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| 2-Man Chapman Saturday July 18th and tee times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By John Olivola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Definition: This 2-person team competition format is named after Dick Chapman, a great amateur golfer who played The Masters 17 consecutive years. He "invented" the game at Pinehurst Resort, hence it is alternately called Chapman or Pinehurst, and, for good measure, it is less frequently referred to as American Foursomes.
In the Chapman System, both players on a side tee off, then they switch balls. Player A plays Player B's drive, and vice-versa. Each player hits his second shot. They then select the best of the second shots, and from that point until the ball is holed they play only one ball in an alternate shot format. Got it? Switch balls after the drive, select the one best ball after the second shot, play alternate shot until the ball is holed. The player whose second ball was not chosen gets to play the third shot (so teams might sometimes choose the best ball after two shots based on who will get to hit the third).Handicap allowances: USGA Handicap Manual, Section 9-4b vii. The player with the lower Course Handicap is allowed 60% of Course Handicap. The player with the higher Course Handicap is allowed 40% of Course Handicap. Total is rounded off with fractions of .5 or more rounded upward. Once you decide on what ball to play....you must hole out with that ball. You cannot substitute your own ball on the putting surface. Max handicap diff is 8 strokes. Ex: if player A is 10 course handicap and player B is a 22, then player B will be reduced to 18. After that, the 60% - 40% rule goes into effect. Since only one score is recorded per team,.....skins will be $10 per team...but individual KP's are still $5 ea and your partner does not have to get in to KP if he doesn't want to.
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