former PGA Tour event, used a modified stableford system. Players record the number of strokes taken at each hole and total them up at the end of a given round, or rounds. The player with the lowest total is the winner. In handicap competitions, the player would subtract their handicap from the total (gross) score to generate their net score, and the player with the"
"flag, they earn double Stableford Points. Each golfer is compelled to take exactly three 'PowerPlays' in the first eight holes. They then have the option of a fourth 'PowerPlay' on the final hole. But if they get a net bogey or worse, they lose points from their total score. The game was first played by 16 UK golf journalists at Playgolf Northwick Park Golf Course, London, on 6 February 2007. The format expanded its reach rapildly with a pilot scheme taking in 30 countries and over 400 golf courses by the end of 2010. Played by the English Golf Union"
"at the time which is hardly surprising as the good doctor was a single figure handicapper. Stableford himself did not actually participate in his initial experiment though he donated a special prize to the winner, Mr W Hastings Watson, who scored a remarkable forty two points. There is no indication of what the members thought about the alternative of scoring by points or, indeed, whether they tried it out on any other occasions. Dr Stableford, who was a resident of Whitchurch, Cardiff at the time, left the Glamorganshire Golf Club when he set off to serve as an Army Surgeon"
"allows a trailing player more of a chance to come back for the win. With Dingo, the scoring format is not imposed, although Stableford is recommended. Players agree on a scoring format (Matchplay, Strokeplay or Stableford) at the start of the round. Scoring for Matchplay is identical to Wolf for the first 16 holes. The last 2 holes are worth 2 points/skins each (or 4 if agreed in advance). Scoring for strokeplay or Stableford is as follows: When paired, both team members record the best score (lowest for Strokeplay, highest for Stableford). Dingos opting to go alone on the first"
"second is worth two points to both players, and a three-way tie is worth three points to each player. The player with the highest score after 18 holes (in which there are 162 points to be awarded) wins the game. This format can be used to wager on the game systematically; players each contribute the same amount of money to the pot, and a dollar value is assigned to each point scored (or each point after 18) based on the amount of money in the pot, with any overage going to the overall winner. The Stableford system is a simplification"
"the variations were created to level the playing field for players of varying skill levels to be able to compete. Often, the rules are in place to provide a structure for side-betting that is independent of the final ""traditional"" score. In a skins game, golfers compete on each hole, as a separate contest. Played for prize money on the professional level or as a means of a wager for amateurs, a ""skin"", or the prize money assigned to each hole, carries over to subsequent holes if the hole is tied. In Stableford points play (originated by Dr Frank Stableford, 1870–1959;"
"Badminton Federation (BWF), concerned with the unpredictable and often lengthy time required for matches, decided to experiment with a different scoring system to improve the commercial and especially the broadcasting appeal of the sport. The new scoring system shortened games to seven points and decided matches by the best of five games. When the score reached 6–6, the player who first reached six could elect to set to eight points. The match time remained an issue, since the playing time for the two scoring systems was similar. This experiment was abandoned and replaced by a modified version of the traditional"
"of Dr Frank Stableford’s revolutionary new Stableford golf scoring system still used all over the world today. Penarth has two tennis clubs. Penarth Lawn Tennis Club and Windsor Lawn Tennis Club, Penarth. Both clubs compete regularly in the Tennis Wales South Doubles Leagues and have junior representation in the National Junior Club League and Vale of Glamorgan Mini Tennis Club League. Windsor Lawn Tennis Club is situated in Larkwood Avenue in a residential area. It has 7 hardcourts and a grass court area. Penarth Lawn Tennis Club, in Rectory Road, is the second oldest tennis club in Wales (established 1884)"
"scoring based on wins and losses. This system was devised to bolster competitive spirit, rewarding teams for every set they won, regardless of whether they won the match. E.g., if Team A defeats Team B by a set score of two to one (2 – 1), a traditional scoring system would award three (3) points to Team A, and zero (0) points to Team B. The set scoring system awards two (2) points to Team A, and one (1) point to Team B, narrowing the points difference between teams for hard fought matches. Set Format Overall ranking results for ISTAF"
"Steven Stern Steven Stern is a Professor of Data Science at the Bond Business School, Bond University, Gold Coast. He is the current custodian of Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method), the mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. The D/L method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. From November 2014, after the retirement of Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, Steven Stern has been taking care of maintenance and upgrades in this methodology. Duckworth–Lewis method has been renamed to"
"be a cricket colleague at Somerset: the match with Cambridge finished as a goal-less draw. Michael Walford Michael Moore Walford (27 November 1915 – 16 January 2002), often known as ""Micky Walford"", was an all-round sportsman: a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, a first-class cricket player for Oxford University and Somerset and a rugby union centre three-quarter and stand-off half good enough to play in an international trial for the England national rugby union team. He was born at Norton-on-Tees, County Durham and died at Sherborne, Dorset, where he was for many years a"
"was a two-parter. First, the three players would hit four tee shots to a narrow grid on the fairway. Each shot that landed outside the grid would have distance taken away from it, depending on how far it landed outside of the grid. The lowest scoring player would go straight to elimination, while the top two would move on to a putting challenge. The top two in this case were Prange and Cho, and Prange would win the putting challenge, securing her place in the final. Elimination had Cho and Wells playing three holes with the modified Stableford scoring system,"
"different indexes for match play and Stableford/par/bogey matches. Handicap strokes are deducted from a player's score in the order of stroke index from indexed hole 1 to 18 recurring. For example a player with a handicap of 12 would be given a stroke deduction only on the holes with stroke index 1 to 12. A player with a handicap of 24 would receive a stroke at all 18 holes plus an extra stroke at holes 1 to 6 (18 + 6 = 24) so they would receive two strokes on holes 1 to 6 and one stroke for holes 7"
"PGA Tour was taking. Also (according to the ticker on the ""FSN Final Score""), the tourney has not generated sufficient sponsorship money to pay the purses. The last presenting sponsor (as shown below) was Qwest in 2002; the last title sponsor was Sprint in 1999. On February 8, 2007, the PGA Tour announced the permanent cancellation of the International. It was replaced by the AT&T National, hosted by the Tiger Woods Foundation, and held in the Washington, D.C. area; near sea level, it uses standard stroke play. The modified Stableford scoring system returned to the PGA Tour in 2012 at"
"Michael Walford Michael Moore Walford (27 November 1915 – 16 January 2002), often known as ""Micky Walford"", was an all-round sportsman: a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, a first-class cricket player for Oxford University and Somerset and a rugby union centre three-quarter and stand-off half good enough to play in an international trial for the England national rugby union team. He was born at Norton-on-Tees, County Durham and died at Sherborne, Dorset, where he was for many years a schoolmaster at Sherborne School. He was a member of the British field hockey team at"
"scoring system. The 2002 Commonwealth Games was the last event that used this scoring system. In December 2005 the LBW experimented again with the scoring system, intending both to regulate the playing time and to simplify the system for television viewers. The main change from the traditional system was to adopt rally point scoring, in which the winner of a rally scores a point regardless of who served; games were lengthened to 21 points, with ladies' singles matches now using the same rules as men's singles. There must be at least a two-point difference between scores. In the old system,"
"Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method (or D/L/S method). Stern has previously been the ABS Professor of Statistics at Queensland University of Technology. Steven Stern Steven Stern is a Professor of Data Science at the Bond Business School, Bond University, Gold Coast. He is the current custodian of Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method), the mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. The D/L method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. From November 2014, after the retirement of Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis,"
"allocated to adjacent holes. The 7th to the 10th SI holes should be allocated so that a player receiving 10 strokes does not receive strokes on three consecutive holes. In Stableford, par and bogey competitions using stroke play, where an even distribution of strokes is not so important, if the club uses a different SI for these competitions then generally the most difficult hole to play is given the index of 1 and the easiest is indexed as 18 (there being 18 holes on a standard gold course). Technicality and hole length are factors contributing to difficulty. Some clubs allocate"
"Sports rating system A sports rating system is a system that analyzes the results of sports competitions to provide ratings for each team or player. Common systems include polls of expert voters, crowdsourcing non-expert voters, betting markets, and computer systems. Ratings, or power ratings, are numerical representations of competitive strength, often directly comparable so that the game outcome between any two teams can be predicted. Rankings, or power rankings, can be directly provided (e.g., by asking people to rank teams), or can be derived by sorting each team's ratings and assigning an ordinal rank to each team, so that the"
"season, was used by the second level of France's rugby union system, Pro D2, through the 2016–17 season. Since then, Pro D2 uses a six-team playoff with the winner earning automatic promotion to the Top 14 and the runner-up entering a playoff with the 13th-place team in Top 14 for the final place in the next season's Top 14. As it was used in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage: The ""stepladder"", named so as the bracket resembles a step ladder is a variation of the single-elimination tournament; instead of, in a 16-team tournament, the #1 seed facing the"
"Geelong was easily the minor premier in 2007 and undisputed favourite coming into the Finals Series. The system is a final eight system. This system is different to the McIntyre Final Eight System, which was previously used by the AFL, and is currently used by the National Rugby League. The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the ""double chance"" when they play in week-one qualifying finals; this means that if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still has a chance to redeem itself by getting a chance to play in a"
"Cricket"" (2005) - mentioned that Pendlington used his system at a match between C. I. Thornton's XI and the Australian tourists at the North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough in September 1893, the penultimate match played by the Australian team on that tour. The scoring innovation amused W.G. Grace, to whom Pendlington presented the original scoresheet. Its current location is not known. Bill Frindall in his book ""Bearders: My Life in Cricket"" (Orion, London, 2006, page 70-71) also acknowledges Pendlington as the inventor, and mentions other evidence of it pre-dating Ferguson. John Atkinson Pendlington John Atkinson Pendlington (September 1861 - 15"
"Bishop's Stortford RFC Bishop's Stortford is an English rugby union team based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The club runs five senior mens sides, a ladies team, O2 Touch rugby section and the full range of mini and junior teams, from under-6's to under-18's. The first XV were promoted to the third tier of the English rugby union system, National League 1 for the first time in season 2017–18. Bishop's Stortford Rugby Football Club was formed in 1920 and has played at its current location at Silver Leys since 1928. When the league system was introduced in 1987 the club was"
"system where the blowing of an official's whistle stops the clock at the instant of the whistle, along with a rule change where the on-court official (not an official at the scorer's table) starts the clock by pressing a button attached to the official's belt. On December 20, 2006, New York Knicks forward David Lee scored a game-winning basket with only 0.1 left on the clock. The shot counted because Lee deflected in the inbounds pass into the basket (just like what was forseen by the Knicks and Bulls in their game years before). This was the first occurrence of"
"twenty-one wins and one loss Geelong continued from its crushing 2007 season to dominate the home and away rounds of 2008. The system is a final eight system. This system is different from the McIntyre Final Eight System, which was previously used by the AFL, and is currently used by the National Rugby League. The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the ""double chance"" when they play in week-one qualifying finals; this means that if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still has a chance to redeem itself by getting a"
"and boys. The Oxford English Dictionary considers it unlikely that ""stool ball"" could have been corrupted into ""stobball"". Stoolball Stoolball is a sport that dates back to at least the 15th century, originating in Sussex, southern England. It may be an ancestor of cricket (a game it resembles), baseball, and rounders, in fact stoolball is sometimes called ""cricket in the air"". There is a tradition that it was played by milkmaids who used their milking stools as a ""wicket"" and the bittle, or milk bowl as a bat. Hence its archaic name of ""bittle-battle."" The sport of stoolball is strongly"