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The current USGA stroke allocation method calls for using the same hole handicaps for stroke and match play. As a result, odd numbered hole handicaps are assigned to the front nine and even numbers to the back nine for both stroke and match play.
Only one set of hole handicaps were provided for all men's tees by the rating team. These were provided by the GSGA when the last course rating was conducted. These are what are used if one posts hole by hole scores rather than total scores to the handicap system.
In SMGA events, use of this single set of hole handicaps would produce some undesirable results. Instead, separate sets of hole handicaps are used for the various tees played. These values are based on an analysis of historical hole scores. The values included in the chart below are used for Pink Ball, Net Best Ball, Stableford and Modified Stableford formats.
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